Contradictions and Paradoxes in Esther 2:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Esther 2:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Esther 2:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Esther, the young women would get ready for a whole year before meeting the king, spending six months using special oils and another six months with nice perfumes to smell nice. This time was like a special beauty preparation to meet the king.

Esther 2:12: Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women;)

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

This verse emphasizes inner beauty and a gentle spirit over outward adornment, contrasting with the extensive beauty preparations in Esther 2:12.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:9

Advises women to dress modestly and not focus on elaborate hairstyles or gold and pearls, unlike the beautification process described in Esther 2:12.

1 Timothy 2:9: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; [broided: or, plaited]

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Suggests that charm and beauty are deceitful and that fearing the Lord is what should be praised, contrary to the physical beautification highlighted in Esther 2:12.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Indicates that God looks at the heart, not outward appearance, contrasting with the emphasis on physical beauty preparations in Esther 2:12.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with 1 Peter 1:24

States that all flesh is like grass, and its glory fades, implying the temporality of physical beauty emphasized in Esther 2:12.

1 Peter 1:24: For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: [For: or, For that]
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