The Centre of the Bible

The Centre of the BibleThe Centre of the Bible

The truth is there are 31,102 verses in the King James Bible.  Therefore there is no single middle verse.  You cannot have a middle verse with an even number of verses.  However there are two middle verses. These would be verses 15,551 and 15,552 (Psalms 103:1-2.) 

PSALM 103:1-2

BLESS the LORD, O my soul:  and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

These are the middle two verses of the King James Bible.  Both verses start with “Bless the LORD, O my soul”.  Verse 1 continues – and all that is within me, bless his holy name.  Verse 2 concludes with – and forget not all his benefits.  These are powerful words coming from the two center verses of the Book.  

Now let’s count the words in these two middle verses.  There are twenty-eight.  That’s seven quadrupled (7 times 4) instead of seven doubled (7 times 2.)  Here we have seven compounded twice as much.

Now let’s see if we can find some middle words in the center of God’s middle verses.  Yes, I see four (bless his holy name.)  There are twelve words on one side of this phrase and twelve words on the other side.  So the King James Bible has bless his holy name right in the center of the two middle verses!

This phrase also has exactly twice as many words (12) on each side of it.  God loves the number twelve also.  Next to the number seven, it is his favorite number.  He uses it a lot in his word.  For example there were twelve apostles and twelve tribes of Israel. There are twelve manner of fruits bared by the tree of life.  It is the number of authority and power.  What else would you expect in the center of God’s Holy Bible?  Bless his holy name. 

PSALM 138:2…I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

 

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

 

Note:  Total verses: 31,102.  3+1+1+0+2 = 7

(completeness, spiritual perfection, pure)

The following statistics apply to the 1769 edition of the 1611 King James Bible:

All word counts are the work of computer programmer Dave Whitinger.  I have checkedand doubled-checked his counts with a manual count in 10 of the 66 Books and they all match perfectly.  Therefore I believe these word counts to be 100% accurate (I hope.) 

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

Total words either on the cover or the first page explaining which Bible you have:

  1. A)   Authorized Version – 2or
  2. B)   King James version – 3or
  3. C)   King James Bible – 

Can you see now why there are so many word counts floating around?

BIBLE STATISTICS (King James Authorized):
Number of books in the Bible: 66

Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,102
Words: 783,137
Letters: 3,116,480
Number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260
Commands: 6,468
Predictions: over 8,000
Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses
Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140
Number of questions: 3,294
Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus wept”).  This is the King James Bible.  Some Bibles might be Job 3:2 (Job said.) but King James has that as “Job answered” which is longer than Jesus wept.
Middle books: Micah and Nahum
Middle verse: Psalm 103:2-3
Middle chapter: Psalm 117
Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of words)
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
Number of times the word “God” appears: 4,094
Number of times the word “Lord” appears: 6,781
Number of different authors: 40
Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200

OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
Number of books: 39

Chapters: 929
Verses: 23,145
Words: 602,585
Letters: 2,278,100
Middle book: Proverbs
Middle chapter: Job 20
Middle verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18
Smallest book: Obadiah
Shortest verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25
Longest verse: Esther 8:9
Longest chapter: Psalms 119
Largest book: Psalms

NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
Number of books: 27

Chapters: 260
Verses: 7,957
Words: 180,552
Letters: 838,380
Middle book: 2 Thessalonians
Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9
Middle verse: Acts 27:17
Smallest book: 3 John
Shortest verse: John 11:35
Longest verse: Revelation 20:4
Longest chapter: Luke 1
Largest book: Luke

 

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