Books of the Bible / Nehemiah
Random Verse from Nehemiah
Roll a random verse from Nehemiah -- 13 chapters, 406 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.”
Nehemiah 12:21
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Nehemiah (summary)
Nehemiah is book 16 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 13 chapters and 406 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 Nehemiah compared to other books of the Bible?
Nehemiah is the 27th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 406 verses across 13 chapters -- an average of 31.2 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 Nehemiah sit among the other Old Testament books?
Nehemiah is book 16 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 16 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Nehemiah?
Ezra comes directly before it (10 chapters). Esther comes directly after it (10 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 406 verses in Nehemiah -- 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.