English-Swedish translations for verse

• vers en
  Den vers som jag just citerade för er är första gången ordet ”aish” förekommer i Bibeln.This verse that I just quoted to you is the first time the word 'Aish' appears in the Bible.
• strof en
  Och i kärnan av denna historia i Första mosebok, kapitel IV, finns en strof som är omöjlig att översätta och i varje engelsk Bibel som jag någonsin läst översätts inte denna strof, den parafraseras.And at the heart of this story in Genesis, Chapter IV, is a verse that is impossible to translate and in every English Bible I have ever read the verse is not translated, it is paraphrased.
  Jag började med att citera Paul Valéry, så låt mig avsluta genom att citera ytterligare en strof från Paul Valéry: ”Tu n'as que moi pour contenir tes craintes!” (endast jag kan tygla dina rädslor).I began by quoting Paul Valéry; permit me to finish by citing a verse by Paul Valéry as well: 'Tu n'as que moi pour contenir tes craintes!'.

Definition of verse

• A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme
• Poetic form in general
• One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed
• A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible
• A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part
• To compose verses
• To tell in verse, or poetry
• to educate about, to teach about
• To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game

Examples

• Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse
• The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time
• Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second
• He versed us in the finer points of category theory
• Verse him, G!

Related words

• converse
• diverse
• universe
• oversee
• reverse
• reversed
• transverse
• conversely
• adversely