Bible Statistics

Bible Statistics
Number of books in the Bible: 66
Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,101
Words: 783,137
Letters: 3,566,480
Longest word (and name):
Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words:
“Jesus wept”)
Middle books: Micah and Nahum
Middle chapter: Psalm 118
Middle verse: Psalm 118:8
Shortest book (number of words): 3 John
Shortest chapter (number of words):
Psalm 117
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
Number of times the word “God”
appears: 3,358
Number of times the word “Lord”
appears: 7,736
Number of different authors:
Approximately 40
Number of languages the Bible has been
translated into: more than 1,200
Number of new Bibles distributed (sold
or given away) in the U.S.: about 168,000
per day.