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Sudoku #46

Category: Sudoku
Tue, 09 Aug 2005, 07:59

1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8. Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

The above is Psalm 46 from the King James Version of the Bible.

Was William Shakespeare involved in the writing of the KJV? Did he surreptitiously insert a clue into Psalm 46? Note that the 46th word of Psalm 46 is "shake", and the 46th word counting backwards (not counting the closing Selah) is "spear". Also note that Shakespeare was 46 when the KJV was completed in 1610.

Most experts on both the Bible and Shakespeare will tell you there's no evidence at all that Shakespeare had anything to do with the KJV. Statisticians will tell you that it's not at all difficult to find such coincidences. But still, such coincidences can be fun to speculate about.

Hans

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