<Ul> <Li> There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament . This gives a total of 31,102 verses, which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter . </Li> <Li> Contrary to popular belief, Psalm 118 does not contain the middle verse of the Bible . The King James Version has an even number of verses (31,102), with the two middle verses being Psalm 103: 1--2 . </Li> <Li> John 11: 35 ("Jesus wept") is the shortest verse in most English translations . Some translations--including the New International Version, New Living Translation, New Life Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible and New International Reader's Version--render Job 3: 2 as "He said". However, that is a translators' condensation of the Hebrew which literally translated is: "And Job answered and said ." </Li> <Li> The shortest verse in the Greek New Testament is Luke 20: 30 ("και ο δευτερος", "And the second") with twelve letters, according to the Westcott and Hort text . In the Textus Receptus, the shortest verse is 1 Thessalonians 5: 16 ("παντοτε χαιρετε", "Rejoice always") with fourteen letters, since Stephanus' rendering of Luke 20: 30 includes some additional words . </Li> <Li> Isaiah 10: 8 ("Dicet enim") is the shortest verse in the Latin Vulgate . </Li> <Li> Esther 8: 9 is the longest verse in the Masoretic Text . The discovery of several manuscripts at Qumran (in the Dead Sea Scrolls) has reopened what is considered the most original text of 1 Samuel 11; if one believes that those manuscripts better preserve the text, several verses in 1 Samuel 11 surpass Esther 8: 9 in length . </Li> </Ul> <Li> There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament . This gives a total of 31,102 verses, which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter . </Li> <Li> Contrary to popular belief, Psalm 118 does not contain the middle verse of the Bible . The King James Version has an even number of verses (31,102), with the two middle verses being Psalm 103: 1--2 . </Li> <Li> John 11: 35 ("Jesus wept") is the shortest verse in most English translations . Some translations--including the New International Version, New Living Translation, New Life Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible and New International Reader's Version--render Job 3: 2 as "He said". However, that is a translators' condensation of the Hebrew which literally translated is: "And Job answered and said ." </Li>

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