Old Testament Statistics: NAB & NRSV

Old Testament Statistics Compared
by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

There are many differences (some small, some larger) in the number of verses per chapter and/or the total number of verses and/or chapters in various English translations of the Bible, due to differences in the versifications of the Hebrew Bible (HB), the Septuagint (LXX), the Vulgate (Vulg), and other ancient and medieval editions. These differences can be grouped into several categories:

Sometimes the division between two consecutive chapters is in a different place in the HB, LXX, and/or Vulg, causing each chapter to have a different number of verses, while the total number of verses in the two adjacent chapters is still the same in all Bibles. For example, in the HB and NAB, Exodus 7 has 29 verses and Exod 8 has 28 verses, while in the KJV and NRSV, Exodus 7 has only 25 verses but Exod 8 has 32 verses. Thus, these two chapters of Exodus have the same total of 57 verses in all Bibles, with Exod 7:26-29 (NAB) equivalent to Exod 8:1-4 (NRSV), and Exod 8:1-28 (NAB) equivalent to Exod 8:5-32 (NRSV). These differences are highlighted in YELLOW in the following tables.
In other cases, a single longer verse in one version of the Bible is subdivided into two shorter verses in another version, causing the total number of verses in that chapter to differ. For example, Nehemiah 7:67, one verse in the NAB, is subdivided into verses 67+68 in the NRSV. Thus, Neh 7 has only 72 verses in the NAB, but a total of 73 verses in the NRSV. These differences are highlighted in VIOLET in the following tables.
In many of the Psalms, there is a title, authorial attribution, and/or instructions for the musicians, which are usually numbered as verse 1 (or sometimes vv.1-2) in the NAB, but are unnumbered verses before v. 1 in the NRSV, causing the number of verses in these Psalms to be one (or two) less in the NRSV than in the NAB. These differences are highlighted in AQUA BLUE in the third table below.
In two cases (Joel & Malachi), the number of chapters in the book is different in various Bibles. In the HB and NAB, Joel has 4 chapters while Malachi has only 3; in the KJV and NRSV, Joel has only 3 chapters, but Malachi has 4. This is because Joel 2:1-27; 3:1-5 (HB/NAB) put together as Joel 2:1-32 (KJV/NRSV); while the opposite is true in Malachi: Mal 3:1-24 (HB/NAB) is subdivided into Mal 3:1-18; 4:1-6 (KJV/NRSV). Luckily for people who like to count, these two differences cancel each other out in the totals! These differences are highlighted in RED in the fifth table below.
Finally, the Old Testament in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles is longer than in Protestant Bibles not only because they include the "Deuterocanonical Books" (seven additional books not contained in the Hebrew Bible - indicated in LIME GREEN in the following tables), but also because the books of Esther and Daniel are longer, since they contain several more chapters in the ancient Greek Septuagint Bible than in the Hebrew Bible. These differences are highlighted in OLIVE GREEN in the following tables.

Thus, the tables below provide the following biblical statistics, based on the New American Bible and New Revised Standard Version translations of the Old Testament::

The numerical sequence of each book in the NAB or NRSV Bible, respectively;
Number of chapters in each book of the OT;
Total number of verses in each book of the OT;
Number of verses in each chapter of the OT;
Average number of verses per chapter in each book of the OT.

The Pentateuch / Torah (NAB)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	Avg. Vv/Ch
1	Genesis	50	1533	31	25	24	26	32	22	24	22	29	32	32	20	18	24	21	16	27	33	38	18	34	24	20	67	34	35	46	22	35	43	54	33	20	31	29	43	36	30	23	23	57	38	34	34	28	34	31	22	33	26	30.66
2	Exodus	40	1213	22	25	22	31	23	30	29	28	35	29	10	51	22	31	27	36	16	27	25	26	37	30	33	18	40	37	21	43	46	38	18	35	23	35	35	38	29	31	43	38	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	30.33
3	Leviticus	27	859	17	16	17	35	26	23	38	36	24	20	47	8	59	57	33	34	16	30	37	27	24	33	44	23	55	46	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31.81
4	Numbers	36	1289	54	34	51	49	31	27	89	26	23	36	35	16	33	45	41	35	28	32	22	29	35	41	30	25	19	65	23	31	39	17	54	42	56	29	34	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	35.81
5	Deuteronomy	34	959	46	37	29	49	33	25	26	20	29	22	32	31	19	29	23	22	20	22	21	20	23	29	26	22	19	19	26	69	28	20	30	52	29	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.21

*Note on Num 25: The NAB follows the Hebrew Bible in numbering a 19th verse, although it prints the three words of v. 19 at the beginning of Num 26; most other ancient and modern Bibles (LXX, Vulg, KJV, RSV, NRSV, etc.) have only 18 verses in Num 25, and include the three words in question as the beginning of Num 26:1.

The Pentateuch / Torah (NRSV)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	Avg. Vv/Ch
1	Genesis	50	1533	31	25	24	26	32	22	24	22	29	32	32	20	18	24	21	16	27	33	38	18	34	24	20	67	34	35	46	22	35	43	55	32	20	31	29	43	36	30	23	23	57	38	34	34	28	34	31	22	33	26	30.66
2	Exodus	40	1213	22	25	22	31	23	30	25	32	35	29	10	51	22	31	27	36	16	27	25	26	37	30	33	18	40	37	21	43	46	38	18	35	23	35	35	38	29	31	43	38	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	30.33
3	Leviticus	27	859	17	16	17	35	19	30	38	36	24	20	47	8	59	57	33	34	16	30	37	27	24	33	44	23	55	46	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31.81
4	Numbers	36	1288	54	34	51	49	31	27	89	26	23	36	35	16	33	45	41	35	28	32	22	29	35	41	30	25	18	65	23	31	39	17	54	42	56	29	34	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	35.78
5	Deuteronomy	34	959	46	37	29	49	33	25	26	20	29	22	32	32	18	29	23	22	20	22	21	20	23	30	25	22	19	19	26	68	29	20	30	52	29	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.21

The Historical Books (NAB)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Avg. Vv/Ch
6	Joshua	24	658	18	24	17	24	15	27	26	35	27	43	23	24	33	15	63	10	18	28	51	9	45	34	16	33	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	27.42
7	Judges	21	618	36	23	31	24	31	40	25	35	57	18	40	15	25	20	20	31	13	31	30	48	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29.43
8	Ruth	4	85	22	23	18	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.25
9	1 Samuel	31	810	28	36	21	22	12	21	17	22	27	27	15	25	23	52	35	23	58	30	24	42	16	23	28	23	43	25	12	25	11	31	13	.	.	.	.	.	26.13
10	2 Samuel	24	695	27	32	39	12	25	23	29	18	13	19	27	31	39	33	37	23	29	32	44	26	22	51	39	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.96
11	1 Kings	22	817	53	46	28	20	32	38	51	66	28	29	43	33	34	31	34	34	24	46	21	43*	29	54	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	37.14
12	2 Kings	25	719	18	25	27	44	27	33	20	29	37	36	20	22	25	29	38	20	41	37	37	21	26	20	37	20	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.76
13	1 Chronicles	29	943	54	55	24	43	41	66	40	40	44	14	47	41	14	17	29	43	27	17	19	8	30	19	32	31	31	32	34	21	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	32.52
14	2 Chronicles	36	821	18	17	17	22	14	42	22	18	31	19	23	16	23	14	19	14	19	34	11	37	20	12	21	27	28	23	9	27	36	27	21	33	25	33	26	23	22.81
15	Ezra	10	280	11	70	13	24	17	22	28	36	15	44	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.00
16	Nehemiah	13	405	11	20	38	17	19	19	72	18	37	40	36	47	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31.15
17	Tobit	14	245	22	14	17	21	22	18	17	21	6	14	18	22	18	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.50
18	Judith	16	340	16	28	10	15	24	21	32	36	14	23	23	20	20	19	14	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.25
19	Esther	16	272	22	23	15	17*	14	14	10	17	32	3	17	8	30	16	24	10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.00
20	1 Maccabees	16	922	63	70	59	61	68	63	50	32	73	89	74	53	53	49	41	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	57.63
21	2 Maccabees	15	556	36	32	40	50	27	31	42	36	29	38	38	46	26	46	39	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	37.07

* Note on 1 Kings 20: Most print editions of the NAB have only 42 verse numbers for this chapter, accidentally omitting the reference for v. 43, although the full text is included; this error is corrected in the NAB online edition.
* Note on Esther 4: The NAB numbers only 16 verses in this chapter, but prints what most ancient and modern Bibles call 4:17 as an unnumbered verse at the beginning of Esther C. See the NAB online edition.

The Historical Books (NRSV)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Avg. Vv/Ch
6	Joshua	24	658	18	24	17	24	15	27	26	35	27	43	23	24	33	15	63	10	18	28	51	9	45	34	16	33	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	27.42
7	Judges	21	618	36	23	31	24	31	40	25	35	57	18	40	15	25	20	20	31	13	31	30	48	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29.43
8	Ruth	4	85	22	23	18	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.25
9	1 Samuel	31	810	28	36	21	22	12	21	17	22	27	27	15	25	23	52	35	23	58	30	24	42	15	23	29	22	44	25	12	25	11	31	13	.	.	.	.	.	26.13
10	2 Samuel	24	695	27	32	39	12	25	23	29	18	13	19	27	31	39	33	37	23	29	33	43	26	22	51	39	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.96
11	1 Kings	22	816	53	46	28	34	18	38	51	66	28	29	43	33	34	31	34	34	24	46	21	43	29	53	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	37.09
12	2 Kings	25	719	18	25	27	44	27	33	20	29	37	36	21	21	25	29	38	20	41	37	37	21	26	20	37	20	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.76
13	1 Chronicles	29	942	54	55	24	43	26	81	40	40	44	14	47	40	14	17	29	43	27	17	19	8	30	19	32	31	31	32	34	21	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	32.48
14	2 Chronicles	36	822	17	18	17	22	14	42	22	18	31	19	23	16	22	15	19	14	19	34	11	37	20	12	21	27	28	23	9	27	36	27	21	33	25	33	27	23	22.83
15	Ezra	10	280	11	70	13	24	17	22	28	36	15	44	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.00
16	Nehemiah	13	406	11	20	32	23	19	19	73	18	37	40	36	47	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31.23
17	Esther	10	167	22	23	15	17	14	14	10	17	32	3	x	x	x	x	x	x	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16.70

The Wisdom Books (NAB)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	Avg. Vv/Ch
22	Job	42	1068	22	13	26	21	27	30	21	22	35	22	20	25	28	22	35	22	16	21	29	29	34	30	17	25	6	14	21	28	25	31	40	22	33	37	16	33	24	41	30	32	26	17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	25.43
23a	Psalms (1-50)	.	.	6	11*	9	9	13	11	18	10	21	18	7	9	6	7	5	11	15	51	15	10	14	32	6	10	22	12	14	9	11	13	25	11	22	23	28	13	40	23	14	18	14	12	5	27	18	12	10	15	21	23	.	.
23b	Psalms (51-100)	.	.	21	11	7	9	24	14	12	12	18	14	9	13	12	11	14	20	8	36	37	6	24	20	28	23	11	13	21	72	13	20	17	8	19	13	14	17	7	19	53	17	16	16	5	23	11	13	12	9	9	5	.	.
23c	Psalms (101-150)	150	2526	8	29	22	35	45	48	43	14	31	7	10	10	9	8	18	19	2	29	176	7	8	9	4	8	5	6	5	6	8	8	3	18	3	3	21	26	9	8	24	14	10	8	12	15	21	10	20	14	9	6	.	16.83
24	Proverbs	31	915	33	22	35	27	23	35	27	36	18	32	31	28	25	35	33	33	28	24	29	30	31	29	35	34	28	28	27	28	27	33	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29.52
25	Ecclesiastes	12	222	18	26	22	17	19	12	29	17	18	20	10	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.50
26	Song of Solomon	8	117	17	17	11	16	16	12	14	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14.63
27	Wisdom of Solomon	19	436	16	24	19	20	23	25	30	21	18	21	26	27	19	31	19	29	21	25	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22.95
28	Sirach/Ecclesiasticus	51	1372	29	18	30	31	17	37	36	19	18	30	34	18	25	27	20	28	27	33	26	30	28	27	27	31	25	20	30	26	28	25	31	24	33	26	24	27	30	34	35	30	24	25	35	23	26	20	25	25	16	29	30	26.90

* Note on Psalm 2: The 1970 edition of the NAB numbers 12 verses in this Psalm, as do most other ancient and modern Bibles; the NAB's 1986 revision of the Psalms includes the full text, but omits the reference for v. 12, possibly accidentally; note how unbalanced the longer v.11 appears in the NAB online edition.

The Wisdom Books (NRSV)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	Avg. Vv/Ch
18	Job	42	1070	22	13	26	21	27	30	21	22	35	22	20	25	28	22	35	22	16	21	29	29	34	30	17	25	6	14	23	28	25	31	40	22	33	37	16	33	24	41	30	24	34	17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	25.48
19a	Psalms (1-50)	.	.	6	12	8	8	12	10	17	9	20	18	7	8	6	7	5	11	15	50	14	9	13	31	6	10	22	12	14	9	11	12	24	11	22	22	28	12	40	22	13	17	13	11	5	26	17	11	9	14	20	23	.	.
19b	Psalms (51-100)	.	.	19	9	6	7	23	13	11	11	17	12	8	12	11	10	13	20	7	35	36	5	24	20	28	23	10	12	20	72	13	19	16	8	18	12	13	17	7	18	52	17	16	15	5	23	11	13	12	9	9	5	.	.
19c	Psalms (101-150)	150	2461	8	28	22	35	45	48	43	13	31	7	10	10	9	8	18	19	2	29	176	7	8	9	4	8	5	6	5	6	8	8	3	18	3	3	21	26	9	8	24	13	10	7	12	15	21	10	20	14	9	6	.	16.41
20	Proverbs	31	915	33	22	35	27	23	35	27	36	18	32	31	28	25	35	33	33	28	24	29	30	31	29	35	34	28	28	27	28	27	33	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29.52
21	Ecclesiastes	12	222	18	26	22	16	20	12	29	17	18	20	10	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.50
22	Song of Solomon	8	117	17	17	11	16	16	13	13	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14.63

The Major Prophets (NAB)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	Avg. Vv/Ch
29	Isaiah	66	1291	31	22	26	6	30	13	25	23	20	34	16	6	22	32	9	14	14	7	25	6	17	25	18	23	12	21	13	29	24	33	9	20	24	17	10	22	38	22	8	31	29	25	28	28	25	13	15	22	26	11	23	15	12	17	13	12	21	14	21	22	11	12	19	11	25	24	19.56
30	Jeremiah	52	1364	19	37	25	31	31	30	34	23	25	25	23	17	27	22	21	21	27	23	15	18	14	30	40	10	38	24	22	17	32	24	40	44	26	22	19	32	21	28	18	16	18	22	13	30	5	28	7	47	39	46	64	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	26.23
31	Lamentations	5	154	22	22	66	22	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	30.80
32	Baruch	6	213	22	35	38	37	9	72	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	35.50
33	Ezekiel*	48	1273	28	10	27	17	17	14	27	18	11	22	23	28	23	23	8	63	24	32	14	44	37	31	49	27	17	21	36	26	21	26	18	32	33	31	15	38	28	23	29	49	26	20	27	31	25	24	23	35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	26.52
34	Daniel	14	530	21	49	100	34	30	29	28	27	27	21	45	13	64	42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	37.86

*Note on Ezekiel: Much of the text of this book has been rearranged in the NAB; some verses were placed earlier or later within the same chapter, but others have been put into an earlier or later chapter; thus one must be especially careful when counting the total number of verses per chapter; examples are easy to see in the NAB online edition.

The Major Prophets (NRSV)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	Avg. Vv/Ch
23	Isaiah	66	1292	31	22	26	6	30	13	25	22	21	34	16	6	22	32	9	14	14	7	25	6	17	25	18	23	12	21	13	29	24	33	9	20	24	17	10	22	38	22	8	31	29	25	28	28	25	13	15	22	26	11	23	15	12	17	13	12	21	14	21	22	11	12	19	12	25	24	19.58
24	Jeremiah	52	1364	19	37	25	31	31	30	34	22	26	25	23	17	27	22	21	21	27	23	15	18	14	30	40	10	38	24	22	17	32	24	40	44	26	22	19	32	21	28	18	16	18	22	13	30	5	28	7	47	39	46	64	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	26.23
25	Lamentations	5	154	22	22	66	22	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	30.80
26	Ezekiel	48	1273	28	10	27	17	17	14	27	18	11	22	25	28	23	23	8	63	24	32	14	49	32	31	49	27	17	21	36	26	21	26	18	32	33	31	15	38	28	23	29	49	26	20	27	31	25	24	23	35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	26.52
27	Daniel	12	357	21	49	30	37	31	28	28	27	27	21	45	13	x	x	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29.75

The Twelve "Minor Prophets" (NAB)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Avg. Vv/Ch
35	Hosea	14	197	9	25	5	19	15	11	16	14	17	15	11	15	15	10	14.07
36	Joel	4	73	20	27	5	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.25
37	Amos	9	146	15	16	15	13	27	14	17	14	15	.	.	.	.	.	16.22
38	Obadiah	1	21	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.00
39	Jonah	4	48	16	11	10	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	12.00
40	Micah	7	105	16	13	12	14	14	16	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.00
41	Nahum	3	47	14	14	19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.67
42	Habakkuk	3	56	17	20	19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.67
43	Zephaniah	3	53	18	15	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.67
44	Haggai	2	38	15	23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	19.00
45	Zechariah	14	211	17	17	10	14	11	15	14	23	17	12	17	14	9	21	15.07
46	Malachi	3	55	14	17	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.33

The Twelve "Minor Prophets" (NRSV)

#	Book Name	# Ch.	Total Vv.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Avg. Vv/Ch
28	Hosea	14	197	11	23	5	19	15	11	16	14	17	15	12	14	16	9	14.07
29	Joel	3	73	20	32	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24.33
30	Amos	9	146	15	16	15	13	27	14	17	14	15	.	.	.	.	.	16.22
31	Obadiah	1	21	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.00
32	Jonah	4	48	17	10	10	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	12.00
33	Micah	7	105	16	13	12	13	15	16	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.00
34	Nahum	3	47	15	13	19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.67
35	Habakkuk	3	56	17	20	19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.67
36	Zephaniah	3	53	18	15	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.67
37	Haggai	2	38	15	23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	19.00
38	Zechariah	14	211	21	13	10	14	11	15	14	23	17	12	17	14	9	21	15.07
39	Malachi	4	55	14	17	18	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13.75

SUMMARY: Total Number of Chapters and Verses in the Old Testament

OT SECTION	# Chaps. NAB	# Chaps. NRSV	# Verses NAB	# Verses NRSV
The Pentateuch / Torah	187	187	5853	5852
The Historical Books	316	249	9186	7018
The Wisdom Books	313	243	6656	4785
The Major Prophets	191	183	4825	4440
The 12 Minor Prophets	67	67	1050	1050
OT GRAND TOTAL	1074	929	27570	23145

Related pages on this website:

OT Statistics - a simpler overview of the same OT statistics as above, but for the NAB alone;
NT Statistics - similar information for the Greek New Testament, with comparison to other translations;
Hebrew & Christian Bibles - explains some differences between Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Bibles.

Other websites of related interest:

Online Edition of the New American Bible - from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bible Statistics - includes info on the shortest & longest verse, shortest & longest chapter, etc.; based on the KJV; by John Marsh
Center Peace - a good explanation of why Ps 118 is not the "center" of the Bible (KJV), as often claimed
King James Bible Statistics - more tidbits about the number of chapters, verses, and words in the KJV English translation
How Many Chapters and Verses Are There in the BIble? - click the book titles to see the number of verses in each chapter; by Matt Keller