The Bible as a Whole:
- Number of books– 66
- Chapters– 1,189
- Verses– 31,101
- Words– 783,133
- Letters– 3,566,480
- Promises– 1,260
- Commands– 6,468
- Predictions– over 8,000
- 3,268 verses of fulfilled prophecy
- 3,140 verses of unfulfilled prophecy
- Questions– 3,296
- Longest name-18 letters (Isaiah 8:1)
- Longest verse– Esther 8:9
- Shortest verse– John 11:35
- Middle books– Michah and Nahum
- Middle verses– Psalm 103:1, 2
- Middle and shortest chapter-Psalm 117
- Largest book– Psalms
- Smallest book– 3 John (counting words)
- Longest chapter– Psalm 119
- Word God occurs– 3,358 times
- Lord occurs– 7,736 times
- Authors– 40
- Languages translated in– over 1,100
- First chapter divisions made in A.D. 1227
- First complete English Bible– A.D. 1380
Old Testament:
- Number of books– 39
- Chapters– 929
- Verse– 23,144
- Words– 602,582
- Letters– 2,728,100
- Middle book– Proverbs
- Middle chapter– Job 29
- Middle verse– 2 Chron. 18:30
- Smallest book– Obadiah
- Shortest verse- 1 Chron. 1:25
- Longest verse– Esther 8:9
- Longest chapter– Psalm 119
- Largest book– Psalms
New Testament:
- Number of books– 27
- Chapters– 260
- Verses– 7,957
- Words– 180,551
- Letters– 838,380
- Middle book– 2 Thessalonians
- Middle chapters– Romans 13; Romans 14
- Middle verse– Acts 7:7
- Smallest book– 3 John (counting words)
- Shortest verse– John 11:35
- Longest verse– Rev. 20:4
- Longest chapter– Luke 1
- Largest book– Luke[1]
Note: All statistics refer to the King James Bible (1611-AV).
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Bibliography:
[1] Finis Jennings Dake, Dake’s Topics (WORDsearch, 1991).
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