Books of the Bible / Ecclesiastes
Random Verse from Ecclesiastes
Roll a random verse from Ecclesiastes -- 12 chapters, 222 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.”
Ecclesiastes 9:5
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Ecclesiastes (summary)
Ecclesiastes is book 21 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 12 chapters and 222 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 Ecclesiastes compared to other books of the Bible?
Ecclesiastes is the 33th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 222 verses across 12 chapters -- an average of 18.5 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 Ecclesiastes sit among the other Old Testament books?
Ecclesiastes is book 21 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 21 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Ecclesiastes?
Proverbs comes directly before it (31 chapters). Song of Solomon comes directly after it (8 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 222 verses in Ecclesiastes -- 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.