Books of the Bible / 1 Samuel
Random Verse from 1 Samuel
Roll a random verse from 1 Samuel -- 31 chapters, 810 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.””
1 Samuel 24:6
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 Samuel (summary)
1 Samuel is book 9 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 31 chapters and 810 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 1 Samuel compared to other books of the Bible?
1 Samuel is the 19th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 810 verses across 31 chapters -- an average of 26.1 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 1 Samuel sit among the other Old Testament books?
1 Samuel is book 9 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 9 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 Samuel?
Ruth comes directly before it (4 chapters). 2 Samuel comes directly after it (24 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 810 verses in 1 Samuel -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.