Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 1:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 1:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 1:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christian interpretations, the author of the Song of Solomon might be saying that the speaker feels lovely and special, even if they look different from others. They are telling the daughters of Jerusalem that being different is beautiful, just like the pretty tents and curtains.

Song of Solomon 1:5: I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:27

Contradicts Song of Solomon 1:5's theme of individual beauty by emphasizing that all humans are created in the image of God, implying universal equality in human beauty.

Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Highlights that God looks at the heart rather than outward appearance, which contradicts the focus on physical appearance in Song of Solomon 1:5.

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 Proverbs 31:30

Suggests that physical beauty is fleeting and less important than fearing the Lord, contrasting with the appreciation of physical beauty in Song of Solomon 1:5.

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

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

Emphasizes inner beauty and the hidden person of the heart over outward adornment, which stands in contrast to the focus on physical beauty in Song of Solomon 1:5.

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;
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