Paleontology – The study of past geological periods as known from fossil remains, (dinosaurs).
The Book Of Job.
Hey, Mr. Dinosaur,
You really couldn’t ask for more.
You were God’s favorite creature,
But you didn’t have a future. (Sting)
As I began the process of researching, writing and putting together SURTSPaleontology, I realized that there were quite a few bible verses that someway…somehow…mentions directly or indirectly, items that qualify under the scientific study of paleontology.
SURTSPaleontology will be divided up into 2 sections:
The Book Of Job.
For this section of SURTSPaleontology…The Book Of Job, I would ask that you consider the following…
For a book that is not intended to be a book on science, let alone paleontology, it is quite amazing, not only on the amount of science that is in there, but the validity of the references regarding paleontology, that are in there.
Based on the evidence presented, I would submit to you there is absolutely nowhere in the Bible where the paleontology topics are unfounded. I would also submit to you that there is nowhere in the Bible where any scientific discovery since the Bible was put together, has yet to be proven false, regarding paleontology.
What is truly amazing is the fact that many of the facts above were already in the Bible before man and his science…and paleontology, ‘discovered’ them. In multiple cases, by hundreds or thousands of years.
What other religious book has this record?
The point is this:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
I wish to thank the authors of the following website for their ideas, concepts and inspiration, for SURTSPaleontology…The Book Of Job:
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-does-the-bible-say-about-dinosaurs.html
https://www.openbible.info/topics/dinosaurs
https://biblereasons.com/dinosaurs/
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Welcome to SURTSPaleontology…The Book Of Job.
The Book Of Job:
1. Job 40:15-16:
QUOTE: The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. (Stephen Gardiner)
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. (Job 40:15-16 KJV)
2. Job 40:17-18:
Iron might weep, but it did not break. (Susan Dennard)
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. (Job 40:17-18 KJV)
3. Job 40:19-20:
I learn something every time I go into the mountains. (Michael Kennedy)
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. (Job 40:19-20 KJV)
4. Job 40:21-22:
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. (Warren Buffett)
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. (Job 40:21-22 KJV)
5. Job 40:23-24:
The river is everywhere. (Herman Hesse)
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. (Job 40:23-24 KJV)
6. Job 41:1-2:
There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. (Steven Wright)
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (Job 41:1-2 KJV)
7. Job 41:3-4:
Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. (Mahatma Gandhi)
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? (Job 41:3-4 KJV)
8. Job 41:5-6:
I’m not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me. (Gordon Lightfoot)
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? (Job 41:5-6 KJV)
9. Job 41:7-8:
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. (Paul Schullery)
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. (Job 41:7-8 KJV)
10. Job 41:9-10:
If you are looking for a whale you cannot search for a whale in a pond. You must go to deep waters. (Prashant Iyengar)
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? (Job 41:9-10 KJV)
11. Job 41:11-12:
The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land. (Arnold J. Toynbee)
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. (Job 41:11-12 KJV)
12. Job 41:13-14:
The brontosaurus had thirty-ton body and a two-ounce brain. The anatosaurus had two thousand teeth. Triceratops had a helmet of filled bone seven feet long. Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms and teeth like six-inch razors and it was elected President. It ate everything—dead meat, living meat, old bones. (John Updike)
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. (Job 41:13-14 KJV)
13. Job 41:15-17:
SMAUG: I kill where I wish, when I wish! My armour is iron! NO BLADE CAN PIERCE ME! (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. (Job 41:13-14 KJV)
14. Job 41:18-19:
You haven’t been bit till a dragon does it. (Tamora Pierce)
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. (Job 41:18-19 KJV)
15. Job 41:20-21:
Come not between the dragon and his wrath. (William Shakespeare)
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. (Job 41:20-21 KJV)
16. Job 41:22-23:
SMAUG: My armour is like tenfold shields… (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. (Job 41:22-23 KJV)
17. Job 41:24-25:
SMAUG: …my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death! (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. (Job 41:24-25 KJV)
18. Job 41:26-27:
Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens. (George R. R. Martin)
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. (Job 41:26-27 KJV)
19. Job 41:28-29:
The arrow will not always find the mark intended. (Horace)
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. (Job 41:28-29 KJV)
20. Job 41:30-31:
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble! (William Shakespeare)
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. (Job 41:30-31 KJV)
21. Job 41:32-34:
SMAUG: I am fire! I am…death! (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. (Job 41:32-34 KJV)
And there you have it.
21 sets of bible verses found in the Book Of Job, whose focus can be considered under the scientific branch of paleontology.
If one of these verses is read independently, then it is possible to assume the reader may not come to this conclusion:
While the Holy Bible is of course a religious book first and foremost, clearly, it is much more than that.
I would submit to you that in regards to the Holy Bible and the scientific field of paleontology…
The reliability is more than coincidence.
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