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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 168,000 per day.

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.

Old Testament

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

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.

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.