I didn't really anticipate this conversation about Biblical fallibility and was going to discuss Genesis 1:1, and Genesis 1:2-5, but now I am understanding that you believe the Bible is fallible and that changes things a bit.
what is your take on 2 Timothy 3:16-17?:
that admission by you about Biblical fallibility seems to contrast starkly if not otherwise make the verse false, a Biblical error.16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
that all the metaphors and tap dancing about what a verse means doesn't come from God but the reader in order to make it what the reader wants.
maybe if this topic runs it's course we can move onto the Genesis account I was mentioning.
I don't see any contradiction there. The scripture as it is given, being inspired by God, is infallible. We are talking about the Bible, the translation of which isn't inspired and fallible. Though the Bible is good enough to do what Paul suggests in the verses you gave.