Expert Bible Quiz: The Bible in Numbers (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Ten sharp questions on Bible numbers: chapters, verses, ages, measurements and figures from the stories.

1. How many chapters does the book of Isaiah have?
   Answer: Sixty-six
   Isaiah ends at chapter 66; Jeremiah, the next prophet, has 52 chapters.
2. How many verses does Psalm 119, the longest chapter of the Bible, have?
   Answer: One hundred seventy-six verses
   Psalm 119 has 176 verses, the last one being verse 176 (Psalm 119:176).
3. How many verses does Psalm 117, the shortest chapter of the Bible, have?
   Answer: Two verses
   Psalm 117 has only 2 verses (Psalm 117:2); Psalms 131, 133 and 134 have 3 each.
4. In the Louis Segond text used on the site, which of these verses is shorter?
   Answer: Jesus wept. (John 11:35)
   In the French text, John 11:35 ("Jésus pleura.") has 13 characters; 1 Thessalonians 5:17 has 17.
5. How wide is Noah's ark (Genesis 6:15)?
   Answer: Fifty cubits
   The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high (Genesis 6:15).
6. How old was Noah when the flood of waters came on the earth (Genesis 7:6)?
   Answer: Six hundred years
   Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came (Genesis 7:6); he was five hundred when Shem was born (Genesis 5:32).
7. How many servants does Abram arm to pursue the kings (Genesis 14:14)?
   Answer: Three hundred eighteen
   Abram armed three hundred eighteen of his bravest servants, born in his house (Genesis 14:14).
8. How many large fish are in the net Simon Peter drags ashore (John 21:11)?
   Answer: One hundred fifty-three
   The net was full of one hundred fifty-three large fish, and it did not break (John 21:11).
9. How many people are on Paul's ship before the shipwreck (Acts 27:37)?
   Answer: Two hundred seventy-six
   The narrator says there were two hundred seventy-six of us in all on the ship (Acts 27:37).
10. How many chapters are in the whole Louis Segond Bible on the site?
    Answer: 1189 chapters
    The Bible has 1189 chapters, 929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22.