Books of the Bible / Job
Random Verse from Job
Roll a random verse from Job -- 42 chapters, 1,070 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
““This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.”
Job 27:13
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Job (summary)
Job is book 18 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 42 chapters and 1,070 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 Job compared to other books of the Bible?
Job is the 10th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,070 verses across 42 chapters -- an average of 25.5 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 Job sit among the other Old Testament books?
Job is book 18 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 18 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Job?
Esther comes directly before it (10 chapters). Psalms comes directly after it (150 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,070 verses in Job -- 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.