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How many chapters are in Job?

Job has 42 chapters and 1,070 verses. The King James Version text of Job runs 18,099 words, about 1 hour 16 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 18 of the 66 books of the Bible (18th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 22nd longest by word count.

42
Chapters
of 1,189 in the Bible
1,070
Verses (KJV)
WEB: 1,070
18,099
Words (KJV)
22nd longest of 66
1 h 16 min
Reading time
at 238 words a minute

Verses in each chapter of Job

The longest chapter is Job 38 with 41 verses; the shortest is Job 25 with 6.

Chapter 1
22
Chapter 2
13
Chapter 3
26
Chapter 4
21
Chapter 5
27
Chapter 6
30
Chapter 7
21
Chapter 8
22
Chapter 9
35
Chapter 10
22
Chapter 11
20
Chapter 12
25
Chapter 13
28
Chapter 14
22
Chapter 15
35
Chapter 16
22
Chapter 17
16
Chapter 18
21
Chapter 19
29
Chapter 20
29
Chapter 21
34
Chapter 22
30
Chapter 23
17
Chapter 24
25
Chapter 25
6
Chapter 26
14
Chapter 27
23
Chapter 28
28
Chapter 29
25
Chapter 30
31
Chapter 31
40
Chapter 32
22
Chapter 33
33
Chapter 34
37
Chapter 35
16
Chapter 36
33
Chapter 37
24
Chapter 38
41
Chapter 39
30
Chapter 40
24
Chapter 41
34
Chapter 42
17

Longest and shortest verse in Job

Longest: Job 42:11, 65 words in the KJV.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Job 42:11 (KJV)

Shortest: Job 3:2, 5 words in the KJV.

And Job spake, and said,

Job 3:2 (KJV)

How Job begins and ends

First verse, Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:1 (KJV)

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Job 1:1 (WEB)

Last verse, Job 42:17

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42:17 (KJV)

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42:17 (WEB)

Job in our topic collections

23 verses from Job appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:

Job: common questions

How many chapters are in the book of Job?

Job has 42 chapters. The longest chapter is Job 38 with 41 verses; the shortest is Job 25 with 6.

How many verses are in Job?

Job has 1,070 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.

How long does it take to read Job?

About 1 hour 16 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 18,099 words and the World English Bible text is 17,663 words.

What is the longest verse in Job?

Job 42:11 is the longest verse in Job, at 65 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Job 3:2 (5 words): "And Job spake, and said,"

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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.