The word count of the Hebrew and Greek text in the standard critical editions is 545,202. While one should not draw too much from such a study, it's fascinating to see how the word count of the original texts compares to English translations. We've included the word count below:

  • Original KJV- 774,746
  • Current KJV- 790,676
  • ESV- 757,439
  • NLT- 747,891
  • NIV- 726,109
  • HCSB- 718,943