Is it possible these animals actually existed, but became extinct with time, and those who remembered them began myths? I've heard myths are often mixed with some truth.
Job 39:9-12: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Psalms 29:6: He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Numbers 24:8: ...he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.
Also, the description of an animal named Leviathan in Job 41:1-34 describes a large animal with scales, and the ability to breathe fire, which sunds like a Dragon. Thanks.
2007-02-22 08:02:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Let me add, I'm sure if a deer or antelope had become extinct, many would now call them myths as well.
2007-02-22 08:08:35 · update #1
The mythical view of Unicorns was developed after they had been mentioned in the Bible to my knowledge. So is it possible many confuse the myths with truth?
2007-02-22 08:09:32 · update #2
The above scriptures are taken from the King James Bible, which was the translation before the more modern versions that are used similar to NIV etc.
2007-02-22 08:10:38 · update #3
My message should have read: the above scriptures are taken from the King James version of the Bible, which was the ORIGINAL English translation of scripture, before the modern versions were published such as NIV.
2007-02-22 08:13:12 · update #4
Chocolate don't you think it's ironic you're offended by this question because you've never SEEN a unicorn, but you claim to believe in God and trust the Bible? I am a Christian, which is what brought me to this question.
2007-02-22 08:31:07 · update #5
They believe it is a myth because we haven't found proof they ever existed yet (ironically).
I do believe that something similar to unicorns existed because mermaids came from seeing manatees, dragons from lizards like komodo "dragons" and iguanas (fire must have been an exaggeration) and there have been some weird discoveries by archaelogists, not to mention some of those animals in Australia.
Unicorns could have been real, why not? If we have animals that look like horses and have TWO horns, why couldn't there have been a species with ONE horn? It's not like we are saying they flew or anything like My Little Pony" or had magical powers
2007-02-22 08:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As much as I would like to say that just because we have not found the fossil of a certain creature, does not mean it never existed. In several passages (Numbers 23:22, 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9-10; Psalm 22:21, 29:6; Isaiah 34:7), the King James Version of the Bible mentions a unicorn. The original Hebrew is the word re’em which was translated monokeros in the Septuagint and unicornis in the Latin Vulgate. Later versions use the phrase “wild ox.” The original Hebrew word basically means “beast with a horn.” One possible interpretation is the rhinoceros. But since the Hebrew tow’apaha in Numbers 23:22 refers to more than one horn, it’s likely the translators of the Septuagint used creative license to infer a wild and powerful, but recognizable animal for their versions. The re’em is believed to refer to aurochs or urus, large cattle which roamed Europe and Asia in ancient times. Aurochs stood over six feet tall and were the ancestors of domestic cattle. They became extinct in the 1600s. In the Bible, the “wild ox” usually refers to someone with great power. In Numbers 23:22 and 24:8, God compares His own strength to that of a wild ox. In Psalm 22:21, David imagines his enemies as wild oxen. The bull represented several different deities including Baal, Moloch, and the Egyptian Apis. The Israelites tried to adopt these beliefs when they made the golden calf. Whether the re’em refers to a rhinocerous, or an auroch, or some other horned animal, the image is the same—that of an untamable, ferocious, powerful, wild animal. What we do know is that the Bible is not referring to the mythological “unicorn,” the horse-with-a-horn creature of fairy tales and fantasy literature. It is highly unlikely that the KJV translators believed in the mythological unicorn. Rather, they simply used the Latin term that described a “beast with a horn.”
2016-05-23 23:45:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there many translations of the bible and even if there were a unicorn witch I don't think there is to would be God's creature anyway!
hahahahaah
I came back just say this one of those topics like abottion that can get people pissed off.
sorry
2007-02-22 14:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by DRAGON 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unicorn No my Bible says a wild ox. What bible are you reading? Levithan yes. Satan is often described as a dragon.
2007-02-22 08:08:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the problem with believing something exists or is true just because it is written in an ancient book.
2007-02-22 08:09:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who the hell knows? THere probably were dragons and unicorns. There are duck billed platapi aren't there?
2007-02-22 08:07:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's not a unicorn, it's just a side view of a goat or deer.
2007-02-22 08:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by Cyber 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because apparently you can pick and chose which parts to believe.
2007-02-22 08:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because theres no such hing as a freaking unicorn think about it you must not be a christian
2007-02-22 08:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by chocolategirl 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋