Bible Facts
The English translation of The Bible
The first translation of an English Bible was initiated in the 7th century. Of course, it was
not the English of today: it was Anglo-Saxon. As English developed and new writing
styles were introduced, the Bible, or portions of it, often was the first to represent the new
exciting language. The history of the translation of the Bible into English is fascinating and the translation process has been an ongoing process for more than a thousand years.
According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of
Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles
that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed in the United
States is about 68,000 per day.
The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different
Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
A number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the
alphabet:
-Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j
-Joshua 7:24, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel
4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q.
-2 Kings 16:15 and 1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but z
-Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.
Bible Stats
Total Books in the King James Bible
66
Total Chapters in the King James Bible 1,189
Total verses in the King James Bible
31,102
Total Books in the Old Testament
39
Total Chapters in the Old Testament
929
Total verses in the Old Testament
23,145
Total Books in the New Testament
27
Total Chapters in the New Testament
260
Total verses in the New Testament
7,957
Middle Book in the King James Bible
None - There are 2 - Micah & Nahum
Longest Book in the King James Bible Psalms
Bible Stats
Shortest Book in the King James Bible 2 John (verses) & 3 John (words)
Middle Chapter in the King James Bible Psalm 117
Longest Chapter in the King James
Psalm 119
Bible
Shortest Chapter in the King James
Psalm 117
Bible
None - There are 2 - Psalm 103:1 & Psalm
Middle verse in the King James Bible
103:2
Longest verse in the King James Bible Esther 8:9
Shortest verse in the King James Bible John 11:35
Old Testament
Order Book
Chapters
1
Genesis
50
2
Exodus
40
3
Leviticus
27
4
Numbers
36
5
Deuteronomy
34
6
Joshua
24
7
Judges
21
8
Ruth
4
9
1 Samuel
31
10
2 Samuel
24
11
1 Kings
22
12
2 Kings
25
13
1 Chronicles
29
14
2 Chronicles
36
15
Ezra
10
16
Nehemiah
13
17
Esther
10
18
Job
42
19
Psalms
150
20
Proverbs
31
21
Ecclesiastes
12
22
Song of Solomon 8
Verses
1,533
1,213
859
1,288
959
658
618
85
810
695
816
719
942
822
280
406
167
1,070
2,461
915
222
117
Words
38,262
32,685
24,541
32,896
28,352
18,854
18,966
2,574
25,048
20,600
24,513
23,517
20,365
26,069
7,440
10,480
5,633
18,098
*42,704
15,038
5,579
2,658
Old Testament
Order Book
Chapters
23
Isaiah
66
24
Jeremiah
52
25
Lamentations
5
26
Ezekiel
48
27
Daniel
12
28
Hosea
14
29
Joel
3
30
Amos
9
31
Obadiah
1
32
Jonah
4
33
Micah
7
34
Nahum
3
35
Habakkuk
3
36
Zephaniah
3
37
Haggai
2
38
Zechariah
14
39
Malachi
4
Verses
1,292
1,364
154
1,273
357
197
73
146
21
48
105
47
56
53
38
211
55
New Testament
Order Book
Chapters Verses
40
Matthew
28
1,071
41
Mark
16
678
42
Luke
24
1,151
43
John
21
879
44
Acts
28
1,007
45
Romans
16
433
46
1 Corinthians 16
437
47
2 Corinthians 13
257
48
Galatians
6
149
49
Ephesians
6
155
50
Philippians
4
104
51
Colossians
4
95
52
1 Thessalonians 5
89
Words
37,036
42,654
3,411
39,401
11,602
5,174
2,033
4,216
669
1,320
3,152
1,284
1,475
1,616
1,130
6,443
1,781
Words
23,343
14,949
25,640
18,658
24,229
*9,422
*9,462
*6,046
*3,084
*3,022
*2,183
*1,979
*1,837
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
New Testament
2 Thessalonians 3
47
1 Timothy
6
113
2 Timothy
4
83
Titus
3
46
Philemon
1
25
Hebrews
13
303
James
5
108
1 Peter
5
105
2 Peter
3
61
1 John
5
105
2 John
1
13
3 John
1
14
Jude
1
25
Revelation
22
404
66
Bible Totals
1,189
*1,022
*2,244
*1,666
*896
*430
*6,897
2,304
2,476
1,553
2,517
298
294
608
11,952
31,102 788,280
* The book of Psalms has superscriptions under some of the Psalms (chapters.) These
were not counted in this chart because they are not in the verses. Also Psalm 119 has the
Hebrew Alphabet translated into English. Even though these words are not in the verses
they were counted because they are scattered throughout this Psalm (Chapter.)
* The fourteen epistles of Paul are sometimes accompanied by subscriptions at the end of
each letter. These were not counted because they are not in the verses. They are credited
to Euthalius, a bishop of the 5th Century. The wording has slightly been modified during
the process of time. Some of them seem to disagree with the text.
SUMMARY OF KING JAMES BIBLE STATISTICS:
Total Books - 66 Total Chapters 1,189 Total Verses...31,102
Total words in the 31,102 verses - 788,258 (not including the Hebrew Alphabet in Psalm
119 or the superscriptions listed in some of the Psalms)
Total words in the Hebrew Alphabet in Psalm 119 - 22
Total words on the cover - 2 (HOLY BIBLE)
Total words in the Book Titles - 85 (the full titles as written in the 1611 edition - 374)
Total times the word "CHAPTER" is listed - 1,034 (in 5 books the word is not listed
because they only have one chapter)
Total times the word "PSALM" is listed - 150
Total words in superscriptions (sub-titles) of Psalms - 1,034
Total words in subscriptions (concluding remarks) in the epistles of Paul - 186
Total words in Testament dividers - 6 (The Old Testament, The New Testament)
Total words in Table of Contents - 94 (the Book Titles, the Testament dividers plus the
phrase Table of Contents) If you use the full titles as in the 1611 edition - 383
The Bible is the best selling book of all time.
The Bible was the first book ever printed. In 1454, Johannes Gutenberg invented the
"type mold" print press and began to print the Bible. Life Magazine called this the single
most important event of the second millennium.
Stephen Langton first divided the Bible into chapters in 1228.
The Old Testament was first divided by verses in 1448 and the New Testament in 1551.
The first English Bible translation was initiated by John Wycliffe in 1382 and completed
by John Purvey in 1388.
The book of Isaiah is constructed much like the entire Bible.
**Bible: 66 books.
**Isaiah: 66 chapters.
**Bible: First 39 books mainly concern Israel.
**Isaiah: First 39 chapters mainly concern Israel.
**Bible: Last 27 books concern the life and coming of Jesus Christ.
**Isaiah: Last 27 chapters concern the life and coming of Jesus Christ.