The Bible · by the numbers
The Bible · by the numbers
66 books · ~40 authors · 1,500 years · 700+ translations.
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz — a prophetic name meaning 'swift to plunder.'
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Seven ways in
Each tile opens a collection of sourced, share-worthy statistics — pick a thread and pull.
The Bible at a glance
From the 176-verse marathon of Psalm 119 to the two-word verse 'Jesus wept,' the range inside a single volume is staggering.
Liber · by length
Old Testament
Psalms
Chapters
150
Verses
2,461
of Bible
7.9%
Standard KJV versification — 929 OT + 260 NT chapters (1,189 total) and 31,102 verses. Psalms is the longest book; the single-chapter letters (Obadiah, Philemon, 2–3 John, Jude) the shortest.
The authors
A king and a shepherd, a doctor and a tax collector, a Pharisee and a fisherman — most never met. Scroll the 1,500-year span.
1400 BC · The Exodus era
Prince, shepherd, lawgiver
Raised in Pharaoh's court, exiled as a shepherd, then led a nation out of slavery.
Wrote: Genesis–Deuteronomy
1000 BC · United monarchy
Shepherd & king
A shepherd boy turned king and Israel's most celebrated poet-musician.
Wrote: many Psalms
940 BC · United monarchy
King
Famed for wisdom and wealth; wrote on everything from proverbs to love and despair.
Wrote: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
760 BC · The prophets
Shepherd & fig-farmer
A working herdsman with no prophetic pedigree, called to confront the powerful.
Wrote: Amos
700 BC · The prophets
Prophet of the court
Advisor to kings, author of some of the most-quoted lines in literature.
Wrote: Isaiah
540 BC · Babylonian exile
Exile & royal official
Deported to Babylon as a youth; rose to serve in a foreign empire's court.
Wrote: Daniel
AD 60 · The early church
Physician & historian
A doctor and careful researcher — the only Gentile author in the New Testament.
Wrote: Luke, Acts
AD 70 · The early church
Tax collector
A despised tax official who left the booth to follow an itinerant teacher.
Wrote: Matthew
AD 60 · The early church
Pharisee → missionary
Once hunted Christians; became the movement's most prolific letter-writer — often from prison.
Wrote: 13 letters
AD 60 · The early church
Fisherman
A Galilean fisherman who became a leader of the first Christians.
Wrote: 1–2 Peter
AD 100 · The early church
Fisherman & exile
Wrote his final vision in exile on the island of Patmos near the close of the century.
Wrote: John, 1–3 John, Revelation
Where it was written
Hover or tap a place to see which books are tied to it — written across three continents.
Waypoints · 7
Recurring numbers
Certain numbers return again and again as symbols — completion, testing, the people of God.
Seven days of creation; the seven-fold structures of Revelation. The number of wholeness.
Forty days of flood, forty years in the wilderness, forty days of fasting in the desert.
Twelve tribes of Israel, twelve apostles — and a city with twelve gates and twelve foundations.
Prophecy & fulfillment
Claims recorded long before the events they describe. The counts are genuinely debated — we cite specific, published figures and flag the dispute.
Foretold · Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel.”
Claimed fulfillment · Matthew 2:1
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod…”
Foretold · 2 Samuel 7:12–13
“I will raise up your offspring to succeed you… and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”
Claimed fulfillment · Luke 1:32
“The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.”
Foretold · Psalm 22:16
“They pierce my hands and my feet.”
Claimed fulfillment · John 19:18
“There they crucified him, and with him two others — one on each side and Jesus in the middle.”
Foretold · Isaiah 53:7
“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth… as a sheep before its shearers is silent.”
Claimed fulfillment · Matthew 27:12–14
“When he was accused… he gave no answer, not even to a single charge — to the great amazement of the governor.”
These are faith claims. Prophetic-book dating follows traditional/scholarly chronology; the prophecy→fulfillment connection is a matter of interpretation. See how we count.
The Bible vs. the world
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The complete Bible exists in 700+ languages — far more than any other book.
The best-selling and most widely distributed book of all time.
J. Barton Payne's count of distinct personal predictions about the Messiah.
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Keep exploring
39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New — a library, not a single book.
Roughly three-quarters of a million words — and every translation counts differently.
The shortest verse in the English Bible — two words at the tomb of Lazarus.
Kings and shepherds, a doctor and a tax collector — writing across 1,500 years.
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek — written across three continents.
J. Barton Payne's count of distinct personal predictions about the Messiah.