HISTORY The Bible was written by about 40 men who engaged in
writing it during a
period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 B.C. to
about 100 years after Christ. These
men wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 2
Peter 1:21. They
wrote not in words of human wisdom but in words
taught by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 2:13. The
first translation of an English Bible was initiated
by John Wycliffe and completed by
John Purvey in 1388. The Bible was translated into
chapters by Stephen Langton about 1228. The
Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan
in 1448 and the New Testament by
Robert Stephanus in 1551.
The Bible, divided into
chapters and verses first appeared in
the Geneva Bible of 1560.
BOOKS Books in the Bible 66 The
Old Testament 39 The
New Testament 27 Middle
Book of Old Testament Proverbs Middle
Book of New Testament 2 Thessalonians
CHAPTERS Bible 1189 Old
Testament 929 New
Testament 260 Middle
Chapter of Old Testament Job 29 Middle
Chapter of New Testament Romans 13 Middle
and shortest chapter of the Bible Psalm 117 Longest
Chapter of the Bible Psalm 119
VERSES Old Testament 23,214 New
Testament 7,959 Middle
Verse in the Old Testament 2 Chronicles 20:17 Middle
verse in the New Testament Acts 17:17 Shortest
verse of the Old Testament 1 Chronicles 1:25 Shortest
verse in the New Testament John 11:35 Longest
verse in the Bible Esther 8:9
WORDS In the Old Testament c. 592,439 In
the New Testament c. 181,253