I commend solitude to any of you who are seeking salvation, first, that you may study well your case as in the sight of God. Few men truly know themselves as they really are. Most people have seen themselves in a looking-glass, but there is another looking-glass, which gives true reflections, into which few men look. To study one’s self in the light of God’s Word, and carefully to go over one’s condition, examining both the inward and the outward sins, and using all the tests which are given us in the Scriptures, would be a very healthy exercise; but how very few care to go through it!
C.H. Spurgeon

Bible facts

Bible facts

BIBLE FACTS

The Bible has been translated, in whole or in part, into more than 1,100 languages and dialects.

About 30,000,000 copies of the complete text of the Bible, or of its principle parts,are distributed annually.

The first book printed with movable metal type was the Gutenberg Bible, printed by Johannes Gutenberg, before August 15, 1456, in Mainz, Germany.

The first printed Bible divided into verses was a Latin edition by Pagninus, printed in 1528.

The first complete English version of the Bible divided into verses was the Geneva Bible, printed in 1560.

The Bible was written by some 50 men, only one of whom (Luke) was a Gentile.

Statistics: (King James Version) OLD NEW TESTAMENT TESTAMENT TOTAL Books………..39………27………..66 Chapters…….929……..260………1189 Verses……23,214…….7959…….31,173 Words……592,439….181,253……773,692

Letters..2,728,100….838,380….3,566,480

Shortest book: II John (13 verses)
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters) Shortest chapter: Psalm 117
Longest chapter: Psalm 119
Shortest verse: John 11:35
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 Middle verse: Psalm 97:8 Longest word: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)

Nautical chapter: Acts 27
Similar chapters are 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 Verse containing all letters except J: Ezra 7:21 Verse containing all letters except Q: Daniel 4:37 The word “God” appears in every book of the Bible except Esther and Song of Solomon