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Bible Statistics KJV
How many books, chapters, verses and words are in the Bible, which chapter is longest, and how long the whole thing takes to read. Every number here is counted from the King James text on this site rather than quoted from somewhere else.
Books: 66Chapters: 1,189Verses: 31,102Words: about 789,633Time to read it all: about 65 hours and 48 minutes
The extremes
- Longest book Psalms — about 42,685 words
- Shortest book 3 John — about 294 words
- Fewest verses 2 John — 13 verses
- Most chapters Psalms — 150
- Longest chapter Psalm 119 — 176 verses
- Shortest chapter Psalm 117 — 2 verses
- Shortest verse John 11:35 — 2 words
- Longest verse Esther 8:9 — about 90 words
Old Testament and New
Old Testament: 39 books609,252 wordsabout 50 hours and 46 minutes
New Testament: 27 books180,381 wordsabout 15 hours
Every book, longest to shortest
| Book | Chapters | Verses | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 150 | 2,461 | about 3 hours and 33 minutes |
| Jeremiah | 52 | 1,364 | about 3 hours and 33 minutes |
| Ezekiel | 48 | 1,273 | about 3 hours and 17 minutes |
| Genesis | 50 | 1,533 | about 3 hours and 11 minutes |
| Isaiah | 66 | 1,292 | about 3 hours and 5 minutes |
| Numbers | 36 | 1,288 | about 2 hours and 44 minutes |
| Exodus | 40 | 1,213 | about 2 hours and 43 minutes |
| Deuteronomy | 34 | 959 | about 2 hours and 22 minutes |
| 2 Chronicles | 36 | 822 | about 2 hours and 10 minutes |
| Luke | 24 | 1,151 | about 2 hours and 10 minutes |
| 1 Samuel | 31 | 810 | about 2 hours and 5 minutes |
| Leviticus | 27 | 859 | about 2 hours |
| 1 Kings | 22 | 816 | about 2 hours |
| Acts | 28 | 1,007 | about 2 hours |
| Matthew | 28 | 1,071 | about 1 hour and 58 minutes |
| 2 Kings | 25 | 719 | about 1 hour and 58 minutes |
| 2 Samuel | 24 | 695 | about 1 hour and 43 minutes |
| 1 Chronicles | 29 | 942 | about 1 hour and 42 minutes |
| John | 21 | 879 | about 1 hour and 35 minutes |
| Judges | 21 | 618 | about 1 hour and 35 minutes |
| Joshua | 24 | 658 | about 1 hour and 34 minutes |
| Job | 42 | 1,070 | about 1 hour and 30 minutes |
| Mark | 16 | 678 | about 1 hour and 16 minutes |
| Proverbs | 31 | 915 | about 1 hour and 15 minutes |
| Revelation | 22 | 404 | about 1 hour |
| Daniel | 12 | 357 | about 58 minutes |
| Nehemiah | 13 | 406 | about 52 minutes |
| 1 Corinthians | 16 | 437 | about 47 minutes |
| Romans | 16 | 433 | about 47 minutes |
| Ezra | 10 | 280 | about 37 minutes |
| Hebrews | 13 | 303 | about 34 minutes |
| Zechariah | 14 | 211 | about 32 minutes |
| 2 Corinthians | 13 | 257 | about 30 minutes |
| Esther | 10 | 167 | about 28 minutes |
| Ecclesiastes | 12 | 222 | about 28 minutes |
| Hosea | 14 | 197 | about 26 minutes |
| Amos | 9 | 146 | about 21 minutes |
| Lamentations | 5 | 154 | about 17 minutes |
| Micah | 7 | 105 | about 16 minutes |
| Galatians | 6 | 149 | about 15 minutes |
| Ephesians | 6 | 155 | about 15 minutes |
| Song of Solomon | 8 | 117 | about 13 minutes |
| Ruth | 4 | 85 | about 13 minutes |
| 1 John | 5 | 105 | about 13 minutes |
| 1 Peter | 5 | 105 | about 12 minutes |
| James | 5 | 108 | about 12 minutes |
| 1 Timothy | 6 | 113 | about 11 minutes |
| Philippians | 4 | 104 | about 11 minutes |
| Joel | 3 | 73 | about 10 minutes |
| Colossians | 4 | 95 | about 10 minutes |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5 | 89 | about 9 minutes |
| Malachi | 4 | 55 | about 9 minutes |
| 2 Timothy | 4 | 83 | about 8 minutes |
| Zephaniah | 3 | 53 | about 8 minutes |
| 2 Peter | 3 | 61 | about 8 minutes |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 56 | about 7 minutes |
| Jonah | 4 | 48 | about 7 minutes |
| Nahum | 3 | 47 | about 6 minutes |
| Haggai | 2 | 38 | about 6 minutes |
| 2 Thessalonians | 3 | 47 | about 5 minutes |
| Titus | 3 | 46 | about 4 minutes |
| Obadiah | 1 | 21 | about 3 minutes |
| Jude | 1 | 25 | about 3 minutes |
| Philemon | 1 | 25 | about 2 minutes |
| 2 John | 1 | 13 | about 1 minute |
| 3 John | 1 | 14 | about 1 minute |
Common questions
How many books are in the Bible?
66 — 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New.
How many chapters are in the Bible?
1,189, counted across all 66 books.
How many verses are in the Bible?
31,102 in the King James Version. Other translations divide a handful of verses differently, so the figure can vary by a few.
How long does it take to read the Bible?
about 65 hours and 48 minutes of reading at an ordinary pace of about 200 words a minute. Spread over a year that is roughly eleven minutes a day.
What is the longest book in the Bible?
Psalms, at about 42,685 words across 150 chapters.
What is the shortest book in the Bible?
3 John, at about 294 words. By verse count 2 John is shorter, with 13 verses to 3 John's 14 — which is why the two are both called the shortest, depending on what is being counted.
What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
Psalm 119, with 176 verses.
What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
Psalm 117, with 2 verses.
What is the shortest verse in the Bible?
John 11:35 — "Jesus wept." — 2 words in the King James Version.
What is the longest verse in the Bible?
Esther 8:9, at about 90 words.
Which book has the most chapters?
Psalms, with 150.
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