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Scripture reference

A Scripture reference is a reference to a particular passage in the Bible. It consists of a book, starting chapter, starting verse, ending chapter, and ending verse. Scripture references can be entered in a variety of formats (e.g., "Gen. 1:1", "Ecclesiastes 9:5", "Psalms", and "Matt. 17" are all acceptable). When indexing a hymnal, use the Scripture Spreadsheet to enter Scripture references.

There are many versions of the Bible in existence, and not all of them have the same numbering. Editors should be aware of this, especially if citing scripture information from non-mainline-protestant type hymnals (e.g. catholic hymnals).

Here's a summary of the differences between the two in the book of Psalms (from [1]):

Hebrew
(Masoretic)
    numbering     		Greek
(Septuagint
or Vulgate)
    numbering    
1–8 1–8
9–10 9
11–113 10–112
114–115 113
116 114–115
117–146 116–145
147 146–147
148–150 148–150

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