About The Bible

 Interesting Facts

The Bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ. These men wrote this Scripture as they were given inspiration by God. (2 Timothy 3:16) 

 The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.


The Bible has since been translated in part or in whole into over 1200 languages and dialects.

The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228. The Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in 1488 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in 1551. 

The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560.

Today the Bible is the largest seller of all books published.

About The Books 

 Total Books of the Bible . . . . . 66

The Old Testament . . . . 39

The New Testament . . . . 27

 Books of the Bible . . . .  66

Middle Book of Old Testament . . . . Proverbs

Longest Book of Old Testament . . . . Psalms 

 Longest Book of New Testament . . . . Luke

Words 

In the whole Bible . . . . c. 773,692 words

 In the Old Testament . . . . c. 592,439 words

 In the New Testament . . . . c. 181,253 words 

The longest word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz" (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.

Several of the words occurring only once in the Bible:

 Eternity . . . . Isaiah 57:15

 Reverend . . . . Psalm 111:9

 Grandmother . . . . 2 Timothy 1:5 

 Gnat . . . . Matthew 23:24

Other Facts

Entire Bible . . . . 1189 chapters

 Old Testament . . . . 929 chapters

New Testament . . . . 260 chapters

 Middle chapter of Old Testament . . . . Job 29

 Middle chapter of New Testament . . . . Romans 13

Middle & shortest chapter of The Bible . . . . Psalm 117

Longest chapter in The Bible . . . . Psalm 119

Chapters that are alike . . . . 2 Kings 19 & Isaiah 37

Entire Bible . . . . 31,173 verses

Old Testament . . . . 23,214 verses

New Testament . . . . 9,959 verses

Middle verse of The Bible . . . . Psalm 118:8

Middle verse of Old Testament . . . . 2 Chronicles 20:17

Middle verse of New Testament . . . . Acts 17:17

Shortest verse in The Bible . . . . John 11:35

 Longest verse in The Bible . . . . Esther 8:9

Verses that are alike . . . . Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 & 31

 Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except 'J' . . . . Ezra 7:21

Verrse containing all the letters of the alphabet except 'Q' . . . . Daniel 4:37

Some Bible Topics

Ascension . . . . Acts 1

Backsliders . . . . Hosea 14

Beatitudes . . . . Matthew 5,6,7

 Bread of Life . . . . John 6

Brotherhood . . . . Romans 14  

Builders . . . . Nehemiah 4

Burden-Bearers . . . . Galatians 6

Call, Universal . . . . Isaiah 55 

Chastening . . . . 2 Corinthians 4

Comfort . . . . Psalm 23

Confession . . . . Psalm 51

Consecration . . . . Philippians 3

Constancy . . . . Ruth 1

Contrast . . . . Deuteronomy 28

 Converts . . . . Psalm 32

Deliverance . . . . Acts 12

Divinity . . . . John 1

Duty . . . . Romans 12

Faith . . . . Hebrews 11

Flood . . . . Genesis 7

Friendship . . . . 1 Samuel 20

Fruit . . . . John 15

Gifts . . . . 1 Corinthians 12

Giving . . . . 2 Corinthians 9

Gideon's Band . . . . Judges 7

Good Shepherd . . . . John 10

Heaven . . . . John 14, Revelation 7, 22

Holy Spirit . . . . John 14, 15

 Humility . . . . John 13

Instruction . . . . Proverbs 1 

 Intercession . . . . John 17

Joy . . . . Isaiah 12

Jubilee . . . . Leviticus 25

 Judgement . . . . Matthew 25

Law . . . . Exodus 20

 Life, Frailty of . . . . Psalm 90

 Love . . . . 1 Corinthians 13

 Messiah . . . . Isaiah 53

 Ministers . . . . 1 Corinthians 4

Missions . . . . Psalm 72, Romans 10

 New Covenant . . . . Hebrews 8

 Old Age . . . . Ecclesiastes 12

Omniscience . . . . Psalm 139

Overcomers . . . . Revelation 2, 3

Passover . . . . Exodus 12

 Praise . . . . Psalms 103 & 145

Prayer . . . . Daniel 6, Luke 11, 18

 Prosperity of the Wicked . . . . Psalm 73

Prosperity of the Righteous . . . . Deuteronomy 8, 28

Providence . . . . Psalm 121

Refuge . . . . Numbers 35

 Regeneration . . . . John 3

Rest . . . . Hebrews 4

 Resurrection . . . . 1 Corinthians 15

Revival . . . . 2 Chronicles 30, Luke 3

Safety . . . . Psalm 91

Service . . . . Luke 10

Shepherd . . . . John 10

Soldier's . . . . Ephesians 6

Teacher's . . . . 1 Corinthians 2

Temperance . . . . Proverbs 23

Tithing . . . . Malachi 3

Tongue . . . . James 3

 Transfiguration . . . . Matthew 17

 Unity . . . . Ephesians 4

Vanity . . . . Ecclesiastes 4

Watchman's . . . . Ezekiel 33

Water of Life . . . . John 4

Wisdom . . . . Proverbs 3

Woman's . . . . Proverbs 31

Word of God . . . . Deuteronomy 6 

Worship . . . . Psalm 84

Only on The Bible

Man who lived to be 969 years old . . . . Genesis 5:27

 Man who used a stone for a pillow . . . . Genesis 28:11

Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before birth . . . . Genesis 38:28-29

 Battle won because manstretched out his hand . . . . Exodus17:11

Man who was spoken to by an ass . . . . Numbers 22:28-29

Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in. long by 6ft. wide . . . . Deuteronomy 3:11

 The women who had to shave their heads before marriage . . . . Deuteronomy 21:11-13

 Women forbidden to wear men's clothing . . . . Deuteronomy 22:5

Sun and moon stood still for a whole day . . . . Joshua 10:13

A woman killed a man by driving a nail through his head . . . . Judges 4:17-21

Men lapped water like dogs . . . . Judges 7:5

An army with seven hundred left-handed men . . . . Judges 20:16

Man whose hair weighed about 6.5lbs. at his annual haircut . . . . 2 Samuel 14:26

 Where a ferry boat was used . . . . 2 Samuel 19:18

 Man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes . . . . 2 Samuel 21:20

Man who had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines . . . . 1 Kings 11:1-3

The soaking wet sacrifice that burnt supernaturally . . . . 1 Kings 18:17-40

 Man who outran a chariot . . . . 1 Kings 18:41-46

The axe head that floated in the river . . . . 2 Kings 6:1-6

Woman who boiled and ate her son . . . . 2 Kings 6:29

Man killed in his chariot . . . . 2 Kings 9:24

 Woman whose body was eaten by dogs . . . . 2 Kings 9:30-36

Father who had eighty-eight children . . . . 2 Chronicles 11:21

The sun travelled backwards . . . . Isaiah 38:8

Man who walked naked for three years . . . . Isaiah 20:2-3

Army of 185,000 destroyed in one night . . . . Isaiah 37:36

Man whose life was increased by fifteen years because he prayed . . . . Isaiah 38:1-5

The Bible that was cut with a penknife . . . . Jeremiah 36:20-23

Valley full of dry bones prophesied to be resurrected . . . . Ezekiel 37:1-14

 A Harlot an ancestor of Christ . . . . Matthew 1:5 

 Man ate locusts for food . . . . Matthew 3:4