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Bible Statistics

Number of books in the Bible:
66

Chapters:
1,189

Verses:
 31,101

Words:
 783,137

Letters:
3,566,480

Number of promises given in the Bible:
1,260

Commands:
6,468

Predictions:
over 8,000

Fulfilled prophecy:
3,268 verses

Unfulfilled prophecy:
3,140

Number of questions:
3,294

Longest 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 verse:
 Psalm 118:8

Middle chapter:
Psalm 117

Shortest chapter (by number of words):
Psalm 117 (by number of words)

Longest book:
Psalms (150 chapters)

Shortest book (by number of words):
3 John

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:
40

Number of languages the Bible has been translated into:
 over 1,200


OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:

Number of books:
39

Chapters:
929

Verses:
23,114

Words:
602,585

Letters:
2,278,100

Middle book:
 Proverbs

Middle chapter:
 Job 20

Middle verses:
 2 Chronicles 20:17,18

Smallest book
 Obadiah

Shortest verse:
 1 Chronicles 1:25

Longest verse:
 Esther 8:9

Longest chapter:
Psalms 119

Largest book:
Psalms

NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:

Number of books:
 27

Chapters:
260

Verses:
7,957

Words:
 180,552

Letters:
 838,380

Middle book:
 2 Thessalonians

Middle chapters:
Romans 8, 9

Middle verse:
Acts 27:17

Smallest book:
3 John

Shortest verse:
John 11:35

Longest verse:
Revelation 20:4

Longest chapter:
Luke 1

Largest book:
Luke