Number of books, chapters, verses and words in the Bible. These are based on the English Standard Version (ESV) 2007 version, main text. I haven't been able to find the ESV summary data on the internet. The ESV exists in database form in various places so the information should be easy to calculate, I just don't have the facilities. Word count was done in Open Office. I will repost this if I get the verse data.
Footnotes, chapter and verse numbers, book names are excluded. Psalm titles are included. I realise the chapters and verses are an artificial construct.
Chapters were inserted into the Bible circa 1228 by Stephen Langton.
The Old Testament was possibly divided into verses by Isaac Nathan circa 1448 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in 1551.
| Book | Chapters | Verses | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Testament | |||
| Genesis | 50 | 36909 | |
| Exodus | 40 | 31271 | |
| Leviticus | 27 | 23602 | |
| Numbers | 36 | 31211 | |
| Deuteronomy | 34 | 27845 | |
| Joshua | 24 | 18060 | |
| Judges | 21 | 18556 | |
| Ruth | 4 | 2475 | |
| 1 Samuel | 31 | 24536 | |
| 2 Samuel | 24 | 20074 | |
| 1 Kings | 22 | 23741 | |
| 2 Kings | 25 | 23088 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 29 | 18590 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 36 | 24938 | |
| Ezra | 10 | 6915 | |
| Nehemiah | 13 | 9902 | |
| Esther | 10 | 5519 | |
| Job | 42 | 17825 | |
| Psalms | 150 | 42420 | |
| Proverbs | 31 | 14566 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 12 | 5344 | |
| Song of Solomon | 8 | 2537 | |
| Isaiah | 66 | 35555 | |
| Jeremiah | 52 | 40975 | |
| Lamentations | 5 | 3286 | |
| Ezekiel | 48 | 37524 | |
| Daniel | 12 | 11314 | |
| Hosea | 14 | 4997 | |
| Joel | 3 | 1913 | |
| Amos | 9 | 4134 | |
| Obadiah | 1 | 606 | |
| Jonah | 4 | 1318 | |
| Micah | 7 | 3012 | |
| Nahum | 3 | 1114 | |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 1366 | |
| Zephaniah | 3 | 1574 | |
| Haggai | 2 | 1096 | |
| Zechariah | 14 | 6145 | |
| Malachi | 4 | 1769 | |
| OT Total | 929 | 587622 | |
| New Testament | |||
| Matthew | 28 | 23137 | |
| Mark | 16 | 14642 | |
| Luke | 24 | 25104 | |
| John | 21 | 19322 | |
| Acts | 28 | 23744 | |
| Romans | 16 | 9534 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 16 | 9316 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 13 | 6061 | |
| Galatians | 6 | 3116 | |
| Ephesians | 6 | 3017 | |
| Philippians | 4 | 2144 | |
| Colossians | 4 | 1936 | |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5 | 1842 | |
| 2 Thessalonians | 3 | 1065 | |
| 1 Timothy | 6 | 2318 | |
| 2 Timothy | 4 | 1633 | |
| Titus | 3 | 927 | |
| Philemon | 1 | 457 | |
| Hebrews | 13 | 6953 | |
| James | 5 | 2333 | |
| 1 Peter | 5 | 2397 | |
| 2 Peter | 3 | 1553 | |
| 1 John | 5 | 2492 | |
| 2 John | 1 | 298 | |
| 3 John | 1 | 303 | |
| Jude | 1 | 607 | |
| Revelation | 22 | 11559 | |
| NT Total | 260 | 177810 | |
| Bible | |||
| Grand total | 1189 | 765432 | |
This information may be more useful for the Hebrew and Greek text though there would still be disagreement over which texttype or critical text to use.
Greek New Testament ~138000 words.
If I have my calculations correct the number of words in the ESV Bible is 765432 if the book titles are excluded, and 765517 words if they are included.
Thanks for preparing this. It helps my class of readers through the Bible in a year.
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