Is Verse Map Comparison Possible

Pieter J.
Pieter J. Member Posts: 533
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Is there an easy way to compare chapter and verse map discrepancies of translations against original languages for a complete Book of the Bible? Kind of like the Bible Outline Browser, but for Bibles. Or, should I settle with Bible Outline Browser as the only solution?

The idea is to quickly verify Chapter boundaries of a translation against boundaries of original languages.

Example:

BHS                LEB

Jonah 1:1-16    Jonah 1:1-17

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,806

    PJ said:

    Is there an easy way to compare chapter and verse map discrepancies of translations against original languages for a complete Book of the Bible? Kind of like the Bible Outline Browser, but for Bibles. Or, should I settle with Bible Outline Browser as the only solution?

    I'm not aware of any feature in Logos to do this - but https://wiki.logos.com/Bible_Verse_Maps might be helpful in what you are doing.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,821

    PJ said:

    Is there an easy way to compare chapter and verse map discrepancies of translations against original languages for a complete Book of the Bible? Kind of like the Bible Outline Browser, but for Bibles. Or, should I settle with Bible Outline Browser as the only solution?

    The Bible Outline Browser does not achieve what you want - think of it as showing pericope boundaries rather than chapter/verse. The easiest way to see the differences is with the text comparison tool. The information panel of the Bibles show what mapping is used so that you can avoid multiple examples of the same mapping.

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  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭

    PJ said:

    Is there an easy way to compare chapter and verse map discrepancies of translations against original languages 

    Just a reminder that there were no chapter or verse markings in the original languages

  • Pieter J.
    Pieter J. Member Posts: 533
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1067035#Comment_1067035

    Thank you all for the clear advice.

    The discrepancies are most often pointers towards possible issues regarding outlines. Some authors don't seem to mention these issues. By knowing the verse numbers that is an issue I can track them down before I start to further investigate the author's point of view. This way I can better prioritize bibliography items to investigate.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,821
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1067041#Comment_1067041

    For that purpose, see TIP of the day: Parallel major Bible traditions

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