Contradictions and Paradoxes in Zechariah 8:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Zechariah 8:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Zechariah 8:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Zechariah, God promises that there will be a time when old men and women will live happily and safely in the streets of Jerusalem. They will have their walking sticks with them because they have lived a long and full life.

Zechariah 8:4: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. [very...: Heb. multitude of days]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:2

Ecclesiastes 3:2 states there is a time to be born and a time to die, suggesting the inevitability of death, potentially clashing with the longevity implied in Zechariah 8:4.

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; [to be...: Heb. to bear]

Contradiction with Job 14:1-2

Job 14:1-2 describes human life as brief and full of trouble, which contrasts with the vision of old age and contentment in Zechariah 8:4.

Job 14:1-2: Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. [few...: Heb. short of days]

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

Psalm 90:10 mentions the human lifespan as 70 or 80 years, typically full of labor and sorrow, contradicting the peaceful old age implied in Zechariah 8:4.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]

Contradiction with Isaiah 65:20

Isaiah 65:20 discusses infants and old men living out their days, yet it also includes curses and misfortune that contrast with the ideal picture in Zechariah 8:4.

Isaiah 65:20: There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner [being] an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Contradiction with James 4:14

James 4:14 describes life as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away, opposing the notion of a long life seen in Zechariah 8:4.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]
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