Or sphere shaped? I've seen numerous places that refer to "the ends of the Earth" or "4 corners of the Earth." Perhaps someone knows of translation issues that might go along with thhis as well.
2007-04-11 15:58:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible never implied the earth was flat to begin with.
"It is he that sitteth upon the CIRCLE*
of the earth, and the inhabitants
thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent
to dwell in." --Isaiah 40:22
*Circle=Hebrew "chuwg",meaning "sphere"
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The only way to truly interpret the passage correctly would be to look into its original language. "Chuwg", the word used for "circle" is also used interchangeably with "round" or "spherical". Not to mention, that later on, in the book of Job, 26:7, it says "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing". Job was scoffed at his time for proposing that the earth wasn't held up by strings, and you can't hang a map on strings, can you? Today we all know that it lies freely in the vacuum of space.
2007-04-11 16:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Lobo man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah 40: 22 It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
2007-04-11 16:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Bible does describe the shape of the earth as a cirlce in Isa:40:22 "ther is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth" just one of several scriptures that support that the earth is round
2007-04-12 07:49:28 · answer #3 · answered by lena 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isa 40:22. It is He that sits above the circle of the earth.
You have to be in space to see the world as a circle.
Isa 40:22 It is He who sits above the vault of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
The KJV says it better.
2007-04-11 16:05:17 · answer #4 · answered by chris p 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah 40:22 "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth, the dwellers in which are as grasshoppers, the One who is stretching out the heavens just as a fine gauze, who spreads them out like a tent in which to dwell,"
2007-04-11 16:07:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the closest they get is the old Hebrew word chuwg, which means round like a Pita. (pizza)
How would a desert dweller describe a tent as a balloon. They had no Idea of a spherical earth, honest.
I love that Alberto included a first level link to this
http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/2000/4/004round.html
2007-04-11 16:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only mention of the shape of the Earth is as 'round' or 'circular'... but that doesn't mean spherical.
e.g. if I draw a round or circular shape on a piece of paper, it's still flat. Keep this in mind when people try to tell you that the Bible says the world is round.
2007-04-11 19:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The closest is it calls the earth a circle.
2007-04-11 16:03:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm valuable all of the human beings of that factor knew concerning to the flood. God had Moses write his account of it approximately 700yrs after Noah died. basically part of ways the scriptures are inspired.
2016-10-21 22:14:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋