What is the exact amount of words in the bible?

Answer 1

It is impossible to say because even copies of the original Greek and Hebrew scriptures vary very slightly in the number of words. Also, modern translations differ enormously in the number of words because the number of words used in each language of translation always differs from the original Greek or Hebrew and from each other. That said, though, the 1769 edition of the King James' Version of The Bible ('the Authorised Version') which is still in use today especially in the USA, the total number of chapters is 1,189, the total number of verses is 31,102 and the total number of words, not counting subscriptions under some of the psalms, is 788,258. However, you will see other totals around which include things like the number of words on the cover (2 - 'Holy Bible'!) the words in the preface to a particular edition, the book titles, an extra 1,189 as the words 'Chapter.... x... ' is written in some editions, as is the word 'Psalm' listed at the front of each psalm in some editions whilst just a number is written in others, and so on. So a really definitive number is impossible unless you specify exactly which Bible you are using and what parts you will include or omit..