Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Dear Joel:

Now I understand your question. It looks as if you are dealing with a
glitch in the BibleWorks program.

I looked up every text in every program that I have both electronic
and printed, and only the LXX, which has "Don't murder" after "Don't
steal", has a different numbering system, and even that one has the
same number of verses. Versions I checked included uniBible and Bible+
on Palm, Online Bible and Sword Project on the Macintosh, in every
language that I have installed. With the exception of LXX, none give
any indication that other verse numbering systems may exist.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 1/28/07, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman <joel AT exc.com> wrote:
> My question is why the printed and electronic VERSE numberings do not
> match.  For example the elctronic versions list "you shall not steal"
> as part of 20:13, while the printed versions list it as 20:15.
> Surprisingly, even the electronic version of the JPS translation, as
> provided in the popular Bibleworks program, does not match the printed
> JPS translation.
>
> My question is where these verse numbering systems come from, and why
> the printed and electronic texts *of the same version* do not agree.
>
> Does anyone know?
>
> -Joel