my $n = 0; $bible{$bookname}{$chapter}{'verses'}[$n]; # but neither of the following seem to work join("\n\n",$bible{$bookname}{$chapter}{'verses'}[0..$#{$bible{"$bookname"}{"$chapter"}{'verses'}}]); join("\n\n",$bible{$bookname}{$chapter}{'verses'}); # I get instead ARRAY(0x[0-9]*) or Argument "" isn't numeric in array element at ...