Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
Come on eezy 45 why don't you be honest, the Bible doesn't mention unicorns, hobbits, and orcs. You made that up to discredit the Bible.
From Wiki:
A one-horned animal (which may be just a bull in profile) is found on some seals from the Indus Valley civilization.[2] Seals with such a design are thought to be a mark of high social rank.[3]
An animal called the re'em (Hebrew: øÀàÅí) is mentioned in several places in the Bible, often as a metaphor representing strength. "The allusions to the re'em as a wild, untamable animal of great strength and agility, with mighty horn or horns (Job 39:9-12, Ps 22:21, 29:6, Num 23:22, 24:8, Deut 33:17 comp. Ps 92:11), best fit the aurochs (Bos primigenius). This view is supported by the Assyrian rimu, which is often used as a metaphor of strength, and is depicted as a powerful, fierce, wild, or mountain bull with large horns."[4] This animal was often depicted in ancient Mesopotamian art in profile with only one horn visible.
The translators of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) employed unicorn to translate re'em, providing a recognizable animal that was proverbial for its untamable nature.
Job 39:9-12: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Psalms 29:6: He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Numbers 24:8: ...he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn
Originally posted by Jim Reaper
From Wiki:A one-horned animal (which may be just a bull in profile) is found on some seals from the Indus Valley civilization.[2] Seals with such a design are thought to be a mark of high social rank.[3]
An animal called the re'em (Hebrew: øÀàÅí) is mentioned in several places in the Bible, often as a metaphor representing strength. "The allusions to the re'em as a wild, untamable animal of great strength and agility, with mighty horn or horns (Job 39:9-12, Ps 22:21, 29:6, Num 23:22, 24:8, Deut 33:17 comp. Ps 92:11), best fit the aurochs (Bos primigenius). This view is supported by the Assyrian rimu, which is often used as a metaphor of strength, and is depicted as a powerful, fierce, wild, or mountain bull with large horns."[4] This animal was often depicted in ancient Mesopotamian art in profile with only one horn visible.
The translators of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) employed unicorn to translate re'em, providing a recognizable animal that was proverbial for its untamable nature.
Job 39:9-12: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Psalms 29:6: He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Numbers 24:8: ...he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn
The word translated unicorn in the King James translation is the Hebrew word re'em, it denotes a wild bull or ox.
The New King James translation of the Bible confirms that the word re'em actually means wild ox and that it has more than one horn (See Deuteronomy 33:17 in the New King James translation or click on the link below)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut%2033:17;&version=50; (Click on this link)