Job 9:7 (King James Version)
7(God), Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
If God wanted to stop the 'sunrise' he would have to 'command' the Earth to stop moving, not the Sun.
2006-10-28 14:19:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because the bible was written by cavemen and they didn't even know how to start a fire.
2006-10-28 14:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by cheri b 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
job 9:7 new english
He is saying to the sun that it should not shine forth and around stars he puts a seal. He is talking about how he created the earth.
Job 38:7 the morning stars joyfully cried out together and all the sons of God began shouting in applause.
So they angels thought he did a great job.
Job 26:7 He is stretching out the north over the empty place, Hanging the earth upon nothing.
No one believe the earth was hanging upon nothing.
Isaiah 40:22 One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth.
They thought the earth was flat.
Scientists are predicting a new ice age for the earth, because of polution.
Read Job 38:22,23 Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? or do you see even the storehouses of the hail?
Which I have kept back for the time of distress for the day of fight and war. some bibles say the end of times.
2006-10-28 21:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because that was the universal scientific belief of the time. Such inaccuracies are irrelecant to the message of the Bible. The Bible includes no errors in its presentation of God's plan of salvation, and that is its only purpose. If you try to read it as a book of science or history or economics or any other subject irrelevant to its intended purpose, you may very well find some inaccuracies. They are irrelevant. The writings of the Bible are a cooperative effort between God and the men He chose to write the texts. God ensured that what He wanted included would be included accurately. But He did not dictate the contents word for word,as some fundamentalist sects would have us believe. God inspired the writers, but they wrote it down in their own words, and something of themselves is therefore in the text as well. Which of course is why the style of one biblical book is so different from the style of another. We can rely on the Bible to provide us with whatever God intended it to provide us with. Anything else that is in the text is not significant.
2006-10-28 21:52:03 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could make the sun "not rise" if you made it revolve around the Earth once every 24 hours as though in "geosyncronous orbit".
It seems like an inefficient way of going about it, but hey, God works in mysterious ways. Let's not question.
2006-10-28 21:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by overseas and broke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the history of mankind this was the belief until relatively recent.
I saw that on the Discovery Channel.
2006-10-28 21:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wouldn't it, that's they believed. some thought them crazy enough to preach what they did. If they started saying the Earth is round and goes around the Sun, they would have been killed on the spot. DEVILS!
2006-10-28 21:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Coool 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That was in the old testament, before Jesus made the earth revolve around the sun. Scientists know Jesus changed the solar system so the earth revolved around the sun, because it also caused the calendar to change from B.C. to A.D.
2006-10-28 21:31:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Fascinating.
(got that from Spock).
Ya know? Star Treck.
2006-10-28 21:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Bible was written by MEN, and that was their belief then.
2006-10-28 21:30:25 · answer #9 · answered by Sexy Eyes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because God is full of knowledge if you see, he said this way before scientist realised that
2006-10-28 21:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋