In general, counting by Words alone will never lead to this confusion, as you can
always move backward by the specified number of Words. However, if you move
by Verses, chances are you want to be at the 1
st
Word of the Current Verse before
you begin, since the Verse you are going to may not have as many words as the
Verse you’re currently on.
And similarly, if you are moving backward by Chapters, chances are you want to
be at the 1
st
Verse of the Current Chapter and the 1
st
Word of the that Verse before
you begin, since the Chapter you are going to may have fewer Verses than the
Chapter you are currently on and that Verse may have fewer Words than the
current Verse.
And finally, if you are moving backward by Books, as in this example, chances are
you want to be at the 1
st
Chapter of the Current Book and the 1
st
Verse of that
Chapter and the 1
st
Word of that Verse before you begin, since the Book you are
going to may have fewer Chapters than the Book you are currently on, which may
have fewer Verses than the Chapter you're on, which may have fewer Words, etc.
You essentially want to mask your movement calculations based on the current
reference. And yes, the program could have enforced this and automatically set
the current location to “1” for any position of lower significance than the one
being set, so you wouldn’t forget to do so. It doesn’t, however, because there are
some special cases where moving in this, seemingly weird, relative fashion is
actually desired.
So if you aren’t getting the result you think you should be, check to make sure you
are at the starting place you intended to be at. If you are thinking of moving by
verses, for example, chances are you aren’t thinking about the Words of the Verse
you are on and instead want to move relative to the first Word of the Verse. Do
yourself a favor and move to the first Word of the Verse before calculating the
Relative Verse Jump.
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