Type Psalm 23 in the King James Version, then see your words per minute and accuracy.
WPMType each word and press space after it. The clock starts on your first key.TheLORDismyshepherd;Ishallnotwant.Hemakethmetoliedowningreenpastures:heleadethmebesidethestillwaters.Herestorethmysoul:heleadethmeinthepathsofrighteousnessforhisname'ssake.Yea,thoughIwalkthroughthevalleyoftheshadowofdeath,Iwillfearnoevil:forthouartwithme;thyrodandthystafftheycomfortme.Thoupreparestatablebeforemeinthepresenceofmineenemies:thouanointestmyheadwithoil;mycuprunnethover.Surelygoodnessandmercyshallfollowmeallthedaysofmylife:andIwilldwellinthehouseoftheLORDforever.
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This Bible typing test sets 42 passages of the King James Version, verse numbers left out: eleven psalms, the first day in Genesis, the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer and the whole of 1 Corinthians 13.
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Thee, thou and -eth
Type what is printed: maketh, leadeth, thine heart, sheweth, alway with no s. LORD is in capitals wherever the edition sets it so, and The Beatitudes print their's with an apostrophe.
Colons, and no speech marks
The text has no quotation marks: a capital after a comma shows where someone starts to speak, as in And God said, Let there be light. Colons and semicolons do much of the work of full stops, five colons in Psalm 23 alone, and a new verse may begin with a capital in mid-sentence.
Questions and answers
Which Bible translation is typed here?
The King James Version, commissioned in 1604 and first published in 1611, in the standard text of the Oxford edition of 1769. It is in the public domain in the United States. The page gives the text and its reference, nothing more.
Can I use this for Bible typing practice?
Yes. With No timer there is no countdown: type a passage to its last word at any speed and the run ends there. Two short ones to start on are Psalm 117 and The Lord Bless Thee, three verses of Numbers.
What is the shortest chapter in the Bible to type?
Psalm 117: two verses, 33 words in this translation. It is the shortest psalm and the shortest chapter in the Bible, and it is typed whole here. The shortest passage is The Fruit of the Spirit, 22 words; the longest, The Prodigal Son, 321.
All 42 passages
Psalms 11
Psalm 1The whole psalm, six verses. Seven -eth verbs, from walketh, standeth and sitteth in the first verse to knoweth in the last, and no thee or thou anywhere.
Psalm 8The whole psalm, nine verses, opening and closing on the same line. After an exclamation mark or a question mark the next word may keep a small letter: earth! who hast, him? and the son. This edition sets no comma after the first LORD.
Psalm 19:1-6The first six of fourteen verses. Sheweth twice and handywork as one word are the edition's spellings, and Which opens a verse in mid-sentence with a capital.
Psalm 23The whole psalm, six verses. LORD is set in capitals in the first verse and the last, five colons and three semicolons break the lines, and the old verbs come thick: maketh, leadeth, restoreth, preparest, anointest, runneth.
Psalm 46:1-5The first five of eleven verses. Selah stands as a one-word sentence after the third verse, and most High keeps its small m.
Psalm 100The whole psalm, five verses. LORD in capitals four times, ye twice, and one -eth verb in the last line: endureth.
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Psalms, continued
Psalm 117The whole psalm, two verses: the shortest psalm, and the shortest chapter in the Bible. LORD in capitals three times, ye three times.
Psalm 121The whole psalm, eight verses. Mine eyes, thy foot, thy keeper: thee and thy come ten times between them, and cometh and keepeth twice each.
Psalm 133The whole psalm, three verses. One exclamation mark, one apostrophe in Aaron's, and As with a capital after a semicolon where the third verse begins.
Psalm 139:7-12Six verses from the middle of the psalm. It opens on two questions, the second starting with a small o, and Even takes a capital after a semicolon.
Psalm 150The whole psalm, six verses, the last in the book. Praise is typed thirteen times, five colons split the lines in two, and there is not one comma.
Elsewhere in the Old Testament 12
A Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:11-12)Two verses. LORD in capitals six times, brake where today's English has broke, and but the LORD was not in three times before the still small voice.
A Time to Every Purpose (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)The first eight verses of the chapter. A time is typed 29 times; a semicolon parts each pair from the next, and a capital A opens each new verse.
Hear, O Israel (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)Six verses. Thine stands before heart, house, hand and eyes, and then the last verse has thy house: the two forms sit side by side. Four -est verbs fall in one verse: sittest, walkest, liest, risest.
In the Beginning (Genesis 1:1-5)The first five verses of the book, to the end of the first day. Day and Night take capitals, and this edition prints without form and void with no comma after form.
The Lord Bless Thee (Numbers 6:24-26)Three verses, one sentence. The second and third verses begin The LORD after a colon, and thee is typed six times.
The Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3)The first three verses of the chapter. Seventh day comes three times and which he had made twice, so the same runs of keys repeat.
Trust in the Lord (Proverbs 3:1-6)The first six verses of the chapter. Thine heart three times, favour with a u, and capitals on For and So after a colon.
What Doth the Lord Require (Micah 6:8)One verse, one question: the question mark does not come until the last word. Shewed is the edition's spelling.
Where Wast Thou (Job 38:4-11)Eight verses and seven question marks. Three questions carry on after the mark with a small letter, and swaddlingband is one word.
Whither Thou Goest (Ruth 1:16-17)Two verses that make one sentence, with four colons and one semicolon. Intreat and ought are the edition's spellings, and goest, lodgest and diest each follow thou.
Wings as Eagles (Isaiah 40:28-31)The last four verses of the chapter. Two questions run on with a small letter after the mark, and three semicolons pace the last verse.
The Winter Is Past (Song of Solomon 2:10-13)Four verses. Spake and putteth are the old verb forms, thirteen commas keep the pace slow, and it ends as it began, on come away.
Gospels 12
Ask, and It Shall Be Given (Matthew 7:7-12)Six verses. Five -eth verbs fall in one verse, asketh, receiveth, seeketh, findeth and knocketh, and three questions follow.
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12)Ten verses, nine of them beginning Blessed are, with ten colons. This edition prints their's with an apostrophe, twice: type it as printed.
For God So Loved the World (John 3:16-17)Two verses. Son has a capital both times, believeth is the one old verb, and everlasting is the longest word.
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37)Eight verses: the story, then the question and answer that close it. Thirty commas, neighbour with a u, shewed, and two pence as two words.
The House Upon a Rock (Matthew 7:24-27)Four verses. The line about the rain, the floods and the winds is typed twice, the same but for its ending: it fell not, then it fell.
In the Beginning Was the Word (John 1:1-5)The first five verses of the book. Word takes a capital three times in the first verse, any thing is two words, and shineth is the only -eth verb.
The Light of the World (Matthew 5:14-16)Three verses. An hill, not a hill; one -eth verb, giveth; and a capital on Father.
The Lilies of the Field (Matthew 6:25-29)Five verses with four questions. Raiment and cubit are the translation's words, and That takes a capital in mid-sentence where the last verse begins.
The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)Five verses, starting at the line that introduces the prayer and ending on Amen. Which art, debts and debtors are this translation's wording, and this edition puts a full stop after Thy kingdom come.
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24)Fourteen verses, the longest passage here. It stops where the younger son is welcomed home, before the elder son comes in from the field. One exclamation mark and one apostrophe, in father's.
The Shepherds (Luke 2:8-14)Seven verses. Lord is in ordinary type here, not capitals; Saviour keeps its u, and Glory starts the last line of speech with a capital after a comma.
Suffer the Little Children (Mark 10:13-16)Four verses. There are no speech marks in this Bible: a capital after a comma, on Suffer and on Whosoever, shows where someone starts to speak.
Letters 7
Charity (1 Corinthians 13)The whole chapter, thirteen verses. Charity is typed nine times, and Doth, Rejoiceth and Beareth take capitals in mid-sentence, where new verses begin.
For I Am Persuaded (Romans 8:38-39)Two verses, one sentence. Nor is typed nine times, with a capital on the one that opens the second verse.
The Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)Two verses, one sentence, the shortest passage here. Nine things are listed between eight commas, and Meekness takes a capital because it starts the second verse.
God Is Love (1 John 4:7-12)Six verses. Fifteen words are love or built on it, from Beloved to loveth, and propitiation is the longest word.
Let Love Be Without Dissimulation (Romans 12:9-18)Ten verses of short commands. All ten semicolons come in the first five verses, and honour keeps its u.
The Substance of Things Hoped For (Hebrews 11:1-3)The first three verses of the chapter. No colon and no semicolon: two commas and three full stops.
Whatsoever Things Are True (Philippians 4:4-8)Five verses. Alway has no s, every thing is two words, and whatsoever things is typed six times in the last verse.
How this list was compiled: Forty-two passages chosen for this page from the King James Version of the Bible, a translation commissioned in 1604 and first published in 1611. The wording is the standard text of the Oxford edition of 1769, edited by Benjamin Blayney, which most current printings reproduce almost unchanged (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version). The text was taken from the transcription at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James), headed The 1769 King James Bible, as revised by Benjamin Blayney. Its Genesis and its four Gospels are set from page scans of the Oxford edition, volume 1 dated 1769 and volume 2 dated 1772; the other books used here are its own text of the same revision. Every passage was then compared, character by character, with a second public copy of the King James Version. The two copies differ in five places, and the page follows the Wikisource transcription in each: Psalm 8:1 has no comma after LORD, Genesis 1:2 has no comma after form, Matthew 5:3 and 5:10 print their's with an apostrophe, and Matthew 6:10 has a full stop after Thy kingdom come. That Psalm 117 is the shortest psalm and the shortest chapter of the Bible is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_117; the customary names of four passages are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatitudes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son. All were checked 2026-10-08. Each passage is one run of whole verses in the order printed, word for word. These changes only were made: verse numbers, paragraph marks, marginal notes and the headings printed over some psalms are left out; verses are joined with one space; words the edition prints in italics are set plain; and John 1 opens In, not with the IN that follows the edition's large first letter. Spellings (sheweth, alway, handywork, honour), capitals (LORD) and punctuation are the edition's. The page carries the text and its reference only: no commentary and no other translation. The passage names, the notes, the grouping and the counts were made for this page. Characters and words were counted, and characters divided by five give standard words (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute). Licence: Public domain in the United States: the King James Version, first published in 1611, in the text of the Oxford edition of 1769 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_in_the_United_States). The passage names, the notes, the grouping and the counts are own work.