How many chapters are in Amos?
Amos has 9 chapters and 146 verses. The King James Version text of Amos runs 4,219 words, about 18 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 30 of the 66 books of the Bible (30th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 37th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Amos
The longest chapter is Amos 5 with 27 verses; the shortest is Amos 4 with 13.
Longest and shortest verse in Amos
Longest: Amos 6:10, 65 words in the KJV.
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Shortest: Amos 3:3, 8 words in the KJV.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
How Amos begins and ends
First verse, Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Last verse, Amos 9:15
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
Amos in our topic collections
3 verses from Amos appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Heaven (1 from Amos)
- Bible Verses About Justice (1 from Amos)
- Bible Verses About Dating (1 from Amos)
- Bible Verses About Unity (1 from Amos)
Amos: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Amos?
Amos has 9 chapters. The longest chapter is Amos 5 with 27 verses; the shortest is Amos 4 with 13.
How many verses are in Amos?
Amos has 146 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Amos?
About 18 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 4,219 words and the World English Bible text is 4,013 words.
What is the longest verse in Amos?
Amos 6:10 is the longest verse in Amos, at 65 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Amos 3:3 (8 words): "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.