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Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :

what is
the shortest chapter
Ps 117

what is
the longest chapter
Ps 119

what is the center chapter in the Bible
Ps 118

what is
the center verse in the Bible
Ps 118:8

there are 594
chapters before Ps 118:8

there are 594
chapters after Ps 118:8

if you add these together
594
594

1188

the very center verse of the Bible is Ps 118:8

does this verse have an special meaning, an special message for us?

Psa 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

This was sent to me via email, about 10 meg PowerPoint Presentation. If anyone would like the entire presentation, I am willing to upload this very wonderful presentation to their server.

Posted by trafield (Member # 5358) on :

I have revised this message because after further questioning it seems that has been around awhile. I found info on this on an urban myth site.
Here is another website disputing the facts above:

http://prayerfoundation.org/not_center_verse_of_bible_118_8.htm

Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :

Dang, I dread having to count them all out myself, but appearently I shall have to do so, look:

Quote from the link:

The King James Bible has 31,174 verses — an even number — so there is no one "center" verse: the center would be a combination of the 15,587th and the 15,588th verses, which do fall within Psalm 118 (Psalm 118:8-9, to be exact).

So they are saying the center two verses of the Bible do not fall within the center chapter of the Bible, as they claim that would be:

This makes Psalm 117, (not Psalm 118) the center chapter of the Bible.

Maybe it's just me, but seems they contradict themselves, and then again, as we know, unauthorized versions have different numbers of verses, being that they choose to leave some out.

Put it on my list...but it really is a nice PPPresentation.

So what would the center two verses be, if there data is so?

Psa 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psa 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.