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Books by Average Verse Length Last Updated: 4-Nov-2025
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| Book & No. of Chapters |
Word Count |
| Short Poetry |
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| David’s Song (2 Sam 22: 2-51) (1) |
7.30 |
| Proverbs (31) |
7.54 |
| Job (42) |
7.97 |
| Psalms (150) |
8.19 |
| Medium-Length Poetry |
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| Song of the Sea (ex 15: 1b-19) (1) |
9.84 |
| Song of Songs (8) |
10.73 |
| Song of Ha’azinu (Deut 32: 1-43) (1) |
10.74 |
| Long Poetry |
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| Lamentations (5) |
11.69 |
| Song of Deborah (Jud 6: 2-30) (1) |
11.83 |
| David’s Lament (2 Sam 1: 19-27) (1) |
12.22 |
| Short Prose |
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| Numbers (36) |
13.10 |
| Isaiah (66) |
13.36 |
| Genesis (50) |
13.51 |
| Ecclesiastes (12) |
13.63 |
| Exodus (40) |
13.94 |
| Genesis 1 (1) |
14.00 |
| Leviticus (27) |
14.03 |
| Medium-Length Prose |
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| Deuteronomy (34) |
15.08 |
| Judges (21) |
15.99 |
| 2 Samuel (24) |
16.25 |
| 1 Samuel (31) |
16.52 |
| Long Prose |
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| Esther (10) |
18.18 |