Bibles Separating Verses Distort Scripture! The Hebrew Masoretic Text is organized in paragraphs. The Greek UBS (United Bible Society) Text is organized in paragraphs. The Latin Vulgate Text which separates verses is the text to which verse numbers were added in the year 1551. Early English translations were made from that Latin text, with the pattern found there still being followed in many modern translations. See Chapter and Verse Numbers in Glossary.

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