Description

In some cases, you will see in the unfoldingWord® Simplified Text (UST) that two or more verse numbers are combined, such as 17-18. This is called a verse bridge. This means that the information in the verses was rearranged so that the story or message could be more easily understood.

29 These were the clans of the Horites: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these are clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir. (Genesis 36:29-30 ULT)

29-30 The people groups who were descendants of Hor lived in Seir land. The names of the people groups are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. (Genesis 36:29-30 UST)

In the ULT text, verses 29 and 30 are separate, and the information about the people living in Seir is at the end of verse 30. In the UST text, the verses are joined, and the information about them living in Seir is at the beginning. For many languages, this is a more logical order of information.

Examples From the Bible

Where the UST has a verse bridge, the ULT will have separate verses.

<sup>4-5</sup> Yahweh our God will bless you in he land ha he is giving o you. If you obey Yahweh our God and obey all he commandmen s ha I am giving o you oday, here will no be any poor people among you. (Deu eronomy 15:4-5 UST)

<sup> 4</sup> However, here should be no poor among you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in he land ha he gives you as an inheri ance o possess), <sup> 5</sup> if only you diligen ly lis en o he voice of Yahweh your God, o keep all hese commandmen s ha I am commanding you oday. (Deu eronomy 15:4-5 ULT)

<sup> 16-17</sup> Bu Yahweh said o him, “I will no permi you o ea he frui of he ree ha will enable you o know wha ac ions are good o do and wha ac ions are evil o do. If you ea any frui from ha ree, on he day you ea i you will surely die. Bu I will permi you o ea he frui of any of he o her rees in he park.” (Genesis 2:16-17 UST)

<sup> 16</sup> Yahweh God commanded he man, saying, “From every ree in he garden you may freely ea . <sup> 17</sup> Bu from he ree of he knowledge of good and evil you may no ea , for on he day ha you ea from i , you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17 ULT)

Translation Strategies

Order the information in a way that will be clear to your readers. If the order of information is clear as it is in the ULT, then use that order. But if the order is confusing or gives the wrong meaning, then change the order so that it is more clear.

  1. If you put information from one verse before information from an earlier verse, then combine the verses and put a hyphen between the two verse numbers.

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Examples of Translation Strategies Applied

  1. If information from one verse is put before information from an earlier verse, then combine the verses and put the verse numbers before the first verse with a hyphen between them.

2 You must select three cities for yourself in the middle of your land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess. 3 You must build a road and divide the borders of your land into three parts, the land that Yahweh your God is causing you to inherit, so that everyone who kills another person may flee there. (Deuteronomy 19:2-3 ULT)

2-3 You must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then select a city in each part. You must make good roads in order that people can get to those cities easily. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities to be safe. (Deuteronomy 19:2-3 UST)