In the book of Job in the Bible, when God is speaking to Job He mentions something about a creature He created, the leviathan, He says that this creature has tightly fitted scales, and blows flames from its mouth Is this creature a dragon?
2006-09-30 14:57:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey rag1875 did God tell ya?
2006-09-30 15:03:53 · update #1
Yes, it is believed to be a dragon, of the same sort that legend were made of... possibly a creature of the dinosaur status that many have survived the flood... or else it was a preflood animal that verbal folk lore spoke of after the flood. No one knows for sure.
2006-09-30 15:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This creature is as he is described. I don't think he is a dragon in the sense that we perceive what a dragon is. The leviathan lives in the sea. He would probably be more closely related to the lochness monster (which I know isn't real). The old testament and much of the new testament is written in figurative speech and is not to be taken literally. An example of this would be "If thine hand offend thee, cut it off. It would be better to enter into Heaven maimed that to suffer the torments of Hell whole." This DOES NOT mean to literally cut your hand off. It is simply saying "If your doing something wrong then just don't do it." The leviathan may in fact be a mythical creature used to teach a lesson. My knowledge of the old testament is limited I'll admit but logically what I'm telling you seems reasonable.
2006-09-30 15:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by billyrayis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament is pieced together out of regional legends of the ancient Near East. Leviathan is an old legendary sea monster, sort of a whale-dragon-snake kind of a thing, that crawled over into the biblical text somewhere in the millenium BCE.
2006-09-30 15:28:00 · answer #3 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is one of the primeval sea monsters who battles against Baal on the side of Mot, (the God of the underworld) and who is ultimately defeated. See also Psalm 74:13-14; Job 3:8; 26:12-13;41:1-34;Psalm 104:26;Isaiah 27:1;26:20-21;27:2-13
2006-09-30 15:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some would say the leviathan was a crocodile, but crocodiles do not breathe fire. Also, some say the behemoth was a hippo, however hippos do not have tails like cedar trees. I believe these were definately dragons.
2006-09-30 15:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by DC_Taco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the footnote in my NIV described it as a sea serpent. I pictured something like the Loch Ness Monster.
Monitor Lizards (Komodo Dragons) do not literally breathe fire, but their mouths are so full of bacteria, anything they bite is poisoned to death. I would imagine their breath is pretty fiery. But as far as I know, they do not swim.
2006-09-30 15:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by Smiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leviathan in Hebrew means a whale, in the 6 day of creation G-d created a huge female and male whales, but since he didn't want them to mate and have huge off springs he took away the male whale and put him away... it is said that in future days the big whale and a huge bull will fight and kill each other and the people will be able to eat their meat... it's a fascinating story...
2006-09-30 15:37:16 · answer #7 · answered by yafit k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragon I think.
Just saw on t.v. something on a Beetle that can blow fire out too.
It has two balloon like things inside full of two different chemicals. When there blown out and mix they ignite! Glad we don't have any around here!
2006-09-30 15:09:46 · answer #8 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A whale. The rest of the stuff is just pure malarkey.
2006-09-30 14:59:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an ancient mystical beast. My personal theory is that it originally described a volcano.
2006-09-30 14:59:20 · answer #10 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋