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Books of the Bible in order

The Bible has 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New, with 1,189 chapters and 31,086 verses.

Counts are from the Berean Standard Bible. Click a column to sort, for example by reading time.
Old Testament · 39 books · 46 hours
1 Genesis 50 1,533 35,121 2 h 56 min
2 Exodus 40 1,213 29,113 2 h 26 min
3 Leviticus 27 859 22,106 1 h 51 min
4 Numbers 36 1,288 28,767 2 h 24 min
5 Deuteronomy 34 959 25,820 2 h 9 min
6 Joshua 24 658 16,448 1 h 22 min
7 Judges 21 618 16,837 1 h 24 min
8 Ruth 4 85 2,421 12 min
9 1 Samuel 31 810 22,652 1 h 53 min
10 2 Samuel 24 695 18,771 1 h 34 min
11 1 Kings 22 816 22,446 1 h 52 min
12 2 Kings 25 719 21,884 1 h 49 min
13 1 Chronicles 29 942 18,657 1 h 33 min
14 2 Chronicles 36 822 24,060 2 h
15 Ezra 10 280 6,524 33 min
16 Nehemiah 13 406 9,552 48 min
17 Esther 10 167 5,115 26 min
18 Job 42 1,070 16,671 1 h 23 min
19 Psalms 150 2,461 40,522 3 h 23 min
20 Proverbs 31 915 14,144 1 h 11 min
21 Ecclesiastes 12 222 5,175 26 min
22 Song of Songs 8 117 2,540 13 min
23 Isaiah 66 1,292 34,083 2 h 50 min
24 Jeremiah 52 1,364 39,827 3 h 19 min
25 Lamentations 5 154 3,216 16 min
26 Ezekiel 48 1,273 36,203 3 h 1 min
27 Daniel 12 357 10,641 53 min
28 Hosea 14 197 4,917 25 min
29 Joel 3 73 1,855 9 min
30 Amos 9 146 3,882 19 min
31 Obadiah 1 21 615 3 min
32 Jonah 4 48 1,231 6 min
33 Micah 7 105 2,898 14 min
34 Nahum 3 47 1,144 6 min
35 Habakkuk 3 56 1,351 7 min
36 Zephaniah 3 53 1,500 8 min
37 Haggai 2 38 1,056 5 min
38 Zechariah 14 211 5,830 29 min
39 Malachi 4 55 1,724 9 min
New Testament · 27 books · 14 hours
40 Matthew 28 1,068 22,348 1 h 52 min
41 Mark 16 673 13,877 1 h 9 min
42 Luke 24 1,149 24,044 2 h
43 John 21 878 18,462 1 h 32 min
44 Acts 28 1,003 22,548 1 h 53 min
45 Romans 16 432 9,410 47 min
46 1 Corinthians 16 437 9,259 46 min
47 2 Corinthians 13 257 6,011 30 min
48 Galatians 6 149 3,090 15 min
49 Ephesians 6 155 3,006 15 min
50 Philippians 4 104 2,162 11 min
51 Colossians 4 95 1,973 10 min
52 1 Thessalonians 5 89 1,856 9 min
53 2 Thessalonians 3 47 1,047 5 min
54 1 Timothy 6 113 2,334 12 min
55 2 Timothy 4 83 1,647 8 min
56 Titus 3 46 927 5 min
57 Philemon 1 25 452 2 min
58 Hebrews 13 303 6,779 34 min
59 James 5 108 2,248 11 min
60 1 Peter 5 105 2,376 12 min
61 2 Peter 3 61 1,535 8 min
62 1 John 5 105 2,505 13 min
63 2 John 1 13 296 1 min
64 3 John 1 14 309 2 min
65 Jude 1 25 606 3 min
66 Revelation 22 404 11,332 57 min

Questions

How many books are in the Bible?

66 in the Protestant Bible: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Catholic Bibles have 73, adding seven deuterocanonical books.

How many chapters are in the Bible?

1,189: 929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New Testament.

How many verses are in the Bible?

31,086 in the Berean Standard Bible. Counts differ slightly between translations because a few verses are numbered or included differently.

What is the longest book of the Bible?

Psalms, with 40,522 words (about 3 h 23 min to read).

What is the shortest book of the Bible?

2 John, with 296 words.

What are the longest and shortest chapters?

Psalm 119 has the most verses (176); Psalm 117 has the fewest (2).