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Any thoughts on this passage. I was reading the scriptures and came across an interesting passage in Job. I know there are some places in the bible where the earth is said to be flat, but have a look at how God describes the earth and sun to job.
Job 38:12-14 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
The verse above seems to be talking about the sun, "that it might take hold of the ends of the earth", it goes on to say "It is turned as clay to the seal (signet ring); and they stand as a garment".
The verse seems to say the sun rotates like clay on a potters wheel (ring), and the earth is like an outer garment to it. This fits with how the sun actually is, it rotates and the planets form an outer ring around it.
However another way to look at it is that if "it" referred to the earth, then it says the earth rotates, and the sun and moon form a warm covering to the earth as the earth rotates.
Which ever way you look at it, God speaks of rotation, not a still flat earth.
Job 38:12-14 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
The verse above seems to be talking about the sun, "that it might take hold of the ends of the earth", it goes on to say "It is turned as clay to the seal (signet ring); and they stand as a garment".
The verse seems to say the sun rotates like clay on a potters wheel (ring), and the earth is like an outer garment to it. This fits with how the sun actually is, it rotates and the planets form an outer ring around it.
However another way to look at it is that if "it" referred to the earth, then it says the earth rotates, and the sun and moon form a warm covering to the earth as the earth rotates.
Which ever way you look at it, God speaks of rotation, not a still flat earth.