Bible Data

Bible Statisics

OLD TESTAMENT

Chapters

Verses

Words

Date written

Author

Genesis (OT - 1)

50

1,533

38,267

1450 - 1410 BC

Moses

Exodus (OT - 2)

40

1,213

32,692

1450 - 1410 BC

Moses

Leviticus (OT - 3)

27

859

24,546

1450 - 1410 BC

Moses

Numbers (OT - 4)

36

1,288

32,902

1450 - 1410 BC

Moses

Deuteronomy (OT - 5)

34

959

28,461

1410 BC

Moses

Joshua (OT - 6)

24

658

18,858

1400 - 1370 BC

Joshua

Judges (OT - 7)

21

618

18,976

1050 - 1000 BC

Anonymous (Samuel ?)

Ruth (OT - 8)

4

85

2,578

1000 BC

Uncertain (Samuel ?)

First Samuel (OT - 9)

31

810

25,061

930 BC & later

Samuel +

Second Samuel (OT - 10)

24

695

20,612

930 BC & later

Samuel +

First Kings (OT - 11)

22

816

24,524

550 BC

Jeremiah

Second Kings (OT - 12)

25

719

23,532

550 BC

Jeremiah

First Chronicles (OT - 13)

29

942

20,369

450 - 425 BC

Ezra

Second Chronicles (OT - 14)

36

822

26,074

450 - 425 BC

Ezra

Ezra (OT - 15)

10

280

7,441

456 - 444 BC

Ezra

Nehemiah (OT - 16)

13

406

10,483

445 - 425 BC

Nehemiah

Esther (OT - 17)

10

167

5,637

465 BC

Uncertain

Job (OT - 18)

42

1,070

10,102

occurred 1500 BC

Uncertain (Job ?)

Psalms (OT - 19)

150

2,461

43,743

10th Century BC

David - 73, Solomon - 2, Sons of Korah -12, Asaph - 12, Heman 1, Ethan 1, Moses 1

Proverbs (OT - 20)

31

915

15,043

950 - 700 BC

Solomon +

Ecclesiastes (OT - 21)

12

222

4072

935 BC

Solomon

Song of Solomon (OT - 22)

8

117

2661

965 BC

Solomon

Isaiah (OT - 23)

66

1292

37044

740 - 680 BC

Isaiah

Jeremiah (OT - 24)

52

1364

42659

627 - 585 BC

Jeremiah

Lamentations (OT - 25)

5

154

3415

586/5 BC

Jeremiah

Ezekiel (OT - 26)

48

1273

39407

592 - 570 BC

Ezekiel

Daniel (OT - 27)

12

357

11606

537 BC

Daniel

Hosea (OT - 28)

14

197

5175

710 BC

Hosea

Joel (OT - 29)

3

73

2034

835 BC

Joel

Amos (OT - 30)

9

146

4217

755 BC

Amos

Obadiah (OT - 31)

1

21

670

840 or 586 BC

Obadiah

Jonah (OT - 32)

4

48

1321

760 BC

Jonah

Micah (OT - 33)

7

105

3153

700 BC

Micah

Nahum (OT - 34)

3

47

1285

663 - 612 BC

Nahum

Habakkuk (OT - 35)

3

56

1476

607 BC

Habakkuk

Zephaniah (OT - 36)

3

53

1617

625 BC

Zephaniah

Haggai (OT - 37)

2

38

1131

520 BC

Haggai

Zechariah (OT - 38)

14

211

6444

520 - 518 BC

Zechariah

Malachi (OT - 39)

4

55

1782

450 - 400 BC

Malachi

Old Testament totals:

929

23145

601070

total combined:

1189

31102

781621

New Testament totals:

260

7957

180551

NEW TESTAMENT

Chapters

Verses

Words

Date written

Author

Matthew (NT - 1)

28

1,071

23,684

60's AD

Matthew

Mark (NT - 2)

16

678

15,171

50's AD

Mark

Luke (NT - 3)

24

1,151

25,944

60 AD

Luke

John (NT - 4)

21

879

19,099

85 - 90 AD

John

Acts (NT - 5)

28

1,007

24,250

61 AD

Luke

Romans (NT - 6)

16

433

9,447

58 AD

Paul

First Corinthians (NT - 7)

16

437

9,489

56 AD

Paul

Second Corinthians (NT - 8)

13

257

6,092

57 AD

Paul

Galatians (NT - 9)

6

149

3,098

49 or 55 AD

Paul

Ephesians (NT - 10)

6

155

3,039

61 AD

Paul

Philippians (NT - 11)

4

104

2,002

61 AD

Paul

Colossians (NT - 12)

4

95

1,998

61 AD

Paul

First Thessalonians (NT - 13)

5

89

1,857

51 AD

Paul

Second Thessalonians (NT - 14)

3

47

1,042

51 AD

Paul

First Timothy (NT - 15)

6

113

2,269

63 AD

Paul

Second Timothy (NT - 16)

4

83

1,703

66 AD

Paul

Titus (NT - 17)

3

46

921

65 AD

Paul

Philemon (NT -18)

1

25

445

61 AD

Paul

Hebrews (NT - 19)

13

303

6,913

64 - 68 AD

Uncertain (Paul ?)

James (NT - 20)

5

108

2,309

45 - 50 AD

James

First Peter (NT - 21)

5

105

2,482

63 AD

Peter

Second Peter (NT - 22)

3

61

1,559

66 AD

Peter

First John (NT - 23)`

5

105

2,523

90 AD

John

Second John (NT - 24)

1

13

303

90 AD

John

Third John (NT - 25)

1

14

613

90 AD

John

Jude (NT - 26)

1

25

299

70 - 80 AD

Jude

Revelation (NT - 27)

22

404

12,000

90's AD

John

The AUTHORS and DATES identified are based on best archeological and historical information.
The writers of Judges, Ruth, Esther, Job and Hebrews are uncertain. However, the Canonical value of these books is without dispute among both Jewish and Christian Scholars.

It is interesting to note that Jesus Christ made references to all of the 39 Old Testament books either directly or by inference. However, Jesus did not mention even one book of the Apocrypha, even though many of those books were known in His time!

Verses and Word data from the King James Version.

I recommend Grant Jeffery's book called the Signature of God that deals with the Bible Code in the original Hebrew text. The secular book on the Bible Code is also interesting, but the author comes to incorrect conclusions. Regardless, the data he provides demonstrates the incredible nature of God's LIVING WORD!

God's Word is incredible! Remember that God's Word is "god-breathed", inspired of God, but written by men. God's Word in the original tongue is infallible. The Bible Code mentioned above validates the accuracy of the Hebrew text!
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data compiled since 1978, page created April 27, 1999 mail john if have additional data
data updated September 29, 2000 - with a thank you to Sarah K. for finding some typos and providing verse totals for several books. (the totals were originally calculated in excel, but the file has been updated manually now... to understand the complexity of editing this file, do a "view source" on this page. :)