List of Bible passages of other than theological interest
List of Bible passages of other than theological interest
(All quotations from the Authorized Version (King James Version) unless otherwise noted)
1 Kings 7:23
- And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
- This is the famous passage that implies that pi = 3, if taken literally, and if round is taken to mean circular.
- This is the famous passage that implies that pi = 3, if taken literally, and if round is taken to mean circular.
- And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
- The King James translators italicized words added by the translators which did not correspond literally to any specific words in the original texts. Occasionally this produced an unintentionally comic effect, as with the word him in this example.
- The King James translators italicized words added by the translators which did not correspond literally to any specific words in the original texts. Occasionally this produced an unintentionally comic effect, as with the word him in this example.
1 Chronicles 1:25
- Eber, Peleg, Reu,
- Shortest verse in the Old Testament.
- Shortest verse in the Old Testament.
- Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
- Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
- Only places in the Bible where a star (Arcturus), a constellation (Orion), and an asterism (the Pleiades) are mentioned by name.
- Only places in the Bible where a star (Arcturus), a constellation (Orion), and an asterism (the Pleiades) are mentioned by name.
- Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
- As sometimes presented: the forty-sixth word in the psalm is "shake" (in verse 3 above). If we decide, for some reason, not to count the "selah" at the end, the forty-sixth word from the end (in verse 9 above) is "spear." William Shakespeare was baptized in 1564, and could arguably have been 46 years old when the King James version was published in 1611, or when the translation was completed. Therefore: William Shakespeare was secretly one of the King James translators.
- As sometimes presented: the forty-sixth word in the psalm is "shake" (in verse 3 above). If we decide, for some reason, not to count the "selah" at the end, the forty-sixth word from the end (in verse 9 above) is "spear." William Shakespeare was baptized in 1564, and could arguably have been 46 years old when the King James version was published in 1611, or when the translation was completed. Therefore: William Shakespeare was secretly one of the King James translators.
- Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Correct wording of the verse very frequently misquoted as "Pride goeth before a fall."
- Correct wording of the verse very frequently misquoted as "Pride goeth before a fall."
- Jesus wept.
- Shortest verse in the New Testament and shortest verse in the Bible.
