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Originally Posted by metaphor-  The whole point of a scripture can be taken from the context and the origional greek/hebrew languages. Job 26:7 clearly points to the earth as hanging upon nothing, having no supports.
In the original Hebrew, the word for “nothing” used here means “not any thing,” and this is the only time it occurs in the Bible. The picture it presents of an earth surrounded by empty space is recognized by scholars as a remarkable vision for its time. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament says: “Job 26:7 strikingly pictures the then-known world as suspended in space, thereby anticipating future scientific discovery. |
When I read the Old Testament, many phrases are very perplexing and don't make sense to me. That is, unless I visualize a model like this:
A COMMON COSMOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
I don't disagree that there may be verses that may describe an Earth floating in space, but as a whole, it's hard to reconcile the entire book with the modern heliocentric theory.
Of course, I don't think this means the Bible isn't a book worth understanding, but just that it is not really designed to be a scientific book, but a book about morals. I'm not even sure the authors took many of these details literally.