Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 7:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 7:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 7:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse is saying that the person being described is very beautiful, like a strong, tall tower and lovely sparkling pools of water. It uses fancy words to show how special and wonderful they are.

Song of Solomon 7:4: Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Song of Solomon 7:4 praises physical beauty, while this verse emphasizes the fleeting nature of beauty and prioritizes fearing the Lord.

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

Song of Solomon 7:4 focuses on outward appearance, whereas this verse highlights that the Lord values the heart over appearance.

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 3:3-4

Song of Solomon 7:4 describes physical beauty, while this passage teaches that inner beauty, a gentle and quiet spirit, is of great worth.

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 Isaiah 53:2

Song of Solomon 7:4 appreciates aesthetic form, whereas this verse foresees the Messiah as lacking beauty that would attract us to him.

Isaiah 53:2: For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
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