Books of the Bible / Nahum
Random Verse from Nahum
Roll a random verse from Nahum -- 3 chapters, 47 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.”
Nahum 1:5
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Nahum (summary)
Nahum is book 34 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 3 chapters and 47 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 Nahum compared to other books of the Bible?
Nahum is the 58th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 47 verses across 3 chapters -- an average of 15.7 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 Nahum sit among the other Old Testament books?
Nahum is book 34 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 34 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Nahum?
Micah comes directly before it (7 chapters). Habakkuk comes directly after it (3 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 47 verses in Nahum -- 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.