In most cases, if it is written in the Bible, people say that it is true. If that is the case what do you make of the following Bible verses?
Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Does this verify that there were infact beautiful horse like animals with horns or does the Bible speak of some other creature?
2006-08-11 08:54:01 · 22 answers · asked by buford_bargain_hunter 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wonder what version of the Bible you're using. Here's what the NIV says.
Deuteronomy 33:17
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns are the horns of a wild ox.
With them he will gore the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;
such are the thousands of Manasseh."
Psalm 22:21
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save [a] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Isaiah 34:7
7 And the wild oxen will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
2006-08-11 08:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by (none) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably there were and they are now extinct.
Some people think Job 41:1, NIV, is talking about dinosaurs. "Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?” Or Job 40:15, “Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.“ There are many other verses in the Bible about dragons that are considered references about dinosaurs, as well. Most Bible scholars suggest that the descriptions in Job are of crocodiles or of hippopotamus. Both lived in the Near East in those days. It is tempting to think that dragons are a faded memory of dinosaurs, but we cannot be sure. We can only speculate.
So there are other creatures the Bible mention and we know for sure that animals get extinct like the mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, etc. So more than likely they existed.
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2016-10-01 23:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by sooter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad translation of the hebrew. I don't know where the idea of "unicorn" arose, but that's not what the hebrew says.
though, if it did say "unicorn" (which it doesn't) that wouldn't necessarily imply a magical creature or anything like that. and I wouldn't be averse to believing that a uni-horned creature lived.
2006-08-12 17:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the Bible is fact, other parts are stories to show examples. I do not believe Unicorns are real. Otherwise why have no remains ever been found.
2006-08-11 09:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really sure
I know the Irish believed in them
The Irish said that when Noah built his ark the unicorns were out playing and they did'nt have time to go get them because it started to rain and thats how they died-fooling around
2006-08-11 09:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by Skylar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the selective advantage for a horn disappeared and so the unicorn lost its horn over time to become a horse.
2006-08-11 08:57:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't know if our interpretation of unicorns fits this, but these ones did exist. I think that there is another passage in Job about that.
2006-08-11 08:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by jessicake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only verifies that the people who translated the original didn't know what the Hebrew word meant, so they substituted "unicorn"
2006-08-11 08:58:53 · answer #9 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats the whole point..." in most cases "
who can blame us humans when even God it seems was liberal with his honesty.
As for unicorns, i think it's possible but might not be the stylized version that comes to mind these days.
2006-08-11 09:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋