why do they speak about unicorns in the king james bible..?
iv found alot of crazy things in the bible strang and its not only in the king james.
January 27 2012 09:30 pm | Religion & Spirituality
iv found alot of crazy things in the bible strang and its not only in the king james.
January 27 2012 09:30 pm | Religion & Spirituality
Pretty on 09 Apr 2012 at 1:25 pm #
There are also angels, gods, dragons and talking animals in the bible!
Strange much!
james o on 09 Apr 2012 at 1:46 pm #
I’m wondering if you are making stuff up.
I can’t help noticing that you don’t give a chapter/verse citation.
ZayedaStar on 09 Apr 2012 at 2:07 pm #
why wouldn’t they mention them, unicorns must be real since the rest of the bible is accurate
Illuminator on 09 Apr 2012 at 2:24 pm #
A unicorn is a bad translation for rhinosarus, a word with Latin origens.
Thor is a loving God Too. on 09 Apr 2012 at 2:48 pm #
They didn’t want to keep mentioning the talking snake,bush and donkey, in fear of people claiming it was a fairy tale.
TaZ on 09 Apr 2012 at 3:05 pm #
It is the most weird translation!
Rhino becomes behemoth and many more.
A simple tomb becomes hell and the root cause for apostasy that is everywhere now.
————Edit for James who has not read the Bible———–
Unicorn appears in: Num_23:22; Num_24:8; Job_39:9; Job_39:10; Psa_29:6; Psa_92:10;
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Buddy Bell on 09 Apr 2012 at 3:22 pm #
Yes. This is an excellent question. On page 87 of the KJB (King James’ Bible) it specifically refers to the (and I quote here): “the Unicorn shall pass forth under thy sun and the Rhinoceros shall be bought to task whilst thee Unicorn eats breakfast”.
Beautiful stuff.
DELIVERED A CROSS on 09 Apr 2012 at 4:01 pm #
http://www.learnthebible.org/the-identity-of-the-… http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/bible/bible.ht…
There are more results. Google search keywords “unicorn in the Bible.” The translators probably couldn’t quite identify the creature it was talking about. Even behemoth and leviathan have strange descriptions. It’s not uncommon for an animal to go extinct, but in this case it may just be referring to another animal.
go to biblos.com and keyword “unicorn” in the search bar. It will produce several results. Click on one of the verses. After that click on Lexicon to see what the word was translated from originally.
Curious on 09 Apr 2012 at 4:38 pm #
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
If you believe in God and you believe his word; it is impossible to imagine the divine workmanship of his hands. His creations could quite possibly still have originality while we discuss it here.
I think there are some things God may have revealed to man, and while we put them in stories and place them in our imaginations, we assume we were the authors all along.
Angelchic on 09 Apr 2012 at 4:58 pm #
I believe that is the way God wanted it to be. Unicorns were most likely a living species during those times like dinosaurs until they became extinct. I’ll pray that we all may get a better understanding of God’s Holy Word. God bless you and yours.
JMR on 09 Apr 2012 at 5:15 pm #
Well Unicornis (English: unicorn) is a Latin word that means ‘One Horn.’ Due to Mythology, when one hears the word Unicorn, the first thing that pops into ones head is a white horse with a single horn. Though Unicornis was a translation of the Septuagint word ‘μονογενῆ’ monokeros which is a translation of the Hebrew רְאֵם (re’em), and it is unclear what animal re’em is, as it is presumed to be extinct. It should be understood that re’em was a recognizable animal, in which that it was proverbial for its un-tamable nature. The term Unicorn is used several times in the Vulgate, though rhinocerotis (Rhinoceros) has been also used in its place and so Unicorn (and monokeros | ex. ‘μονοκέρωτος’ from Num. xxiii. 22 http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septua… ) in the Vulgate is possibly an Elasmotherium.
So Unicorn in the Latin Vulgate and Douay Rhiems are not the mythical creature that most think of, the KJV however is a bit questionable as the King James Bible 1611 AD has a picture of the mythological unicorn (One horned Horse) along with a lion on the first page. I believe that other revised versions also have a mythological Unicorn within them as well. I do know that the 1625 printing of King James version has a Greek Mythological monster called the Chimaera, placed at the top of a page.
http://www.bible-reviews.com on 09 Apr 2012 at 5:33 pm #
JMR gave a good, detailed answer. Here’s a simpler one:
a) the Hebrew word rendered “unicorn” in the King James Version (KJV) is a word whose exact meaning is unknown (though it certainly refers to a horned animal)
b) at the time that the KJV was produced, people believed that the legendary animal “unicorn” existed
c) in the marginal notes, the KJV translators added an alternate possible rendering – “rhinoceros”
d) modern scholars believe this Hebrew word means “wild ox” – but it remains uncertain. Modern scholars do not use “unicorn” because they (unlike the KJV translators) know that unicorns do not exist.
- Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/