How many chapters are in Malachi?
Malachi has 4 chapters and 55 verses. The King James Version text of Malachi runs 1,781 words, about 7 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 39 of the 66 books of the Bible (39th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 52nd longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Malachi
The longest chapter is Malachi 3 with 18 verses; the shortest is Malachi 4 with 6.
Longest and shortest verse in Malachi
Longest: Malachi 3:5, 60 words in the KJV.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Shortest: Malachi 2:1, 10 words in the KJV.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
How Malachi begins and ends
First verse, Malachi 1:1
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
A revelation, Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi.
Last verse, Malachi 4:6
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Malachi in our topic collections
4 verses from Malachi appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Tithing (2 from Malachi)
- Bible Verses About Healing (1 from Malachi)
- Bible Verses About Family (1 from Malachi)
- Bible Verses About Divorce (1 from Malachi)
- Bible Verses About Money (1 from Malachi)
- Bible Verses About Generosity (1 from Malachi)
Malachi: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Malachi?
Malachi has 4 chapters. The longest chapter is Malachi 3 with 18 verses; the shortest is Malachi 4 with 6.
How many verses are in Malachi?
Malachi has 55 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Malachi?
About 7 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 1,781 words and the World English Bible text is 1,678 words.
What is the longest verse in Malachi?
Malachi 3:5 is the longest verse in Malachi, at 60 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Malachi 2:1 (10 words): "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you."
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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.