Chapters and Verses in Each Book of the Bible

Chapter and verse divisions did not appear in the original texts of Jewish or Christian bibles; such divisions form part of the paratext of the Bible. Since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of the Bible have presented all but the shortest of the scriptural books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length. Since the mid-16th century, editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses – each consisting of a few short lines or of one or more sentences. In the King James Version (KJV) Esther 8:9 is the longest verse and John 11:35 is the shortest. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.
The Jewish divisions of the Hebrew text differ at various points from those used by Christians. For instance, Jewish tradition regards the ascriptions to many Psalms as independent verses or as parts of the subsequent verses, whereas established Christian practice treats each Psalm ascription as independent and unnumbered, resulting in 116 more verses in Jewish versions than in the Christian texts. Some chapter divisions also occur in different places, e.g. Hebrew Bibles have 1 Chronicles 5:27–41 where Christian translations have 1 Chronicles 6:1–15.
The number of words can vary depending upon aspects such as whether the Hebrew alphabet in Psalm 119, the superscriptions listed in some of the Psalms, and the subscripts traditionally found at the end of the Pauline epistles, are included.
Except where stated, the following apply to the King James Version of the Bible in its modern 66-book Protestant form including the New Testament and the protocanonical Old Testament, not the deuterocanonical books.
=== Chapters ===
* There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament.
** 187 chapters in the Pentateuch
** 249 chapters in the historical books
** 243 chapters in the poetic books ("Wisdom")
** 183 chapters in the major prophets
** 67 chapters in the minor prophets
* There are 260 chapters in the New Testament.
** 89 chapters in the gospels
** 28 chapters in Acts
** 87 chapters in the Pauline epistles (excluding Hebrews)
** 34 chapters in the general epistles (including Hebrews)
** 22 chapters in Revelation
* This gives a total of 1,189 chapters (on average, 18 per book).
* Psalm 117, the shortest chapter, is also the middle chapter of the Bible, being the 595th chapter.
* Psalm 119 is the longest chapter of the Bible.
* Five books are a single chapter: Obadiah, Philemon, 2 & 3 John, Jude. In many printed editions, the chapter number is omitted for these books, and references just use the verse numbers.
Old Testament – 929 chapters
Book / Division 	Book / Division 	Chapters	Chapters
Pentateuch (or the Law) 	Pentateuch (or the Law) 	187 	
 	Genesis 	50 	50
 	Exodus 	40 	40
 	Leviticus 	27 	27
 	Numbers 	36 	36
 	Deuteronomy 	34 	34
Historical Books 	Historical Books 	249 	
 	Joshua 	24 	24
 	Judges 	21 	21
 	Ruth 	4 	4
 	1 Samuel 	31 	31
 	2 Samuel 	24 	24
 	1 Kings 	22 	22
 	2 Kings 	25 	25
 	1 Chronicles 	29 	29
 	2 Chronicles 	36 	36
 	Ezra 	10 	10
 	Nehemiah 	13 	13
 	Esther 	10 	10
Books of Wisdom (or "Poetry")	Books of Wisdom (or "Poetry")	243 	
 	Job 	42 	42
 	Psalms 	150 	150
 	Proverbs 	31 	31
 	Ecclesiastes 	12 	12
 	Song of Solomon 	8 	8
Major Prophets 	Major Prophets 	183 	
 	Isaiah 	66 	66
 	Jeremiah 	52 	52
 	Lamentations 	5 	5
 	Ezekiel 	48 	48
 	Daniel 	12 	12
Minor Prophets 	Minor Prophets 	67 	
 	Hosea 	14 	14
 	Joel 	3 	3
 	Amos 	9 	9
 	Obadiah 	1 	1
 	Jonah 	4 	4
 	Micah 	7 	7
 	Nahum 	3 	3
 	Habakkuk 	3 	3
 	Zephaniah 	3 	3
 	Haggai 	2 	2
 	Zechariah 	14 	14
 	Malachi 	4 	4
New Testament – 260 chapters
Book / Division 	Book / Division 	Chapters	Chapters
Gospels 	Gospels 	89 	
 	Matthew 	28 	28
 	Mark 	16 	16
 	Luke 	24 	24
 	John 	21 	21
History 	History 	28 	
 	Acts 	28 	28
Pauline Epistles	Pauline Epistles	87 	
 	Romans 	16 	16
 	1 Corinthians 	16 	16
 	2 Corinthians 	13 	13
 	Galatians 	6 	6
 	Ephesians 	6 	6
 	Philippians 	4 	4
 	Colossians 	4 	4
 	1 Thessalonians 	5 	5
 	2 Thessalonians 	3 	3
 	1 Timothy 	6 	6
 	2 Timothy 	4 	4
 	Titus 	3 	3
 	Philemon 	1 	1
General Epistles	General Epistles	34 	
 	Hebrews 	13 	13
 	James 	5 	5
 	1 Peter 	5 	5
 	2 Peter 	3 	3
 	1 John 	5 	5
 	2 John 	1 	1
 	3 John 	1 	1
 	Jude 	1 	1
Apocalyptic Writings
(Prophecy)	Apocalyptic Writings
(Prophecy)	22 	
 	Revelation 	22 	22
=== Verses ===
* There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses, which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter and 471 verses per book.
* Psalm 103:1–2 being the 15,551st and 15,552nd verses is in the middle of the 31,102 verses of the Bible.
* John 11:35 ("Jesus wept") is the shortest verse in most English translations. Some translations—including the New International Version, New Living Translation, New Life Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible and New International Reader's Version—render Job 3:2 as "He said". However, that is a translators' condensation of the Hebrew which literally translated is: "And Job answered and said."
* The shortest verse in the Greek New Testament, according to the Westcott and Hort text, is Luke 20:30 ("και ο δευτερος", "And the second") with twelve letters. In the Textus Receptus, the shortest verse is 1 Thessalonians 5:16 ("παντοτε χαιρετε", "Rejoice always") with fourteen letters, since Stephanus' rendering of Luke 20:30 includes some additional words.
* 1 Chronicles 1:24 ("Σαλα", "Shelah") is the shortest verse in the Septuagint.
* 1 Kings 12:24 is the longest verse in the Septuagint (1,017 words).
* Isaiah 10:8 ("Dicet enim", "For he shall say") is the shortest verse in the Latin Vulgate.
* Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Masoretic Text. The discovery of several manuscripts at Qumran (in the Dead Sea Scrolls) has reopened what is considered the most original text of 1 Samuel 11; if one believes that those manuscripts better preserve the text, several verses in 1 Samuel 11 surpass Esther 8:9 in length.
* Exodus 20:13,14,15 and Deuteronomy 5:17 are the shortest verses in the Masoretic Text.
* John 11:25 is the most read verse in funerals.
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