7 Bible Verses about Dinosaurs

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

“See now, his strength is in his loins
And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.

“He sways his tail like a cedar;
The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].
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“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.
“He is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God;
[Only] He who made him can bring near His sword [to master him].

“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the wild animals play there.

“He lies down under the lotus plants,
In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.

“The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.

“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;
He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.

“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
Or pierce his nose with barbs [to trap him]?

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent
With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy],
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?

“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
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“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?

“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

“Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?

“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

“Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false;
Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?

“No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan;
Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?

“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Nor his mighty strength, nor his orderly frame.

“Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor?
Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?

“Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face?
Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror.

“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.

“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.

“They are joined one to another;
They stick together and cannot be separated.

“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.

“Out of his mouth go burning torches,
And sparks of fire leap out.

“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and [as from] burning rushes.

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

“In Leviathan’s neck resides strength,
And dismay and terror dance before him.

“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].

“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone.

“When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor [does] the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

“He considers iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.

“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are treated as stubble by him.

“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.

“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;
He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).

“He makes the deep water boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment.

“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].

“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

There the ships [of the sea] sail,
And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds”; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation]. So God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps and crawls on the earth according to its kind; and God saw that it was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it. Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.” read more.
So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.” So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that moves on the ground—to everything in which there is the breath of life—I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so [because He commanded it]. God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;