im confused need a good theological scholar to help?

Question

god said to job in the bible that Job (38:14) It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment

and there are alot of other verses that say stuff that kinda spells out the earth is flat.. im worried, i hate reading things that look like fallacies in the bible.
can someone give a logical explanation for this.
any flames or trolls will be reported.

Answer 1

There is nothing in the Bible that says that the earth is flat. I don't know where people get that.

This passage is not intending to give a geographic description of the earth. It is speaking metaphorically. This is obvious when you don't rip it from its context. Look at verse 12-13. Does God grab the earth and shake it and send the wicked people flying off of it? Of course not.

The Bible does not present a flat earth. This is just dumb.

Answer 2

In Job 38:14. Jehovah God "uses a figurative expression describing the result of earth’s rotation. He says: “[The earth] transforms itself like clay under a seal.” In Bible times some seals for “signing” documents were in the form of a roller engraved with the writer’s emblem. It was rolled over the soft clay document or clay envelope, leaving behind it an impression in the clay. In similar manner, at the arrival of dawn, the portion of the earth coming from the blackness of night begins to show itself to have form and color as the sunlight moves progressively across its face."

Answer 3

A great deal of the Book of Job and, for that matter, a number of books of the Bible is expressed in poetical language. Poetry conveys notions to the heart and makes sense of the way in which we look at things and feel about them. Seeing the beauty of the creation in this way is so much better for our understanding than having a scientific manual spelling out formulae and factual descriptions of everything (although this might be better from the point of view of some people). No, the frail human mind can never understand God, who is so infinitely greater than ourselves, and we are only beginning to understand the universe. The similes and metaphors used in the Bible assist us to grasp things in our own terms. For example, I was very indignant when I first heard someone say that the description of Jesus ascending into Heaven was not something to which the modern Christian could subscribe, but when I tackled the preacher on the subject I began to understand what he meant and that probably Jesus moved into a new dimension, out of sight. But how could Luke, recording the incident, possibly have expressed it in such terms, and how could readers over the greater part of the past two thousand years have grasped this concept?

Answer 4

Isaiah 40:22 "....circle of the earth..."

I didn't read a flat earth into that verse. I have never thought the Bible mentioned a flat earth.

Everything in the Bible is circular like a slinky. Same things happen over and over just to different people and a little different way. A portion for instance belongs to 4000 B.C. and a portion belongs to future 2001 A.D. Like "Towers" in Genesis you have Tower of Babel, In Isaiah 30:25 "in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall." It is as if Isaiah is talking about the Twin Towers of NYC. In Isaiah it is like an appeal to turn to the Lord for help.

Answer 5

Dear confused about religion,
The first person who answered your question is telling you the truth. Religion leads you astray and causes so much confusion. He wanted to shake you regarding that truth. All religions are man-made and are false. Following the One and only God is the truth that leads to the right way; not religion. That Way is with him who said "I am the Way, the Truth and Life!. Contrary to what you have stated regarding Job describing the Earth as flat is nothing but a misunderstanding to the interpretation of what he meant. The fact that the Prophet Isaiah described the Earth as a circle and round in shape about 700 years before Christ proves that there is some misunderstanding to that verse you referred to. Isaiah said in Chapter 40:22
"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in."
The Earth discovered as a sphere by Copernicus in the 16th century. Isaiah referred to Earth as a sphere 2000 years before Copernicus. If you wish to understand the Bible, you have to be patient and allow the Holy Spirit who is the Author of the Bible to teach you while you read. Do not conclude that the Bible is incorrect. You need so much time to understand that Book which took 1500 years to be put together and now is totally available before your hand. God Bless!

Answer 6

Young's Literal Translation reads: "It turneth itself as clay of a seal, And they station themselves as clothed."

Point 1: You assume seals were flat; in fact, in Job's time they were round. The seal was rolled over the clay in order to leave the impression. So this shows God is aware the earth is round.

Point 2: When you are clothed, are your clothes flat? Of course not: your clothes conform to the curves of your body. So again, this shows God knows the earth isn't flat.

See also Isaiah 40:22, where God states the earth is like a "circle."

Answer 7

There are verses that allude to earth being square too, but remember the bible was written by men, for the men of that time. The Bible was there to proclaim a message, it wasn't a science book.

Answer 8

There are now more than 60 versions of the Bible(Different versions not translations The different versions of the Bible are not merely different translations, but are actually versions i.e. they add and remove things from other versions)



These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect

Answer 9

There are many passages in the Bible that are not consistent with our current understandings, I would argue that this should not negate the great value of the Bible. I have found great inspiration there and the eternal truths communicated to me through these words have led me to many epiphanies. So I would urge that we not be fundamentalists but take the best of these words and their lessons within ourselves.

Answer 10

It depends from where the earth is looked at. Looking at earth on it it is flat. Looking at the earth from outer space it is a sphere. Isaiah 40:22 "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth ... "