How Big is the Biggest Bible?

The biggest Bible in the world is the King James Bible created by Louis Waynai of Los Angeles, California. It is 43.5 inches high and 98 inches wide. If the book is closed, the spine is 34 inches thick. It weighs 1,094 lbs and has 8,048 pages.

Historical Background of Waynai Bible

Waynai started the project in 1928 and completed it in 1930. He spent more than 8,600 hours working on the book. The text was made via a rubber stamp procedure. The book can be divided into 31 parts so it can be moved more easily.

This book was presented to the ACU Library as a donation in 1956. The biggest Bible in the world currently rests in a case made of oak and glass, given by Willa B. Patterson, which was constructed by Jim Mitchell. In September 2006, the book was relocated to the Gaines B. Stanley Sr. Theological Reading Room.

The Macklin Bible

The Macklin Bible is regarded as the biggest mass produced Bible in existence. The earliest copies came out in the early 1800s. There are seven known printed volumes. Each is 2 ft high and combined weigh 130 lbs. This isn’t as big as the Waynai Bible, but it is the largest of the mass produced.

Largest Non English Bible

A Bible written in Tamil was put on display at Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India in 2005. It weighs 7 kilos (15 lbs) and has 3,500 pages. Over 3,000 people worked on the project. This is not the biggest Bible in the world, but it is the largest of all non-English versions.

Facts and Figures about the Bible

The book is divided into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Chapters started appearing in AD 1238. According to numerous sources, the idea came from Cardinal Hugo de Caro.

The use of verses began in 1551 courtesy of Robertus Stephanus. This was after printing was invented. Before printing became commonplace, the scriptures were made using various materials. There is a Bible in Gottingen University made from 2,470 palm leaves.

Read at a normal pace, the Bible can be read from start to finish in 70 hours. There are 12,143 different English words in the KJV, as well as 8,674 Hebrew words and 5,624 Greek words.

Other Stats

Here are other facts about the scriptures which can be found in both the biggest Bible in the world and the average sized King James versions.

There are 66 books, 1,189 chapters and 31,101 verses. There are 783,137 words and 3,566,480 letters. There are 1,260 promises given, 6,468 commands and more than 8,000 predictions. There are 3,294 questions.

The longest verse can be found in Esther 8:9 (78 words). The shortest is John 11:35 with two words. The longest book is the Psalms with 150 chapters. The shortest in terms of words is 3 John. The scriptures have been translated into 1,200 languages.

Whether you are reading the biggest Bible in the world or not, you can find the word God 3,358 times, and Lord 7,736 times.