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There are the living fossils such as crocodiles and komodo dragons which never went extinct in the Flood. But other dinosaurs did survive the Flood only to go extinct later. If it can be demonstrated that dinosaurs living during the same time as mankind, then that places evolution theory is a serious and unsolvable dilemma!
The Bible does not go into great detail on dinosaurs but there are a few passages that refer to dinosaurs.
Isaiah 51:9,
Jeremiah 51:34,
The word "dragon" is the Hebrew tannîyn which has a broad meaning when applied to living creatures on earth. But in some verses it describes what many believe are dinosaurs. Consider the Strong's Definition:
Strong's H8577:
Then there is this from the BDB
There is also a passage from the ancient Book of Job about a very large Sauropod:
Job 40:15-19,
Verse 17 in the Bishop's Bible is more clear:
This is a very large creature. The description here sounds a lot like a Sauropod. In the next post I will lay down a case in support of these Biblical passages. You can decide for yourself whether this solves the dinosaur mystery or not. Also keep in mind that the word dinosaur is a modern word first coined by Sir Richard Owen in 1841.
*Note: Not all references to dragon in the KJV mean dinosaur. Only a couple of those dragon verses can mean dinosaur. I will not be covering all verses in this topic. I do believe the next post provides enough answers for all of us.
The Bible does not go into great detail on dinosaurs but there are a few passages that refer to dinosaurs.
Isaiah 51:9,
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jeremiah 51:34,
"Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out."
The word "dragon" is the Hebrew tannîyn which has a broad meaning when applied to living creatures on earth. But in some verses it describes what many believe are dinosaurs. Consider the Strong's Definition:
Strong's H8577:
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=h8577תַּנִּין tannîyn, tan-neen'; or תַּנִּים tannîym; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal:—dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
Then there is this from the BDB
https://studybible.info/strongs/H8577Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
תּנּים תּנּין
1. dragon, serpent, sea monster
a. dragon or dinosaur
b. sea or river monster
c. serpent, venomous snake
Origin: intensive from the same as H8565
TWOT: 2528b
There is also a passage from the ancient Book of Job about a very large Sauropod:
Job 40:15-19,
15 “Look now at the behemoth
which I made along with you;
he eats grass like an ox.
16 See now his strength is in his hips,
and his power is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are wrapped together.
18 His bones are like strong pieces of brass;
his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the works of God;
He who made him can bring near His sword.
Verse 17 in the Bishop's Bible is more clear:
When he wyll, he spreadeth out his tayle lyke a Cedar tree, all his sinowes are stiffe
This is a very large creature. The description here sounds a lot like a Sauropod. In the next post I will lay down a case in support of these Biblical passages. You can decide for yourself whether this solves the dinosaur mystery or not. Also keep in mind that the word dinosaur is a modern word first coined by Sir Richard Owen in 1841.
*Note: Not all references to dragon in the KJV mean dinosaur. Only a couple of those dragon verses can mean dinosaur. I will not be covering all verses in this topic. I do believe the next post provides enough answers for all of us.
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