dinosaurs in the bible?

Question

why is there no mention of dinosaurs in the bible....
if creationism is true then giant reptiles wandering the plains would be one of the most noticable inhabitants of the garden of eden... certainly worthy of a mention at least

Answer 1

because the Bible wasn't written millions of years ago. they had no idea of dinosaurs

Answer 2

To start with, read Job 40:15-24.

Job was questioning God because of his suffering, and so God comes and challenges Job with His creation.

Many people say, “Job 40 can’t be speaking of a dinosaur.” They say that, not because the description doesn’t fit, but because of their preconceived conception that man and dinosaurs didn’t live together.

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the hippopotamus or the elephant.” Something to keep in mind—the footnotes are not part of the original text.

Well, the tail of an elephant or hippo is like a twig, not a cedar (most dogs have longer tails). Throughout the Scriptures, cedars were known for their great size and length. Nothing on earth today fits this description, but a sauropod type of dinosaur does.

The largest we have found was over 120 feet long. That sounds to me like the “chief”—not a hippo.

And then in Job 41, God describes the Leviathan (Isaiah 27:1 calls it the dragon in the sea.)

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the crocodile.” But the description again doesn’t fit any animal alive today.

Besides, man has never had a problem catching crocodiles, even primitive tribes, but God says in Job 41 that Leviathan couldn’t be caught.

Some think this was just a mythical creature since it speaks of it breathing fire. And yes, Job is a poetic book and those could just be poetic descriptions.

But not necessarily. Impossible you say? What about the electric eel that can produce enough electricity to stun a horse? If the electric eel was extinct and all we could find were its fossils, would we be able to know that it could generate electricity? Nope. What about the firefly and anglerfish that can produce light? What about the bombardier beetle that can fire a boiling mixture of chemicals at its enemies that is 212 degrees Fahrenheit?

Why couldn’t God have created certain water-living reptiles that were capable of expelling hot gaseous fumes that could ignite? Most animals produce methane anyway, which is a flammable gas. Stories of fire-breathing dragons have circulated for thousands of years.

Also, keep in mind that Behemoth and Leviathan were included along with real creatures that Job knew about. Read Job sometime.

In Isaiah 30:6, Isaiah speaks of flying serpents.

I also find it interesting that Herodotus, the Greek Historian who lived around 450 BC wrote about flying serpents in Arabia. He talked about finding their bones and described their snake-like bodies and bat-like wings.

And the Jewish historian from the first century, Josephus, wrote about Moses and the Israelites having a difficult time passing through a particular region because of the presence of flying serpents. I think they were speaking of one of the pterosaurs like the pterodactyl, pteranodon, or rhamphorhynchus.

Answer 3

Creatures that would seem to fit the description of dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible. Job talks about two, Leviathan and Behemoth. The great sea creatures are spoken of in Genesis 1. They are not called "dinosaurs" in the Bible because that word was not coined until the late 1800s. So it was not around to use when the Bible ws translated in 1611, or actually written 2000-3500 years ago.

Answer 4

Well dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago according to scientists and in the bible (correct me if I'm wrong) the garden of eden was created 10,000 years ago. So when Eden was created dinosaurs were long gone.

Answer 5

If there had been a raptor in the Garden, it would have eaten Adam and Eve! There is no mention of dinosaurs because the authors had not seen the fossilized skeletons in the numbers we have today. Thay may have seen one or two and this spawned monsters but they didn't know about dinosaurs so they didn't write about them.

Answer 6

There is a creationist speculation that preflood humans were giants and dinaosaurs were their size, so my guess is the bible just doesn't make a big deal about them too much. I hear that evolutionary scientists hide these giant human bones from public and that they like to make us think that normal human bones they find are part ape, but that's only a rumor.

Answer 7

The cavemen that wrote the bible didnt even know dinosaurs existed. But they did know of the Leviathans in Greece

Answer 8

Job 40:15-19
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee, he eats grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moves 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. He is the chief of the ways of God; ........

SOUNDS LIKE A DINOSAUR TO ME.

Read Job chapter 41 and read about your dragon "out of his nostrils goes smoke."

Answer 9

Well that is because we as people r dumb because we think racism is cool. So i think there r no dinosaurs in the bible because they are really stupid and u know there are no girls that followed God's teachins mention ether!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

you must not have the Holy Bible the Christian Bible because dinosaurs are there yes I said dinosaurs as in more than one cuz there is more than one....they are in Job as well as Isaiah