Ps 117: the shortest chapter in the Bible.Ps 119: the longest chapter in the Bible.Ps 118: the middle chapter in the Bible. Ps 118:8 "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." 1188/2 = 594. There are 594 chapters before Ps 118 and 594 chapters after it if one …
Category: Bible Versions
Titles in the book of Psalms
Are the titles in the first verse of many of the Psalms part of Scripture? Frequently one finds people omitting the titles when reading the Psalms publicly. Presumably they do not think that these titles are part of Scripture. This arises because in many versions of the Bible the title is made a separate verse, …
The People’s Bible
The People's Bible was an initiative to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the King James Version of the Bible by re-writing it nationally using the technology of digital pens and ipads. The project journeyed through most of Britain to give the public the opportunity to write two verses of the Bible each, …
Thee and Thou – You and Yous
If you want an accurate English translation of the Bible, you need a version which distinguishes the singular of 'you' by the use of thee/thou. Almost all languages have this distinction between the singular and plural, but English has lost it in common speech. Indeed, a new plural 'yous' is beginning to emerge in slang …
Two significant deaths
There have been two significant deaths in the past three months - Christopher Hitchens and Steve Jobs. I feel sorry for Christopher Hitchens, an intelligent atheist, who died yesterday. He had a powerful intellect, like Richard Dawkins, but this does not help if one is spiritually blind. The smallest child can see the sun, which …
The first hard copies of Scripture
We are familiar with electronic and hard copies of documents, the former being stored as electronic medium and the latter being the physical tangible version. What and where is the first hard copy of Scripture? Moses wrote the Pentateuch on manuscript and copies were made from it. In Deu 17:18 we read that the king …
Donald's Thoughts 