12/17/2023 0 Comments Does the bible say the earth is flatThere is no problem with this description. The word translated “pillars” in Job 9:6 and Psalm 75:3 is עמוד ‛ammûd, which the dictionary also defines as ‘stand’ or ‘platform’-a good description for the subterranean masses under the continental plates. In these verses, we should understand “earth” as landmass. Furthermore, the critic has committed the etymological fallacy, incorrectly assuming that the Hebrew word “ תּבל têbêl ” and “ ארץ ‘erets ” means earth in the sense of “globe” or “planet.” More often, these words mean simply “land” as in one particular country, and in some contexts they cannot mean “globe” (Genesis 38:9). None of these passages are geologic instruction, they are lyric poetry using colloquial metaphor to express God’s all-encompassing power. Pillars under a Flat Earth? Job 9:6-”This verse says the earth has pillars, indicating a flat earth”
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