Using some advanced capabilities of BibleWorks 10 and Excel, I discovered today that the ten* longest verses (by the number of words) in the Bible† are all in the Old Testament.‡
| Book | Words | |
| 1 | Esther 8:9 | 90 |
| 2 | Jeremiah 21:7 | 83 |
| 3 | Ezekiel 46:9 | 81 |
| 4 | Joshua 8:33 | 80 |
| 2 Chronicles 2:14 | 80 | |
| Jeremiah 44:12 | 80 | |
| Ezekiel 48:21 | 80 | |
| 5 | 2 Kings 16:15 | 79 |
| 6 | Daniel 5:23 | 78 |
| 7 | Jeremiah 33:11 | 77 |
| Daniel 4:23 | 77 | |
| 8 | 1 Samuel 29:4 | 75 |
| 2 Kings 1:6 | 75 | |
| Ezra 3:8 | 75 | |
| Esther 3:12 | 75 | |
| Ezekiel 45:7 | 75 | |
| 9 | Esther 4:11 | 74 |
| Ezekiel 43:11 | 74 | |
| 10 | Deuteronomy 13:5 | 73 |
| 1 Kings 2:5 | 73 | |
| 2 Kings 6:32 | 73 | |
| 1 Chronicles 29:2 | 73 |
*Because many verses have equal numbers of words, this list actually has 22 verses.
†Verse ranks and word totals are for the KJV.
‡The longest verse in the NT is Revelation 20:4, which has 68 words and ranks as the 42nd longest verse in the Bible.
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