Books of the Bible / Joshua
Random Verse from Joshua
Roll a random verse from Joshua -- 24 chapters, 658 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,”
Joshua 19:35
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Joshua (summary)
Joshua is book 6 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 24 chapters and 658 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 Joshua compared to other books of the Bible?
Joshua is the 23th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 658 verses across 24 chapters -- an average of 27.4 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 Joshua sit among the other Old Testament books?
Joshua is book 6 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 6 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Joshua?
Deuteronomy comes directly before it (34 chapters). Judges comes directly after it (21 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 658 verses in Joshua -- 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.