Bible Versification

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Bible Versification: Those Bible Verses Are Not Miss Numbered.

Sometimes there are variations in the way different Bible translations or versions label verses. All Bible verse identifications are man-made and not considered "God inspired." If you are reading a book that references a verse where the author uses one translation and you look the verse up in a different translation, there is a possibility you will discover the verse is not the one you expected or even seems to be missing. Maybe it is not that the book gave you the wrong verse. A person should suspect versification differences when they find a verse saying something totally different than it should have. First make sure you are in the correct place. Then investigate the surrounding verses to find the verse of interest. It may be identified differently but should basically say what you expect and it will usually be in the same order among other verses.

 

 

  

Other EXAMPLES OF VERSIFICATIONS Variances.

Rev 12:18 - NASB, KJV, RSV, HCSB
3 John 15 - KJV, NASB
2 Corinthians 13:14 - HCSB, NET

 

Verses commonly having versification variance issues (173 verses) 

Genesis  31:55, 32:33

Exodus  7:26-29, 8:29-32, 21:37, 22:31

Leviticus  5:20-26, 6:24-30

Numbers  16:36-50, 17:14-28, 25:19, 29:40, 30:17

Deuteronomy  12:32, 13:19, 22:30, 23:26, 28:69, 29:29

Joshua  4:25, 5:16, 21:44-45

Judges  5:32

Ruth  4:22

1 Samuel  21:16, 23:29, 24:23

2 Samuel  18:33, 19:44

1 Kings  4:21-34, 5:19-32, 22:54

2 Kings  11:21, 12:22

1 Chronicles  5:27-41, 6:67-81, 12:41

2 Chronicles  1:18, 2:18, 13:23, 14:15

Ezra  7:28

Nehemiah  3:33-38, 4:18-23, 7:73, 9:38, 10:40

Esther  10:4-13

Job  40:25-32, 41:27-34

Psalm  3:9, 4:9, 5:13, 6:11, 7:18, 8:10, 9:21, 12:9, 18:51, 19:15, 20:10, 21:14, 22:32, 30:13, 31:25, 34:23, 36:13, 38:23, 39:14, 40:18, 41:14, 42:12, 44:27, 45:18, 46:12, 47:10, 48:15, 49:21, 51:20-21, 52:10-11, 53:7, 54:8-9, 55:24, 56:14, 57:12, 58:12, 59:18, 60:13-14, 61:9, 62:13, 63:12, 64:11, 65:14, 67:8, 68:36, 69:37, 70:6, 75:11, 76:13, 77:21, 80:20, 81:17, 83:19, 84:13, 85:14, 88:19, 89:53, 92:16, 102:29, 108:14, 140:14, 142:8

Proverbs  4:28-29, 13:26, 18:25

Ecclesiastes  4:17, 5:20

Song of Solomon  6:13, 7:14

Isaiah  8:23, 9:21, 64:12

Jeremiah  8:23, 9:26

Lamentations  3:22-66

Ezekiel  20:45-49, 21:33-37

Daniel  3:31-33, 4:35-37, 5:31, 6:29

Hosea  1:10-11, 2:24-25, 11:12, 12:15, 13:16, 14:10

Joel  2:28-32, 3:6-21

Amos  6:15

Jonah  1:17, 2:11

Micah  4:14, 5:15

Nahum  1:15, 2:14

Zephaniah  2:15

Haggai  1:15, 2:24

Zechariah  1:18-21, 2:14-17

Malachi  3:19-24

Matthew  17:27

Mark  4:41, 8:39, 9:50

Luke  9:43-62, 17:3-37

John  1:52

Acts  19:41

Romans  14:24-26, 16:25-27

1 Corinthians  12:31

2 Corinthians  13:14

Ephesians  4:33

Philippians  1:18-30

Colossians  3:26

1 Timothy  6:2-21

Hebrews  4:3-16

2 Peter  2:10-22

1 John  4:16-21

3 John  1:15

Revelation  12:18