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==Interpretations of who could Leviathan represent== | |||
===Whale=== | |||
Matthew Henry prefers the whale as candidate for Leviathan. <ref>https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/job/41.html</ref> | |||
===Crocodile=== | |||
The Revised Standard Version footnote identifies Leviathan as Crocodile. <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2041%3A1&version=RSV</ref> | |||
===Extinct animal identifications=== | |||
Young Earth Creationists suggest that sarcosuchus, mosasaurus, plesiosaurus, liopleurodon, and kronosaurus are possible candidates for Leviathan. <ref>https://creation.com/en/articles/behemoth-leviathan</ref> <ref>https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/drawing-out-biblical-leviathan/</ref> | |||
Some Old Earth creationists propose Leviathan as a dinosaur while rejecting human-dinosaur coexistence. They argue instead God used the extinct dinosaur as an example in His conversation with Job. <ref>https://www.oldearth.org/job4041a.htm</ref> | |||
== References == | |||