2006-12-21 08:23:48 · 18 answers · asked by babig221982 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure, but most don't accept it because it doesn't say "dinosaurs". Just like they don't accept the trinity because the Bible doesn't say "trinity".
You can read the descrptions of these animals and decide for yourself.
Job 40 15 "Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox. 16 "Behold now, his strength in his loins And his power in the muscles of his belly. 17 "He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together. 18 "His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. 19 "He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword. 20 "Surely the mountains bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play there. 21 "Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh. 22 "The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him. 23 "If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth. 24 "Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?
Job 41 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? 4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? 5 "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? 6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? 7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? 8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
2006-12-21 08:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, as has been mentioned, read Job chapter 40, and 41 to see the Behemoth and Leviathan... also in the King James Version, there are several references to "dragons"... which were most likely dinosaurs. Keep in mind the word "dinosaur" did not exist prior to 1800 or so, before that they were actually called dragons.
Great question by the way.
2006-12-21 16:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by Heatmizer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, first of all, all sea creatures, and birds were made on day 5, and land animals on day 6. I think that covers all the kinds of dinosaurs.
Behemoth could not possibly be anything other than a "dinosaur" (in Job), leviathon is probably one too.
The word "Dinosaur" was brought about in 1842 it meant "terrible lizard". One dictionary said that they were becoming extinct, but some were around then. In Bible times they would have used their own languages to say the type of dinosaur.
In the Catholic version of the Bible is the story of Daniel killing a Dragon. It fits with the religious beliefs of that country that worship of a dinosaur might have been happening.
2006-12-21 16:39:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bre 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, the men who wrote the old and new testaments (religious figures estimate that the new one was written sometime in the 3rd century after Jesus died), had no idea about the existance of dinosaurs. There was no archaeology at that time, no geology, physics, nothing much but simple math. Without knowing about the existance of dinosaurs, they couldnt be expected to write about them or reference them in the bible in any way, could they? If they had known about them, the writers of the old testament would have mentioned them in reference to eden, the ark, etc.
2006-12-21 16:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, Paul talks about a few large reptiles that historians think may have been these dinos that are world renown But check out this link and you will be amazed.
2006-12-21 16:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by i<3garth[: 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you are going to believe that it does than you had better believe in unicorns because the bible does mention them.
2006-12-21 16:31:20 · answer #6 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i think that they are in Job chapter 40 and 41 don't quote me on it but i think they are called behemoth and Leviathan.
2006-12-21 16:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember my youth pastor telling me something about it. He read to me a scripture talking about a beast with a long tail that measured really large(it gave an exact measurment but I forgot).
And he was saying that dinosaurs match that description.
2006-12-21 16:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by mr_sizzelin 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is widely accepted that the behemoth and Leviathan in the old testament are references to dinosaurs.
2006-12-21 16:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by bravokardia 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope. They didn't know they existed.
Sometimes the ancient Greeks would find Dinosaur bones, but they didn't quite understand that those bones belonged to extinct species. (The idea of extinction didn't exist yet.)
There have been fossils of elephants/mammoths found that are buried by humans and the bones arranged like human anatomy because the people who discovered the bones thought they belonged to giants!
2006-12-21 16:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋