7 Bible Verses about Dinosaurs

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Job 40:15-24

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.
“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.
“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
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“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.
“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.
“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.
“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

Isaiah 27:1

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

Job 40:15

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

Job 41:1-34

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
“Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
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“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
“Behold, your expectation is false;
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?
“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
“His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up 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 clasp each other and cannot be separated.
“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.
“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
“His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
“Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.
“He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

Genesis 1:24-31

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”read more.
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 1:29

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

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