How do you cite a quotation from the Bible? Please don’t forget that OWL Purdue is the preferred grammar source for KIS.
In your first parenthetical citation, you want to make clear which Bible you're using (and underline or italicize the title), as each version varies in its translation, followed by book (do not italicize or underline), chapter and verse.
ex. (New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10).
When is the word bible capitalized and when is it not?
Write the MLA citation for the Bible.
Give the name of the specific edition you are using, any editor(s) associated with it, followed by the publication information. Remember that your in-text (parenthetical citation) should include the name of the specific edition of the Bible, followed by an abbreviation of the book, the chapter and verse(s).
ex: The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.
Copy and paste 5 of the most important lines from Job. Cite the locations correctly.
What does iniquity mean? Why is this word important?
def:
1) gross injustice or wickedness
2) a violation of right or duty
This word is important because throughout Job, his friends and peers give many examples of iniquity that may have caused the dismay that was brought upon Job.
List one other word that people who read Job should know.
Find 2-3 figures of speech. Copy and paste the lines and identify what figure of speech is used.
Simile: For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Personification: As for that night, let darkness seize upon it
Hyperbole: Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Is the Book of Job a tragedy, romance, history, or comedy?
Who is Elihu and why is he important? Who might he compare to in Oedipus?
In your first parenthetical citation, you want to make clear which Bible you're using (and underline or italicize the title), as each version varies in its translation, followed by book (do not italicize or underline), chapter and verse.
ex. (New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10).
When is the word bible capitalized and when is it not?
Write the MLA citation for the Bible.
Give the name of the specific edition you are using, any editor(s) associated with it, followed by the publication information. Remember that your in-text (parenthetical citation) should include the name of the specific edition of the Bible, followed by an abbreviation of the book, the chapter and verse(s).
ex:
The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.
Copy and paste 5 of the most important lines from Job. Cite the locations correctly.
What does iniquity mean? Why is this word important?
def:
1) gross injustice or wickedness
2) a violation of right or duty
This word is important because throughout Job, his friends and peers give many examples of iniquity that may have caused the dismay that was brought upon Job.
List one other word that people who read Job should know.
Find 2-3 figures of speech. Copy and paste the lines and identify what figure of speech is used.
Simile: For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Personification: As for that night, let darkness seize upon it
Hyperbole: Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Is the Book of Job a tragedy, romance, history, or comedy?
Who is Elihu and why is he important? Who might he compare to in Oedipus?