Dinosaurs In The Bible:
dinosaurs and people lived at the same time, shouldn't the Bible
talk about dinosaurs?
Yes -- and it does. Dinosaurs are one of the
most frequently mentioned animals in the Bible. The only thing is,
the word dinosaur is not used.
The word "dinosaur" was not invented
until 1841. It could not be used by early translators of the Bible.
For example, the King James Version translation was completed in
1611, over 200 years before the word "dinosaur" was created.
Is there another word for dinosaur that
is used in the Bible?
Yes! Here are a few verses:
"...and laid his
mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."
- Malachi 1:3 (KJV)
up the wind like dragons." - Jereniah 14:6 (KJV)
"...and he shall
slay the dragon that is in the sea." - Isaiah 27:1 (KJV)
The word is dragon. It's interesting to note
that people around the world have similar stories about "dragons"...
and the descriptions of "dragons" are similar in all cultures...
and those descriptions basically match what we think dinosaurs look
When the Bible talks about dragons, it
is talking about what we now call dinosaurs.
a detailed description from Job 40:15-19
"Behold now behemoth,
which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength
is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He
moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped
together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are
like bars of iron. He is chief of the ways of God."
This is the largest (chief) land animal God
made. Some Bible translators have said behemoth may be an elephant
or hippopotomus. But both of those have small tails, not a tail
that moves like a cedar tree.
The problem is that we limit ourselves to
animals that are alive today, and none of those fit this description.
What best fits the description is a Brachiosaurus--the largest of
the dinosaurs. A dinosaur with a giant tail that was like a cedar,
and huge legs that must have had the strength of brass and iron
in order to support his enormous body. Brachiosaurus was 75 feet
in length, 41 feet in height, and weighed 89 tons--as much as 12
African bull elphants. This was a true behemoth!
Yes, the Bible talks about dinosaurs. They
are mentioned in the Bible nearly more times than any other animal.
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