While the Bible is divided into chapter and verse today, these divisions developed over time and were not in the original manuscripts, with few exceptions.
One exception is the book of Psalms, which is divided into 150 different chapters, each of which is a different psalm. Those divisions are original, because this was the hymnbook for the Jewish Temple, and the different psalms were different hymns.
So it’s ironic that different editions of the book of Psalms today do not have the same chapter numbers.
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Author: Jimmy Akin
Keywords: chapters, versification, Masoretic, Septuagint, Psalms, numbering, chapter numbers, chapter numbering, Bible chapters, verse numbering, verse numbers
Bible reference(s): Psa 1:1, Psa 9:1, Psa 10:1, Psa 11:1, Psa 113:1, Psa 114:1, Psa 115:1, Psa 116:1, Psa 146:1, Psa 147:1
Source: “Why Are the Psalms Numbered Differently?”
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