Yesterday I received an email with wonderful power point graphics declaring Psalm 118 verse 8 as the center of the Bible. It was a wonderful presentation except their math is all wrong.
Note: the actual Chapter count totals are:
Genesis | 50 | |
Exodus | 40 | |
Leviticus | 27 | |
Numbers | 36 | |
Deuteronomy | 34 | |
Joshua | 24 | |
Judges | 21 | |
Ruth | 4 | |
1 Samuel | 31 | |
2 Samuel | 24 | |
1 Kings | 22 | |
2 Kings | 25 | |
1 Chronicles | 29 | |
2 Chronicles | 36 | |
Ezra | 10 | |
Nehemiah | 13 | |
Esther | 10 | |
Job | 42 | |
Psalms 1-117 | 117 | |
Total: 595 Chapters Psalms 119-150 | 32 | |
Proverbs | 31 | |
Ecclesiates | 12 | |
Song of Songs | 8 | |
Isaiah | 66 | |
Jeremiah | 52 | |
Lamentations | 5 | |
Ezekiel | 48 | |
Daniel | 12 | |
Hosea | 14 | |
Joel | 3 | |
Amos | 9 | |
Obadiah | 1 | |
Jonah | 4 | |
Micah | 7 | |
Nahum | 3 | |
Habakkuk | 3 | |
Zephaniah | 3 | |
Haggai | 2 | |
Zechariah | 14 | |
Malachi | 4 | |
Matthew | 28 | |
Mark | 16 | |
Luke | 24 | |
John | 21 | |
Acts | 28 | |
Romans | 16 | |
1 Corinthians | 16 | |
2 Corinthians | 13 | |
Galatians | 6 | |
Ephesians | 6 | |
Philippians | 4 | |
Colossians | 4 | |
1 Thessalonians | 5 | |
2 Thessalonians | 3 | |
1 Timothy | 6 | |
2 Timothy | 4 | |
Titus | 3 | |
Philemon | 1 | |
Hebrews | 13 | |
James | 5 | |
1 Peter | 5 | |
2 Peter | 3 | |
1 John | 5 | |
2 John | 1 | |
3 John | 1 | |
Jude | 1 | |
Revelation | 22 |
Total: 593 Chapters
Note: As you can see, Psalm 118 is therefore not the center chapter of the Bible. There are 594 chapters up to (and including) Psalm 116, and 594 Chapters from 118 on (including Psalm 118).
This makes Psalm 117, (not Psalm 118)
the center chapter of the Bible.
Psalm 117 is the shortest Psalm. It has only two verses, and therefore no “center” verse.
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