Books of the Bible / Jeremiah
Random Verse from Jeremiah
Roll a random verse from Jeremiah -- 52 chapters, 1,364 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.””
Jeremiah 37:3
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Jeremiah (summary)
Jeremiah is book 24 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 52 chapters and 1,364 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 Jeremiah compared to other books of the Bible?
Jeremiah is the 3rd longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,364 verses across 52 chapters -- an average of 26.2 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 Jeremiah sit among the other Old Testament books?
Jeremiah is book 24 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 24 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Jeremiah?
Isaiah comes directly before it (66 chapters). Lamentations comes directly after it (5 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,364 verses in Jeremiah -- 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.