How many chapters are in Daniel?
Daniel has 12 chapters and 357 verses. The King James Version text of Daniel runs 11,617 words, about 49 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 27 of the 66 books of the Bible (27th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 26th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Daniel
The longest chapter is Daniel 2 with 49 verses; the shortest is Daniel 12 with 13.
Longest and shortest verse in Daniel
Longest: Daniel 5:23, 78 words in the KJV.
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Shortest: Daniel 4:28, 7 words in the KJV.
All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
How Daniel begins and ends
First verse, Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
Last verse, Daniel 12:13
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
“But go you your way until the end; for you will rest, and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”
Daniel in our topic collections
13 verses from Daniel appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Dreams (4 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Fasting (3 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Angels (2 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Humility (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Pride (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Worship (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About End Times (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Evangelism (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Resurrection (1 from Daniel)
- Bible Verses About Eternal Life (1 from Daniel)
Daniel: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Daniel?
Daniel has 12 chapters. The longest chapter is Daniel 2 with 49 verses; the shortest is Daniel 12 with 13.
How many verses are in Daniel?
Daniel has 357 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Daniel?
About 49 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 11,617 words and the World English Bible text is 11,321 words.
What is the longest verse in Daniel?
Daniel 5:23 is the longest verse in Daniel, at 78 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Daniel 4:28 (7 words): "All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar."
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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.