Citation syntax
Citation syntax

Choosing a book:

The easiest way to choose a book is to click on the table of books below the citation text field. The book name will appear in the text field. A book can be entered from the keyboard by either by its English name or abbreviation:

Torah
Prophets
Minor prophets
Writings
Genesis; Gen Joshua; Josh Hosea; Hos Nahum; Nah Psalms; Ps Ecclesiastes; Eccl
Exodus; Ex Judges; Judg Joel; Joel Habakkuk; Hab Proverbs; Prov Esther; Esth
Leviticus; Lev 1 Samuel; 1 Sam Amos; Am Zephaniah; Zeph Job; Job Daniel; Dan
Numbers; Num 2 Samuel; 2 Sam Obadiah; Ob Haggai; Hag Song of songs; Song Ezra; Ezra
Deuteronomy; Deut 1 Kings; 1 Kings Jonah; Jon Zechariah; Zech Ruth; Ruth Nehemiah; Neh
  2 Kings; 2 Kings Micah; Mic Malachi; Mal Lamentations; Lam 1 Chronicles; 1 Chr
  Isaiah; Isa   2 Chronicles; 2 Chr
  Jeremiah; Jer  
  Ezekiel; Ezek  

Book names and abbreviations are case-insensitive. That is, deut, DEUT, deuteronomy, and dEUTERONOMY are valid entries for the book of Deuteronomy.

Choosing chapters and verses:

Six different formats are available to specify a citation. Only these formats are accepted, all others will produce error messages. To view the entire book, usually not a good idea, enter a single asterisk, '*'. The general format is b c:v where b is the book, c is the chapter, and v is the verse. A dash, "-", indicates a range of values. If the specified book, chapter, verse doesn't exist, an error message is given. This message also gives the limits on the chapters or verses in the citation. Indicies are positive, starting at 1, not zero.

Syntax Syntax name yields...
b * Complete book All the chapters and verses in the book.
Caution: This will usually take a long time to display!
b c Single chapter Book b, chapter c.
b c:v Single verse Book b, chapter c, verse v.
b c1 - c2 Chapter range Book b, chapters c1 through c2.
Caution: Wide ranges are slow to display!
b c:v1 - v2 Single chapter:Verse range Book b, chapter c verses v1 through v2.
b c1:v1 - c2:v2 Chapter:Verse range Book b, from chapter c1, verse v1 to chapter c2, verse v2.

A citation may not specify more than one book. Blanks may be omitted.

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