Fun facts
| Last word in the Bible: | Amen (Rev. 22:21) |
| Longest word (and name): | Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1) |
| Shortest verse: | John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus wept”) |
| Longest verse: | Esther 8:9 |
| Shortest book (number of words): | 3 John |
| Longest book: | Psalms (150 chapters) |
| Middle books: | Micah and Nahum |
| Chapters: | 1,189 |
| Longest chapter: | Psalm 119 (176 verses) |
| Shortest chapter (number of words): | Psalm 117 |
| Number of times the word “God” appears: | 3,358 (It appears in every book except Esther andSong of Solomon.) |
| Number of times the word “Lord” appears: | 7,736 |
| Number of different authors: | Over 40 |
| Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: | 513—have full Bible 2,817—have some portion of the Bible (as of 2014) |
| Number of new Bibles distributed (sold or given away) in the U.S.: | About 168,000 per day (as of 2001) |
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