Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ruth 1:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ruth 1:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ruth 1:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Ruth, Naomi feels sad because she left her home with everything she needed, but came back with nothing. She thinks God has made her life very hard and does not want to be called Naomi, which means "pleasant."

Ruth 1:21: I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Contradiction with Job 4:8

Ruth 1:21 suggests suffering without cause, while Job 4:8 attributes suffering to one's own wrongdoing.

Job 4:8: Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:13

Ruth 1:21 implies overwhelming suffering, whereas 1 Corinthians 10:13 asserts that God will not allow more than one can bear.

1 Corinthians 10:13: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]. [common...: or, moderate]

Contradiction with Hebrews 13:5

Ruth 1:21 speaks of being forsaken by the Lord, while Hebrews 13:5 promises that God will never leave or forsake.

Hebrews 13:5: [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Contradiction with James 1:17

Ruth 1:21 implies the Lord has taken away, while James 1:17 states every good gift comes from above, implying constancy in God's goodness.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

Ruth 1:21 suggests selective suffering, while Matthew 5:45 states rain falls on the just and unjust alike, implying impartiality.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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