How many chapters are in Ezra?
Ezra has 10 chapters and 280 verses. The King James Version text of Ezra runs 7,451 words, about 31 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 15 of the 66 books of the Bible (15th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 30th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Ezra
The longest chapter is Ezra 2 with 70 verses; the shortest is Ezra 1 with 11.
Longest and shortest verse in Ezra
Longest: Ezra 3:8, 75 words in the KJV.
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Shortest: Ezra 10:35, 3 words in the KJV.
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
How Ezra begins and ends
First verse, Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Last verse, Ezra 10:44
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra in our topic collections
2 verses from Ezra appear on our Bible verse topic pages:
- Bible Verses About Fasting (2 from Ezra)
Ezra: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Ezra?
Ezra has 10 chapters. The longest chapter is Ezra 2 with 70 verses; the shortest is Ezra 1 with 11.
How many verses are in Ezra?
Ezra has 280 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Ezra?
About 31 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 7,451 words and the World English Bible text is 7,101 words.
What is the longest verse in Ezra?
Ezra 3:8 is the longest verse in Ezra, at 75 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Ezra 10:35 (3 words): "Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,"
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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.