NASB95 General Formatting?

I purchased a NASB95 recently to try as a change from the NIV84. While reading in 2 Samuel chapter 2, I noticed verse 4b begins with a bold type letter. I searched around online and found that in some editions this indicates the beginning of a paragraph if your Bible is in verse format. However, the general formatting info page at the beginning says this is denoted by a red letter or verse number in this printing. No mention of bold typeface at all. I also checked a few digital versions and they use bold to indicate the beginning of a paragraph as well as having 2 Sam 2:4b start with a bold letter. Any idea why this is bold?

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Graham Criddle

Hi Andrew - and welcome to the forums

I'm not sure if your question relates to the Logos version of the Bible but, if so, does the information - from the front of that book - outlined below help clarify?

Graham

Andrew Long

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1303198#Comment_1303198

Hi,

Thanks for the reply and welcome. The page in my copy shows this edition to denote paragraphs with red letters or verse numbers, such as the highlighted 8 in the first picture.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1303261#Comment_1303261

Check the electronic form not the paper form.

Andrew Long

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1303272#Comment_1303272

I have checked the electronic versions. Some have the paragraph symbol (¶) and some use bold type face for the first letter/number. But none I’ve referenced show it matching the formatting of 2 Sam 2:4b or explaining the formatting for 2 Sam 2:4b on the General Formatting page.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Given that many print NASB95s do indicate a paragraph break in 2 Sam 2:4b (e.g., by using bold in some versions, or by an actual paragraph break in https://ref.ly/logosres/nasb95para?ref=BibleNASB95.2Sa2.4), the most parsimonious explanation is that this was supposed to be red in your printed edition, but they forgot to update the formatting from bold to red.

Andrew Long

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1303288#Comment_1303288

Well, given that I do not have access to the digital copy referenced, I used Bible Hub app to access paragraph form NASB95. So, we may be working off different material. While I considered your solution, it seemed unlikely due to the previously pictured lack of paragraph break symbol as well as other reasons that are too arduous to get into here. However, I think you may have led me to the solution. What you are describing as a paragraph break appears to be a line break in the version I am looking at. I am differentiating the break if it contains a full empty line between itself and the previous scripture. This is not an isolated incident in the printed NASB95 either. It actually occurs hundreds of times; most notably at the beginning of an epistle and quite a few times in Revelations when referencing the different angels of the churches. Each instance appears to be accompanied by a line break in the paragraph version. Some example: James 1:1, 3:5; 1 Peter 1:1, 5:14; 2 Peter 1:1, 2:10; Revelation 2:1, 2:8, 2:12, 2:18, 3:1, 3:7, 3:14, 7:12, 11:15, 12:10, 13:1, 15:3, 19:1, 19:5, 19:6. Also attached some pictures of 2 Sam paragraph form and Rev 2.

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1303311#Comment_1303311

Hi Andrew

This is how the NASB shows 2 Samuel 2 in my version of Logos.

and here is the same chapter in the 2022 edition