What is the longest verse in the English Bible (KJV)?
The longest verse in the English Bible contains both the largest quantity of letters (427) as well as the largest quantity of words (90).
The verse is:
Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Esther 8:9
This verse is the longest in the Bible and is found in the Old Testament, but what about the New Testament?
The longest verse in the New Testament is found in the last book of the Bible and contains 284 letters and 68 words:
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4
Longest Verses In The Bible
The longest verse in the bible is found in the Old Testament in Esther 8:9 with the longest verse in the New Testament found in Revelation 20:4.
The second longest verse in the Bible by word count is also found in the Old Testament in Jeremiah 21:7 with 83 words and 344 letters, but the second longest verse by word count is found in 1 Kings 16:15 with 79 words and 353 letters.
