A List of Books In the Bible By Number of Chapters
When I was creating my reading list for Chapter By Chapter this year, I suddenly needed a list of books of the Bible by chapters to build my reading plan.
Chapters and verses, of course, were added long after the Bible was written, so they’re not inspired the way the text is, and you shouldn’t read anything special into them.
But I’m a fan of putting as many tools in your toolbox as possible. If you come up with some creative ways to use this data, let me know.
Peruse the table below, or download one of the following files in CSV format for further processing.
esv_books.csv- every book of the Bible by number of chapters, number of verses, and number of words1 (in the English Standard Version); this table is replicated belowesv_chapters.csv- every chapter of every book of the Bible by number of verses and number of words (in the English Standard Version)esv_verses.csv- every verse of every chapter of every book by number of words (in the English Standard Version)
Old Testament Books
| Book | Number | # of Chapters | # of Verses | # of Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 1 | 50 | 1533 | 36397 |
| Exodus | 2 | 40 | 1213 | 31005 |
| Leviticus | 3 | 27 | 859 | 23493 |
| Numbers | 4 | 36 | 1288 | 31043 |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 34 | 959 | 27618 |
| Joshua | 6 | 24 | 658 | 17993 |
| Judges | 7 | 21 | 618 | 18312 |
| Ruth | 8 | 4 | 85 | 2437 |
| 1 Samuel | 9 | 31 | 810 | 24168 |
| 2 Samuel | 10 | 24 | 695 | 19795 |
| 1 Kings | 11 | 22 | 816 | 23520 |
| 2 Kings | 12 | 25 | 719 | 22912 |
| 1 Chronicles | 13 | 29 | 942 | 18580 |
| 2 Chronicles | 14 | 36 | 822 | 24856 |
| Ezra | 15 | 10 | 280 | 6921 |
| Nehemiah | 16 | 13 | 406 | 9874 |
| Esther | 17 | 10 | 167 | 5484 |
| Job | 18 | 42 | 1070 | 17627 |
| Psalms | 19 | 150 | 2461 | 41273 |
| Proverbs | 20 | 31 | 915 | 14552 |
| Ecclesiastes | 21 | 12 | 222 | 5376 |
| Song of Solomon | 22 | 8 | 117 | 2576 |
| Isaiah | 23 | 66 | 1292 | 35385 |
| Jeremiah | 24 | 52 | 1364 | 40544 |
| Lamentations | 25 | 5 | 154 | 3253 |
| Ezekiel | 26 | 48 | 1273 | 37309 |
| Daniel | 27 | 12 | 357 | 11272 |
| Hosea | 28 | 14 | 197 | 4976 |
| Joel | 29 | 3 | 73 | 1917 |
| Amos | 30 | 9 | 146 | 4067 |
| Obadiah | 31 | 1 | 21 | 614 |
| Jonah | 32 | 4 | 48 | 1312 |
| Micah | 33 | 7 | 105 | 3022 |
| Nahum | 34 | 3 | 47 | 1111 |
| Habakkuk | 35 | 3 | 56 | 1373 |
| Zephaniah | 36 | 3 | 53 | 1573 |
| Haggai | 37 | 2 | 38 | 1095 |
| Zechariah | 38 | 14 | 211 | 6083 |
| Malachi | 39 | 4 | 55 | 1752 |
New Testament Books
| Book | Number | # of Chapters | # of Verses | # of Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | 40 | 28 | 1067 | 23019 |
| Mark | 41 | 16 | 673 | 14596 |
| Luke | 42 | 24 | 1149 | 25010 |
| John | 43 | 21 | 866 | 18841 |
| Acts | 44 | 28 | 1003 | 23633 |
| Romans | 45 | 16 | 432 | 9530 |
| 1 Corinthians | 46 | 16 | 437 | 9314 |
| 2 Corinthians | 47 | 13 | 257 | 6077 |
| Galatians | 48 | 6 | 149 | 3133 |
| Ephesians | 49 | 6 | 155 | 3014 |
| Philippians | 50 | 4 | 104 | 2160 |
| Colossians | 51 | 4 | 95 | 1950 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 52 | 5 | 89 | 1854 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 53 | 3 | 47 | 1065 |
| 1 Timothy | 54 | 6 | 113 | 2314 |
| 2 Timothy | 55 | 4 | 83 | 1647 |
| Titus | 56 | 3 | 46 | 928 |
| Philemon | 57 | 1 | 25 | 461 |
| Hebrews | 58 | 13 | 303 | 6935 |
| James | 59 | 5 | 108 | 2331 |
| 1 Peter | 60 | 5 | 105 | 2405 |
| 2 Peter | 61 | 3 | 61 | 1549 |
| 1 John | 62 | 5 | 105 | 2507 |
| 2 John | 63 | 1 | 13 | 302 |
| 3 John | 64 | 1 | 15 | 303 |
| Jude | 65 | 1 | 25 | 610 |
| Revelation | 66 | 22 | 404 | 11526 |
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I counted words as printed, so “22,000 cattle” counts as two words, not the three words in “twenty-two thousand cattle.” ↩
