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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4

From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
To: jimmy AT liquidthinking.org
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:46:49 +0100

On 05/04/2006 03:27, Jimmy Doyle wrote:

Why do English versions of Job 41 have 34 verses while the MT has only 26?

This is one of many places where English versions have chapter breaks in different places from the Hebrew original - for obscure historical reasons. For a list of places, see my chart http://qaya.org/academic/bibletranslation/Eng-Rus-Heb%20Verse%20Numbers.zip (a zipped Word document).

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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4, Jimmy Doyle, 04/04/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4, Peter Kirk, 04/05/2006