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  1  PreNAB                     |     transmission of the text. The verse numbers given in such cases
  2    Pent,  Gen    3:   20(4) |                          20] This verse seems to be out of place;
  3    Pent,  Gen    8:    6(2) |           source, from which this verse is taken, the forty days
  4    Pent,  Gen   35:    8(3) |                           8] This verse may have stood originally
  5    Pent,  Gen   37:   28(2) |           Egypt at the end of the verse. ~ ~
  6    Pent,  Gen   48:   22(3) |      historical reference in this verse are obscure. By taking the
  7    Pent,  Gen   48:   22(3) |       some translators render the verse, "I give you one portion
  8    Pent,  Exo    7:   26(3) |           is Exodus 8:1-32 in the verse enumeration of the Vulgate. ~
  9    Pent,  Exo   15:   21(2) |       refrain re-echoes the first verse of this song and was probably
 10    Pent,  Exo   15:   21(2) |         as an antiphon after each verse. ~
 11    Pent,  Exo   22:    4(2) |          versions understood this verse as a prohibition against
 12    Pent,  Lev    8:   34(4) |           quite clear. Either the verse gives merely the reason
 13    Pent,  Lev   15:   23(1) |           the legislation by this verse is uncertain in both the
 14    Pent,  Lev   16:   23(4) |                          23] This verse is best read after Lev 16:
 15    Pent,  Lev   20:   27(1) |                          27] This verse is best read immediately
 16    Pent,  Num   13:   21(2) |      commentators think that this verse is a later addition to the
 17    Pent,  Num   16:   35(5) |                          35] This verse continues 16:24; the first
 18    Pent,  Num   17:   18(3) |        mentioned in the preceding verse, or as a thirteenth staff.
 19    Pent,  Num   25:   19(7) |              19] This is the last verse of Numbers 25.~
 20    Pent,  Num   32:    3(2) |          The places named in this verse, as well as the additional
 21    Pent,  Num   33:   40(4) |                           40] The verse begins the same account
 22    Pent,  Deu   25:    4(2) |         St. Paul argues from this verse that a laborer has the right
 23    Pent,  Deu   28:   35(6) |                          35] This verse is best read with Deut 28:
 24    Pent,  Deu   33:    6(4) |          blessings, probably this verse was once introduced by the
 25    Pent,  Jos   11:   23(4) |          15:13-17; 17:12-13. This verse forms the conclusion to
 26    Pent,  Jud   21:   25(6) |      Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1. The verse gives the reason why the
 27     His, 1Sam    9:    9(2) |                        9] (9)This verse is a later explanation of
 28     His, 1Sam   10:    8(3) |              8] By inserting this verse, with its seven days, an
 29     His, 1Sam   17:   54(4) |     military tent of his own; the verse is a later gloss.~
 30     His, 2Sam    4:    4(1) |           Sam 9. The text of this verse may owe its present place
 31     His, 2Sam   11:   22(2) |                    22] After this verse, the Greek text, which is
 32     His, 2Sam   12:    1(1) |          resembling English blank verse. ~
 33     His, 2Sam   20:    8(1) |               8] The text of this verse is quite uncertain. ~
 34     His, 2Sam   24:   17(3) |                   17] Before this verse a Qumran manuscript (4Q
 35     His, 1Kin   22:   28(2) |        the Hebrew text after this verse attributes to Micaiah ben
 36     His, 2Chr    6:   13(1) |                          13] This verse is not found in the Chronicler'
 37     His,  Ezr    9:    7(1) |                     7] After this verse, the next part of the prayer
 38     His,  Tob    5:    3(1) |          derived from the present verse of Tobit. Duplicate documents,
 39   WisdB,  Job    3:   16(2) |                      16] (16)This verse has been placed between
 40   WisdB,  Job    3:   16(2) |         24-31; 34; 36; 38-42. The verse numbers given in such cases
 41   WisdB,  Job   10:    1(1) |           life: this is the first verse of Job 10. ~
 42   WisdB,  Job   13:   14(1) |            The second half of the verse is a common biblical expression
 43   WisdB,  Job   13:   14(1) |        109; the first half of the verse must have a similar meaning.
 44   WisdB,  Job   13:   28(3) |                   28] (13:28)This verse has been transposed from
 45   WisdB,  Job   24:   17(2) |       asterisks which follow this verse mark off a passage (Job
 46   WisdB,  Job   36:   31(5) |       showers of Job 36:28 if the verse order indicated above is
 47   WisdB,  Job   40:   30(4) |           24. The meaning of this verse is that the crocodile is
 48   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |          translations are often a verse number behind the Hebrew
 49   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |          the superscriptions as a verse.~The superscriptions derive
 50   WisdB,  Psa    5:   10(2) |            cf Jeremiah 5:16). The verse mentions four parts of the
 51   WisdB,  Psa    8:    6(5) |       eminent fulfillment of this verse in Jesus Christ, who was
 52   WisdB,  Psa    9:    1(1) |         and Latin tradition. Each verse of the two psalms begins
 53   WisdB,  Psa   16:   10(5) |         25-32; 13:35-37 apply the verse to Christ's resurrection, "
 54   WisdB,  Psa   20:    1(1) |          12:6; 21:9-13. The final verse (Psalm 20:9) [10] echoes
 55   WisdB,  Psa   20:    1(1) |            10] echoes the opening verse. ~
 56   WisdB,  Psa   25:    1(1) |          Psalm 25] A lament. Each verse begins with a successive
 57   WisdB,  Psa   25:   22(3) |                       22] A final verse beginning with the Hebrew
 58   WisdB,  Psa   31:    6(2) |          his last with this psalm verse. Stephen in Acts 7:59 illudes
 59   WisdB,  Psa   31:    6(2) |          attacked by enemies. The verse is used as an antiphon in
 60   WisdB,  Psa   41:   10(3) |         me: John 13:18 cites this verse to characterize Judas as
 61   WisdB,  Psa   47:    6(3) |         tradition has applied the verse to the ascension of Christ.~
 62   WisdB,  Psa   49:   16(5) |        person in Psalm 73:24. The verse apparently states the hope
 63   WisdB,  Psa   51:    1(1) |            blot out" in the first verse of each section (Psalm 51:
 64   WisdB,  Psa   51:    1(1) |       away)" just after the first verse of each section (Psalm 51:
 65   WisdB,  Psa   51:    1(1) |          and just before the last verse (Psalm 51:9) of the first
 66   WisdB,  Psa   51:    7(2) |        always been afflicted. The verse does not imply that the
 67   WisdB,  Psa   64:    1(1) |          Psalm 64:8-10) The final verse is a vow of praise (Psalm
 68   WisdB,  Psa   69:   10(5) |         you: Romans 15:3 uses the verse as an example of Jesus'
 69   WisdB,  Psa   73:    1(1) |             Psalm 73] The opening verse of this probing poem (cf
 70   WisdB,  Psa   73:   24(5) |    perhaps deliberately enigmatic verse. It is understood by some
 71   WisdB,  Psa   73:   24(5) |           second century B.C. The verse is perhaps best left unspecified
 72   WisdB,  Psa   78:    2(2) |           Matthew 13:35 cites the verse to explain Jesus' use of
 73   WisdB,  Psa   82:    6(3) |         John 10:34 Jesus uses the verse to prove that those to whom
 74   WisdB,  Psa   95:   11(3) |          9. Hebrews 4 applies the verse to the eternal rest of heaven.~
 75   WisdB,  Psa  111:    1(1) |         poem is an acrostic, each verse beginning with a successive
 76   WisdB,  Psa  118:   22(3) |         Testament interpreted the verse as referring to the death
 77   WisdB,  Psa  119:    1(1) |        with the same letter. Each verse contains one word for "instruction."
 78   WisdB,  Psa  119:    1(1) |         for "instruction" in each verse cannot be maintained with
 79   WisdB,  Psa  145:    1(1) |           in acrostic form; every verse begins with a successive
 80   WisdB,  Psa  149:    3(2) |          tambourine and lyre: the verse recalls the great exodus
 81   WisdB,  Pro    6:   10(3) |                          10] This verse may be regarded as the sluggard'
 82   WisdB,  Pro    6:   26(6) |            26] Some interpret the verse in a progressive sense,
 83   WisdB,  Pro   20:   25(6) |                          25] This verse cautions against making
 84   WisdB,  Pro   24:   27(9) |                          27] This verse is commonly interpreted
 85   WisdB,  Pro   24:   29(10)|                          29] This verse indicates great progress
 86   WisdB,  Pro   28:    2(1) |          of this poorly preserved verse seems to be that frequent
 87   WisdB,  Pro   30:   20(6) |                          20] This verse portrays the indifference
 88   WisdB,  Ecc  Int          |         in prose and aphorisms in verse are intermingled in Ecclesiastes,
 89   WisdB,  Ecc    5:    8(2) |            8] The wording of this verse has perhaps never been adequately
 90   WisdB,  Ecc   11:    2(2) |                           2] This verse refers either to almsgiving
 91   WisdB,  Son    1:    1(1) |       title is actually the first verse of chapter 1. ~
 92   WisdB,  Son    4:    7(5) |          Church in Eph 5:27. This verse is also applied to Our Lady,
 93   WisdB,  Son    4:   16(11)|         The last two lines of the verse are spoken by the girl,
 94   WisdB,  Son    7:    1(1) |   uncertain. The question in this verse could be construed as a
 95   WisdB, Wisd  Int          |       patterned on that of Hebrew verse. At times he speaks in the
 96   WisdB, Wisd    1:    7(3) |                           7] This verse is applied to the Holy Spirit
 97   WisdB, Wisd    4:   15(3) |                           15] The verse here omitted repeats the
 98   WisdB, Wisd    8:   21(5) |           continent." Though this verse has often been cited in
 99   WisdB,  Sir    7:   33(9) |      Tobit 1:20; 12:12. When this verse is read in the light of
100   WisdB,  Sir   24:   22(5) |        discourse in the preceding verse. Wisdom and the law of Moses
101   WisdB,  Sir   31:    2(2) |              2] The Hebrew adds a verse that seems out of place
102   WisdB,  Sir   40:   11(3) |     render the second half of the verse: "all waters shall return
103   WisdB,  Sir   41:   13(2) |                    13] After this verse many texts repeat Sirach
104   WisdB,  Sir   44:   16(3) |         Hebrews 11:5. The present verse is an expansion of the original
105   WisdB,  Sir   51:   12(2) |                    12] After this verse the Hebrew text gives the
106  ProphB,  Isa    1:   27(11)|                          27] This verse is the key to the whole
107  ProphB,  Isa    7:   14(7) |  transcendent fulfillment of this verse in Christ and his Virgin
108  ProphB,  Isa   26:   19(1) |                          19] This verse refers to the restoration
109  ProphB,  Isa   45:    8(5) |           messianic sense to this verse, using "just one" and "savior"
110  ProphB,  Jer   31:   15(2) |         Matthew 2:18 applies this verse to the slaughter of the
111  ProphB,  Jer   31:   22(3) |         in his commentary on this verse understood it of Mary's
112  ProphB,  Eze    3:   16(7) |           see Ezekiel 3:15. (This verse has been transposed from
113  ProphB,  Dan    7:   28(10)|                          28] This verse ends the Aramaic part of
114  ProphB,  Dan    8:   16(6) |         wordplay in the preceding verse on geber - manlike figure.~
115  ProphB,  Dan   14:    2(2) |                    2] 14, 2: This verse in the Septuagint Greek
116  ProphB,  Hos    1:    2(2) |       when Hosea married her; the verse describes the event in its
117  ProphB,  Hos    1:    4(3) |        Jehu; the prophecy in this verse was fulfilled by the murder
118  ProphB,  Hos    1:    7(5) |        been restored. The present verse is another example of the
119  ProphB,  Hos    1:    7(5) |            The second part of the verse emphasizes the power of
120  ProphB,  Mic    6:    5(1) |           it is evident that this verse continues the remembrance
121  ProphB,  Hab    1:   16(8) |       catching men in a net. This verse alludes to some rite involving
122  ProphB,  Zec   13:    7(4) |       Evangelist quotes from this verse, in somewhat different form,
123   NTPre                     |         to keep within an English verse the whole verbal content
124   NTPre                     |       verbal content of the Greek verse. At times the effort has
125   NTPre                     |       rendered any given original verse of scripture, if their exegetical
126   NTPre                     |  Testament. Here, punctuation and verse division are at least as
127    Gosp,  Mat    5:   21(16)|            The second part of the verse is not an exact quotation
128    Gosp,  Mat    5:   47(29)|        unusual (perisson) of this verse.~
129    Gosp,  Mat    8:   23(17)|           9:8) is introduced by a verse that links it with the preceding
130    Gosp,  Mat   10:   41(18)|         the righteous man of this verse and one of these little
131    Gosp,  Mat   12:   33(23)|        make." The meaning of this verse is obscure. Possibly it
132    Gosp,  Mat   12:   47(33)|                          47] This verse is omitted in some important
133    Gosp,  Mat   13:   52(26)|         counterparts to whom this verse applies. The scribe . . .
134    Gosp,  Mat   15:    1(1) |       Matthew 15:18-20). The last verse returns to the starting
135    Gosp,  Mat   15:    1(1) |          food laws. But that half verse is ambiguous in the Greek,
136    Gosp,  Mat   16:   19(14)|           but the context of that verse suggests that there the
137    Gosp,  Mat   16:   28(23)|           41), the coming in this verse is not the parousia as in
138    Gosp,  Mat   17:   18(16)|        out of him: not until this verse does Matthew indicate that
139    Gosp,  Mat   17:   20(17)|                    20] The entire verse is an addition of Matthew
140    Gosp,  Mat   18:   18(15)|        verbs bind and loose, this verse is practically identical
141    Gosp,  Mat   19:    9(7) |    removes Mark's setting of this verse as spoken to the disciples
142    Gosp,  Mat   20:   22(10)|         and, with the rest of the verse, indicate that the answer
143    Gosp,  Mat   20:   30(13)|         copyists assimilated this verse to Matthew 9:27. Son of
144    Gosp,  Mat   21:   44(34)|       textual witnesses omit this verse. It is probably an early
145    Gosp,  Mat   22:   41(25)|        countered by his quoting a verse of Psalm 110 that raises
146    Gosp,  Mat   23:   14(9) |            Some manuscripts add a verse here or after Matthew 23:
147    Gosp,  Mat   24:   14(8) |          the end will come), this verse substantially repeats Mark
148    Gosp,  Mat   24:   34(20)|         difficulty raised by this verse cannot be satisfactorily
149    Gosp,  Mat   26:   41(26)|          on Matthew 6:13. In that verse "the final test" translates
150    Gosp,  Mat   27:   11(6) |       instances are, besides this verse, Matthew 2:2; 27:29, 37.
151    Gosp,  Mat   27:   24(13)|           43 and the note on that verse. The controversy between
152    Gosp,  Mat   27:   35(21)|           18. However, that psalm verse is quoted only in John 19:
153    Gosp,  Mat   27:   46(28)|       this narrative. In Mark the verse is cited entirely in Aramaic,
154    Gosp,  Mat   27:   46(28)|        statement of the following verse about Jesus' calling for
155    Gosp,  Mar  Int          |         Mark 10:45). ~The opening verse about good news in Mark (
156    Gosp,  Mar    6:   41(18)|           On the language of this verse as eucharistic (cf Mark
157    Gosp,  Mar   11:   26(4) |                          26] This verse, which reads, "But if you
158    Gosp,  Mar   15:   28(12)|                          28] This verse, "And the scripture was
159    Gosp,  Luk   19:   10(3) |                          10] This verse sums up for Luke his depiction
160    Gosp,  Luk   23:   17(3) |                          17] This verse, "He was obliged to release
161    Gosp,  Luk   24:    6(2) |          raised: this part of the verse is omitted in important
162    Gosp,  Luk   24:   12(4) |                          12] This verse is missing from the Western
163    Gosp,  Joh    1:    1(2) |        different meanings in this verse: existence, relationship,
164    Gosp,  Joh    1:   15(10)|                          15] This verse, interrupting John 1:14,
165    Gosp,  Joh    2:    4(4) |                           4] This verse may seek to show that Jesus
166    Gosp,  Joh    2:   12(9) |             12] This transitional verse may be a harmonization with
167    Gosp,  Joh    3:   34(16)|         Jesus, perhaps both. This verse echoes John 5:8.~
168    Gosp,  Joh    4:   36(14)|         may go with the preceding verse rather than with John 4:
169    Gosp,  Joh    5:    4(5) |      Greek Fathers, an additional verse was known: "For [from time
170    Gosp,  Joh    5:    4(5) |     powers attributed to it. This verse is missing from all early
171    Gosp,  Joh    5:   32(12)|        Jesus, as indicated in the verse groupings John 5:33-34,
172    Gosp,  Joh    8:   25(13)|          from the beginning: this verse seems textually corrupt,
173    Gosp,  Joh    8:   33(16)|         almost continuously, this verse is probably Johannine irony,
174    Gosp,  Joh    8:   38(18)| understand the second part of the verse as a sarcastic reference
175    Gosp,  Joh   12:   24(15)|                          24] This verse implies that through his
176    Gosp,  Joh   17:    2(3) |       treat the first line of the verse as parenthetical and the
177    Gosp,  Joh   17:    3(4) |                           3] This verse was clearly added in the
178    Gosp,  Joh   17:    3(4) |       reflection on the preceding verse; Jesus nowhere else refers
179    Gosp,  Joh   20:    3(5) |      Peter alone in Luke 24:12, a verse missing in important manuscripts
180    Gosp,  Joh   20:   28(17)|          inclusion with the first verse of the gospel: "and the
181    Gosp,  Joh   20:   29(18)|                          29] This verse is a beatitude on future
182    Gosp,  Joh   21:   14(7) |                          14] This verse connects John 20 and 21;
183    Gosp,  Act    1:    4(3) |         as is clear from the next verse. This gift of the Spirit
184    Gosp,  Act    1:    7(5) |                           7] This verse echoes the tradition that
185    Gosp,  Act    3:   20(9) |        scholars believe that this verse preserves a very early christology,
186    Gosp,  Act    7:    2(2) |     buried at Hebron; in the same verse it is said that the tomb
187    Gosp,  Act    8:   37(10)|     manuscripts of Acts omit this verse, which is a Western text
188    Gosp,  Act   12:   25(6) |           Jerusalem. This present verse could refer to a return
189    Gosp,  Act   24:    7(2) |     Western text has added here a verse (really 6b-8a) that is not
190    Gosp,  Act   28:   29(7) |     Western text has added here a verse that is not found in the
191   NTLet,  Rom    3:    4(2) |           116:11. The rest of the verse is from Psalm 51:6.~
192   NTLet,  Rom    9:    5(3) |       Some editors punctuate this verse differently and prefer the
193   NTLet,  Rom   11:   34(7) | explicitly mention Isaiah in this verse, nor Job in 11:35.~
194   NTLet,  Rom   16:   20(8) |                          20] This verse contains the only mention
195   NTLet, 1Cor    7:    8(6) |      unmarried when he wrote this verse. Some interpreters believe
196   NTLet, 1Cor    8:    6(3) |                           6] This verse rephrases the monotheistic
197   NTLet, 1Cor   14:   26(9) |        gifts in their assemblies. Verse 26 enunciates the basic
198   NTLet, 1Cor   14:   33(10)|                           33b-36] Verse 33b may belong with what
199   NTLet, 2Cor    3:    3(3) |                           3] This verse contrasts Paul's letter
200   NTLet, 2Cor    3:    6(5) |                           6] This verse serves as a topic sentence
201   NTLet, 2Cor    5:   13(9) |            Out of our minds: this verse confirms that a concern
202   NTLet, 2Cor    8:    9(10)|           similarity between this verse and Philippians 2:6-8. Others
203   NTLet, 2Cor   11:    1(2) |         foolishness from me: this verse indicates more clearly than
204   NTLet, 2Cor   12:   19(12)|                          19] This verse looks back at the previous
205   NTLet, 2Cor   12:   19(12)|          s (cf 1 Cor 4:3-5). This verse also leads into the final
206   NTLet, 2Cor   13:   10(5) |   authority in their regard. This verse forms an inclusion with
207   NTLet, 2Cor   13:   11(6) |        divine blessing. The final verse is one of the clearest trinitarian
208   NTLet,  Col    1:   20(11)|     through Christ earlier in the verse.~
209   NTLet, 1The    4:   17(4) |        construction combines this verse with Matthew 24:40-41 (see
210   NTLet,  Heb    7:   26(18)|                          26] This verse with its list of attributes
211   NTLet,  Heb   10:   26(14)|           If we sin deliberately: verse 29 indicates that the author
212   NTLet,  Heb   11:    3(3) |          By faith . . . God: this verse does not speak of the faith
213   CathL, 2Pet  Int          |         in the canon. The opening verse attributes it to "Symeon
214   CathL, 1Joh    5:   13(3) |           eternal life. The final verse (1 John 5:21) voices a perennial
215   CathL,  Rev    6:   17(15)|         the Lamb in the preceding verse.~
216   CathL,  Rev   14:    8(7) |                           8] This verse anticipates the lengthy