How many chapters are in Song of Solomon?
Song of Solomon has 8 chapters and 117 verses. The King James Version text of Song of Solomon runs 2,661 words, about 11 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 22 of the 66 books of the Bible (22nd of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 42nd longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Song of Solomon
The longest chapter is Song of Solomon 1 with 17 verses; the shortest is Song of Solomon 3 with 11.
Longest and shortest verse in Song of Solomon
Longest: Song of Solomon 3:4, 45 words in the KJV.
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Shortest: Song of Solomon 1:1, 7 words in the KJV.
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
How Song of Solomon begins and ends
First verse, Song of Solomon 1:1
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
Last verse, Song of Solomon 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Song of Solomon in our topic collections
4 verses from Song of Solomon appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Love (2 from Song of Solomon)
- Bible Verses About Marriage (2 from Song of Solomon)
- Bible Verses About Jealousy (1 from Song of Solomon)
- Bible Verses About Relationships (1 from Song of Solomon)
- Bible Verses About Dating (1 from Song of Solomon)
Song of Solomon: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Song of Solomon?
Song of Solomon has 8 chapters. The longest chapter is Song of Solomon 1 with 17 verses; the shortest is Song of Solomon 3 with 11.
How many verses are in Song of Solomon?
Song of Solomon has 117 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Song of Solomon?
About 11 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 2,661 words and the World English Bible text is 2,544 words.
What is the longest verse in Song of Solomon?
Song of Solomon 3:4 is the longest verse in Song of Solomon, at 45 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Song of Solomon 1:1 (7 words): "The song of songs, which is Solomon’s."
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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.