Bible Facts Bible Facts Bible Facts Bible Facts Bible Facts - Part 1 - Part 1 - Part 1 - Part 1 - Part 1 Barnes’ Bible Charts About 90 hours are required to read through the complete Bible The Bible Contains 66 1,189 31,100 783,088 3,602,582 Books Chapters Verses Words Letters 39 929 23,143 602,582 Books Chapters Verses Words The Old Testament Contains 27 260 7,957 189,506 Books Chapters Verses Words The New Testament Contains The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9 with 90 words The shortest verse in the Bible (in English) is John 11:35 with 2 words The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 117 with 2 verses The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119 with 176 verses Five books in the Bible contain only one chapter: 1 in the Old Testament • Obadiah 4 in the New Testament • Philemon • 2 John • 3 John • Jude The Old Testament is approximately three-and-one -half times larger than the New Testament
