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Question

Why arnt the dinosaurs mentioned in the bible? Does that create and off balance?

Answer 1

They are. Of course they are not called dinosaurs because that word had not yet been created (it came about in 1841 and was used first by Dr Richard Owen, it means terrible lizard)

Here they are mentioned in Job chapter 40
15 "Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.

Also dragons are mentioned several times and it has been theorized that they were dinosaurs.

Another thing to consider is that most animals are not mentioned in the bible. It says nothing of guinea pigs or skunks, yet both exist. The bible is always correct, always factual, it just is not a book intended to tell us about every detail. It only tells us what God needs for us to know.

Answer 2

Something to think about, if the leviathans and beasts that people say are dinosaurs in the bible are dinosaurs, then why so few references to them? The dinosaurs were plentiful when they were on the planet. Millions of skeletons have been found and that is a fraction of what is waiting to be found and that is a fraction of the total number since not all were fossilized. The bible should be mentioning dinosaurs from the very beginning and going right up to Noah. They would have been a major part of the lives of the people back then. Some were dangerous and would have had a heyday hunting humans. Some were gigantic and would have made a wonderful food source. Some may have made great work animals. Yet, there are only a couple mention of these beasts in the bible. Why would that be? If dinosaurs and man lived together, then the bible should have dinosaur references all thru it. Also, why did they die out? Noah was commanded to gather up the animals and there were plenty of dinosaurs that could have fit on the ark, yet they were excluded. Why?

Answer 3

The word "dinosaur" is not in the Bible because that word was not coined until the 1840's.

There are several creatures in the Bible that some believe to be dinosaurs, like the "leviathan" in Job 41 and the "behemoth" in Job 40. Notice the description of the behemoth. "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..." (KJV)

Obviously a word that was not invented until the 1840's would not be in the Bible. The King James Version, still one of the more popular versions, was translated in 1611. This was about 200 years before the word "dinosaur" was introduced into our language. Most English versions of the Bible are at least roughly based on the KJV, so they would not contain the word either, but that does not mean they were not described.

There are several creatures listed in the pages of the Bible that we aren't exactly sure which animal was being talked about. Some of these may very well be dinosaurs!

Answer 4

When did God create dinosaurs, and when did they become extinct?

The Bible does not provide specific answers to this question. According to the Genesis account, animals were created during the fifth and sixth creative periods or ‘days.’ If the Hebrew expression translated “great sea monsters” includes dinosaurs, which often inhabited swampy, watery areas, this would mean that dinosaurs were created on the fifth “day.” (Gen. 1:21) We do not know whether they continued to exist until man was created (toward the close of the sixth “day”). At the very latest it seems likely that they must have disappeared off the earth at the time of the flood of Noah’s day. Dinosaurs were reptiles, and some kinds of dinosaurs bear strong resemblance structurally and otherwise to lizard . Not all types of dinosaurs were of such gigantic size. Hence, even if they had survived till the Flood, this would not have required taking pairs of the mammoth varieties into the ark. Other smaller members of the particular family or “kind” to which these belonged would have sufficed to fulfill the divine command.

While the radioactive dating method is innovative, it is still based on speculation and assumption. In contrast, the Bible account in the first chapter of Genesis simply states the general order of creation. It allows for possibly thousands of millions of years for the formation of the earth and many millenniums in six creative eras, or “days,” to prepare the earth for human habitation.

Some dinosaurs may indeed have been created in the fifth era listed in Genesis, when the Bible says that God made “flying creatures” and “great sea monsters.” Perhaps other types of dinosaurs were created in the sixth epoch. The vast array of dinosaurs with their huge appetites would have been appropriate considering the abundant vegetation that evidently existed in their time. Genesis 1:20-24.

When the dinosaurs had fulfilled their purpose, God ended their life. But the Bible is silent on how he did that or when. We can be sure that dinosaurs were created by Jehovah for a purpose, even if we do not fully understand that purpose at this time. They were no mistake, no product of evolution. That they suddenly appear in the fossil record unconnected to any fossil ancestors, and also disappear without leaving connecting fossil links, is evidence against the view that such animals gradually evolved over millions of years of time. Thus, the fossil record does not support the evolution theory. Instead, it harmonizes with the Bible’s view of creative acts of God.

When Did They Live?

Dinosaurs played a dominant role in life on earth during their age. But then they came to an end. The rock layers containing human fossils consistently occur above those layers containing dinosaur fossils. Because of this, scientists generally conclude that humans came on the earthly scene later.

In this regard the book Palaeontology, by James Scott, states: “Even the earliest species of Homo sapiens (man) lived long after the disappearance of the dinosaurs, After tilting (through earth movement) has been allowed for, rocks containing fossil men consistently occur above those preserving the bones of the great dinosaur reptiles and it follows that the latter belong to an earlier age than the human remains.”

Answer 5

Dinosaurs are mentioned in the bible, just not referred to as "dinosaur." The word dinosaur was coined in 1841 by Sir Richard Owen to describe an order of extinct giant reptiles. In the bible you would see it written as "behemoth" see Job:40:15 and on. This is of course as long as you're using a "direct translation of the Original Languages." Other versions might have changed some of the wording ... they may have translated the word "behemoth" to "hippopotamus." This is not the case! Later in the verse it describes that he moves his tail like a cedar (does the hippo have a tail like a cedar? NO!! Does any large creature living now have a tail like a cedar? NO!!) Watered down translations of the bible get around this sometimes by stating that "he makes his tail "stiff" like a cedar. There is no "stiff" in the Original Languages.

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Answer 6

Because the word "dinosaur" wasn't a word until the 19th century. In the book of Job the 40th chapter it speaks of the leviathan and the behemoth. Some scholars have written these off as being an alligator or hippo or rhino, but the description of these animals is much closer to the descriptions we have of dinosaurs. I don't think there's anyway of knowing for sure if that is what is being described, but you may want to look it up and see what you think.

Answer 7

In many areas of the bible dinosaurs can be explained. God created the heavens and earth, and all creatures, in the beginning. Time is not necessarily a factor. The bible also mentions a first flood, before the creation, that may have served to wipe them out. Its possible that on one of the "seven days" dinos came and dinos went. its just a common increment of time and may have been interpreted incorrectly.

Answer 8

Because the word "dinosaur" wasn't coined when the Bible was written. There are lots of words that aren't in the Bible (animal names, but that doesn't make them any less real). God DID create dinosaurs.

Answer 9

The Bible refers to many the common animals we know today. The list includes lions, wolves, bears, sheep, cattle and dogs along with various kinds of birds, rodents, reptiles, and insects. What is interesting is that this extensive list includes three animals that we no longer recognize. These three are (in the original Hebrew language) tanniyn, b@hemowth (yes, it’s spelled correctly—at least as close as we can get in Roman characters), and livyathan.

Job 40:15-24

Job chapter 41, Psalm 104:25,26 and Isaiah 27:1.

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Answer 10

Is the Ice Age mentioned in the bible? I doubt it.