How many chapters are in Ezekiel?
Ezekiel has 48 chapters and 1,273 verses. The King James Version text of Ezekiel runs 39,441 words, about 2 hours 46 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 26 of the 66 books of the Bible (26th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 3rd longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Ezekiel
The longest chapter is Ezekiel 16 with 63 verses; the shortest is Ezekiel 15 with 8.
Longest and shortest verse in Ezekiel
Longest: Ezekiel 46:9, 81 words in the KJV.
But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
Shortest: Ezekiel 11:4, 9 words in the KJV.
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
How Ezekiel begins and ends
First verse, Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Last verse, Ezekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘Yahweh is there.’
Ezekiel in our topic collections
4 verses from Ezekiel appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Holy Spirit (2 from Ezekiel)
- Bible Verses About Death (1 from Ezekiel)
- Bible Verses About New Beginnings (1 from Ezekiel)
- Bible Verses About Sin (1 from Ezekiel)
Ezekiel: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Ezekiel?
Ezekiel has 48 chapters. The longest chapter is Ezekiel 16 with 63 verses; the shortest is Ezekiel 15 with 8.
How many verses are in Ezekiel?
Ezekiel has 1,273 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Ezekiel?
About 2 hours 46 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 39,441 words and the World English Bible text is 37,649 words.
What is the longest verse in Ezekiel?
Ezekiel 46:9 is the longest verse in Ezekiel, at 81 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Ezekiel 11:4 (9 words): "Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."
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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.