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What the Bible Says About Continents

Overview

The Bible addresses continents across 26 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Job, Psalms and Genesis. Closely related themes include God, Geology, Sea, the and Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena.

Key Bible verses about continents

Old Testament

Job

Job 28:8

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Job 28:9

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. rock: or, flint

Job 28:10

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

Job 28:11

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. overflowing: Heb. weeping

Job 38:4

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. hast: Heb. knowest understanding

Job 38:5

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:6

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; foundations: Heb. sockets fastened: Heb. made to sink?

Job 38:7

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 38:10

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, brake: or, established my decree upon it

Job 38:11

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? thy: Heb. the pride of thy waves

Job 38:12

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings

Job 38:14

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 38:15

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying continents for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 1:9, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Job, Psalms and Genesis each treat the theme.
  • Widen the study to related themes: God, Geology, Sea, the and Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about continents?

The Bible addresses continents across 26 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Job, Psalms and Genesis. Closely related themes include God, Geology, Sea, the and Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena.

How many Bible verses are about continents?

The Bible references continents in 26 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention continents?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 1:9: “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.”

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