The long and short of it

Shortest and Longest Verses in the King James Bible.

Shortest verses in the KJV New Testament.

• John 11:35. Jesus wept. (also the shortest verse in the entire King James Bible)
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16. Rejoice evermore. (2 words, 15 letters)
• Luke 17:32. Remember Lot’s wife. (3 words, 16 letters)

Shortest verses in the KJV Old Testament. 

• 1 Chronicles 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu. (3 words, 12 letters)
• Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. (4 words, 16 letters) (Same as Deuteronomy 5:17)
• Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. (4 words, 17 letters)

Longest verse in the KJV New Testament.

• Revelation 20:4 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. (68 words.)

Longest verse in the KJV Old Testament (and whole King James Bible).

• Esther 8:9. 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. (90 words)