Job

A righteous man loses everything; his friends say he must have sinned; Job demands an answer, and God speaks from the whirlwind.

42chapters

1,070verses

16,671words (BSB)

1 h 23 minto read

Who wrote Job?

The author is not known.

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

The longest chapter is Job 31 (40 verses, about 3 minutes).

Chapter	Verses	Words	Minutes
1	22	564	3
2	13	356	2
3	26	404	2
4	21	320	2
5	27	403	2
6	30	424	2
7	21	373	2
8	22	311	2
9	35	535	3
10	22	366	2
11	20	307	2
12	25	357	2
13	28	379	2
14	22	382	2
15	35	516	3
16	22	344	2
17	16	242	1
18	21	291	1
19	29	425	2
20	29	445	2
21	34	505	3
22	30	432	2
23	17	257	1
24	25	433	2
25	6	83	1
26	14	188	1
27	23	357	2
28	28	410	2
29	25	373	2
30	31	484	2
31	40	650	3
32	22	363	2
33	33	510	3
34	37	560	3
35	16	255	1
36	33	461	2
37	24	383	2
38	41	609	3
39	30	454	2
40	24	330	2
41	34	451	2
42	17	379	2

Job has 42 chapters and 1,070 verses in the Berean Standard Bible.

The author is not known.

About 1 h 23 min at 200 words a minute (16,671 words). At 10 minutes a day that is 9 days.

A righteous man loses everything; his friends say he must have sinned; Job demands an answer, and God speaks from the whirlwind.

Chapter	Verses	Words	Minutes
1	22	564	3
2	13	356	2
3	26	404	2
4	21	320	2
5	27	403	2
6	30	424	2
7	21	373	2
8	22	311	2
9	35	535	3
10	22	366	2
11	20	307	2
12	25	357	2
13	28	379	2
14	22	382	2
15	35	516	3
16	22	344	2
17	16	242	1
18	21	291	1
19	29	425	2
20	29	445	2
21	34	505	3
22	30	432	2
23	17	257	1
24	25	433	2
25	6	83	1
26	14	188	1
27	23	357	2
28	28	410	2
29	25	373	2
30	31	484	2
31	40	650	3
32	22	363	2
33	33	510	3
34	37	560	3
35	16	255	1
36	33	461	2
37	24	383	2
38	41	609	3
39	30	454	2
40	24	330	2
41	34	451	2
42	17	379	2

Chapter	Verses	Words	Minutes
1	22	564	3
2	13	356	2
3	26	404	2
4	21	320	2
5	27	403	2
6	30	424	2
7	21	373	2
8	22	311	2
9	35	535	3
10	22	366	2
11	20	307	2
12	25	357	2
13	28	379	2
14	22	382	2
15	35	516	3
16	22	344	2
17	16	242	1
18	21	291	1
19	29	425	2
20	29	445	2
21	34	505	3
22	30	432	2
23	17	257	1
24	25	433	2
25	6	83	1
26	14	188	1
27	23	357	2
28	28	410	2
29	25	373	2
30	31	484	2
31	40	650	3
32	22	363	2
33	33	510	3
34	37	560	3
35	16	255	1
36	33	461	2
37	24	383	2
38	41	609	3
39	30	454	2
40	24	330	2
41	34	451	2
42	17	379	2

Chapter	Verses	Words	Minutes
1	22	564	3
2	13	356	2
3	26	404	2
4	21	320	2
5	27	403	2
6	30	424	2
7	21	373	2
8	22	311	2
9	35	535	3
10	22	366	2
11	20	307	2
12	25	357	2
13	28	379	2
14	22	382	2
15	35	516	3
16	22	344	2
17	16	242	1
18	21	291	1
19	29	425	2
20	29	445	2
21	34	505	3
22	30	432	2
23	17	257	1
24	25	433	2
25	6	83	1
26	14	188	1
27	23	357	2
28	28	410	2
29	25	373	2
30	31	484	2
31	40	650	3
32	22	363	2
33	33	510	3
34	37	560	3
35	16	255	1
36	33	461	2
37	24	383	2
38	41	609	3
39	30	454	2
40	24	330	2
41	34	451	2
42	17	379	2