if god made earth in 7 days where was the mention of dinosaurs?

Question

where did dinosaurs ever get mentioned in the bible. Dinosaurs would be a big thing I would think they would be made meniton of.

Answer 1

God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. The dinosaur eggs then, had not yet hatched.

Answer 2

Start with reading Genesis 1:24-31. Here is a basic form of logic called a syllogism: T. Rex is a land animal. Land animals were made on day 6. Therefore, T. Rex was made on day 6. So, according to the Bible, dinosaurs lived beside man. Dinosaurs were made on day six of the creation week the same as man; they were beasts of the earth.

And then 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 of Behemoth 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 a 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 [reptiles]. 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

The word "dinosaur" did not appear until 1841, so how did the people who worte the Bible use a word that did not exist?

The word "dragon" is mentioned a whole bunch of times. I believe that dragon was their word for dinosaurs. There are countless tales of men killing dragons, Alexander the Great ran into some in India. People still claim to see them alive today, even evolutionists....

The dinosaurs were knoen as dragons and co-existed with men.... Not 65 million years before

Answer 4

The dinosaur is referred to as behemoth in the Book of Job. Dinosaur, is a relatively new word. The description of behemoth fits our conception of a dinosaur. In the past, people speculated on what this creature was, since dinosaurs were unknown.

Also, many cultures have myths about dragons, which sound pretty close to our idea of a dinosaur.

Answer 5

Well, dragons are mentioned in the bible. Does that count?

In truth, we have corrupted the Garden of Eden story. The original Hebrew scriptures describe the "snake" as a leviathan. That is to say a HUGE creature. No average garden snake.

"The Leviathan was a monstrous fish created on the fifth day of Creation. Its story is related at length in the Talmud Baba Bathra 74b, where it is told that the Leviathan will be slain and its flesh served as a feast to the righteous in [the] Time to Come, and its skin used to cover the tent where the banquet will take place."

Kind of makes Eve's little incident with the apple a lot easier to understand, huh?

Answer 6

dinosaurs aren't mentioned in the Bible because the Bible is not about modern science. That's like asking 'why weren't black holes mentioned in The Merchant of Venice?' - different times, different genres. The Bible doesn't mention North America but that doesn't mean that the Bible rejects geography or teaches that North America doesn't exist.

Answer 7

They get mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis, when God brought forth the land animals. I forget which day it was, but before the sixth day, when God made man.
So dinosaurs get mentioned right at the beginning of the Bible before the beast called man.

Answer 8

I got a question? How in the world did a comet hit and destroy all Life on This Plantet? Then all of a sudden.. Stuff just started growing again? And why didnt the alligators die? werent theyre suppose to be dinosaurs in the water as well?

Yea, I see Bones... ok .. But why arent there that many Bones? where are the rest of em? Why arent there any Bones under my house or just floating around the sewers?
I'm Not saying they never existed... But the whole story sounds a little BOGUS... But, No one cares enough to question it.. And why is that?

Answer 9

Dinosaurs (or what could probably only be a dinosaur) is mentioned twice in the book of Job.

Answer 10

God didnt make the earth in 7 days he made it in 6 and rested on the 7th day and before the flood the bible talks about great beast