Longest Book In The Bible By Verses. So, perhaps isaiah might win on a technicality. Reimer recognized that verse or chapter count wasn’t the best approach, as these divisions are mostly late, and not generally included in the.
While it is by far the longest book of the bible by the number of chapters, the book of psalms is only the third longest book of the bible according to the number of words: So, perhaps isaiah might win on a technicality. It would easy to combine multiple books into a single, or split a single book into multiples.
The following is a list of the shortest and longest verses in both the old testament and the new testament.
51) luke 52) 2 kings 53) matthew 54) acts 55) 1 kings 56) leviticus 57) 1 samuel 58) 2 chronicles 59) deuteronomy 60) exodus 61) numbers 62) isaiah 63) genesis 64) ezekiel 65) jeremiah 66) psalms longest book. Despite the gospel of luke containing 24 chapters, four less than both matthew and acts, it contains more verses and words [1]. The longest verse in the bible is found in the old testament in the book of esther 8: This verse contains 90 words.