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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 x

-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
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 Bible Psalm 119
Shortest Chapter in the King James Bible Psalm 117
Middle verse in the King James Bible None - There are 2 - Psalm 103:1 & Psalm 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 Verses Words
1 Genesis 50 1,533 38,262
2 Exodus 40 1,213 32,685
3 Leviticus 27 859 24,541
4 Numbers 36 1,288 32,896
5 Deuteronomy 34 959 28,352
6 Joshua 24 658 18,854
7 Judges 21 618 18,966
8 Ruth 4 85 2,574
9 1 Samuel 31 810 25,048
10 2 Samuel 24 695 20,600
11 1 Kings 22 816 24,513
12 2 Kings 25 719 23,517
13 1 Chronicles 29 942 20,365
14 2 Chronicles 36 822 26,069
15 Ezra 10 280 7,440
16 Nehemiah 13 406 10,480
17 Esther 10 167 5,633
18 Job 42 1,070 18,098
19 Psalms 150 2,461  *42,704
20 Proverbs 31 915 15,038
21 Ecclesiastes 12 222 5,579
22 Song of Solomon 8 117 2,658
23 Isaiah 66 1,292 37,036
24 Jeremiah 52 1,364 42,654
25 Lamentations 5 154 3,411
26 Ezekiel 48 1,273 39,401
27 Daniel 12 357 11,602
28 Hosea 14 197 5,174
29 Joel 3 73 2,033
30 Amos 9 146 4,216
31 Obadiah 1 21  669
32 Jonah 4 48 1,320
33 Micah 7 105 3,152
34 Nahum 3 47 1,284
35 Habakkuk 3 56 1,475
36 Zephaniah 3 53 1,616
37 Haggai 2 38 1,130
38 Zechariah 14 211 6,443
39 Malachi 4 55  1,781


New Testament
Order Book Chapters Verses Words
40 Matthew 28 1,071 23,343
41 Mark 16 678 14,949
42 Luke 24 1,151 25,640
43 John 21 879 18,658
44 Acts 28 1,007 24,229
45 Romans 16 433        *9,422
46 1 Corinthians 16 437        *9,462
47 2 Corinthians 13 257        *6,046
48 Galatians 6 149        *3,084
49 Ephesians 6 155        *3,022
50 Philippians 4 104        *2,183
51 Colossians 4 95        *1,979
52 1 Thessalonians 5 89        *1,837
53 2 Thessalonians 3 47        *1,022
54 1 Timothy 6 113        *2,244
55 2 Timothy 4 83        *1,666
56 Titus 3 46           *896
57 Philemon 1 25           *430
58 Hebrews 13 303        *6,897
59 James 5 108   2,304
60 1 Peter 5 105  2,476
61 2 Peter 3 61  1,553
62 1 John 5 105 2,517
63 2 John 1 13   298
64 3 John 1 14   294
65 Jude 1 25    608
66 Revelation 22 404  11,952
66 Bible Totals 1,189 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.

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