Bible Facts
Counts follow the standard 66-book Protestant canon.
66
Books
39
OT books
27
NT books
1,189
Chapters
929
OT chapters
260
NT chapters
- Longest chapter: Psalm 119 — 176 verses.
- Shortest chapter: Psalm 117 — 2 verses.
- Most chapters: Psalms — 150.
- One-chapter books: Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, Jude.
- Shortest verse: John 11:35 in many English Bibles (KJV, two words). In Greek, other verses such as 1 Thessalonians 5:16 are shorter by letters.
- Longest verse: Esther 8:9 is commonly cited in the KJV by word count.
- Chapters and verses: these were added long after the books were written. Chapters came in the 13th century (often credited to Stephen Langton) and New Testament verse numbers in the 16th (Robert Estienne).
Different canons
Protestant: 66 books.
Catholic: 73 books. It adds Tobit, Judith, 1–2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch, plus additions to Esther and Daniel.
Orthodox: includes these and some further books (e.g. 1 Esdras, 3 Maccabees, Psalm 151). The exact list varies between Orthodox churches.
All three share the same 27 New Testament books.
Chapters in every book
Genesis50Exodus40Leviticus27Numbers36Deuteronomy34Joshua24Judges21Ruth41 Samuel312 Samuel241 Kings222 Kings251 Chronicles292 Chronicles36Ezra10Nehemiah13Esther10Job42Psalms150Proverbs31Ecclesiastes12Song of Solomon8Isaiah66Jeremiah52Lamentations5Ezekiel48Daniel12Hosea14Joel3Amos9Obadiah1Jonah4Micah7Nahum3Habakkuk3Zephaniah3Haggai2Zechariah14Malachi4Matthew28Mark16Luke24John21Acts28Romans161 Corinthians162 Corinthians13Galatians6Ephesians6Philippians4Colossians41 Thessalonians52 Thessalonians31 Timothy62 Timothy4Titus3Philemon1Hebrews13James51 Peter52 Peter31 John52 John13 John1Jude1Revelation22