Random Book of the Bible Generator

Sixty-six in the Protestant canon this site uses — 39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament. Catholic Bibles include seven additional deuterocanonical books (73 total), and Orthodox canons add a few more. Our generator draws from the 66 shared by all Protestant traditions.

Yes — every book was written to be read, and there is no required starting order. A random pick is a fine cure for “I finished my reading plan and don't know what's next.” Our one caution, as everywhere on this site: the draw is a doorway, not a directive — read the book on its own terms, beginning to end, rather than treating the pick as a message.

Uniformly at random over the 66 books — or over the scope you pick (Old Testament, New Testament, Gospels, Psalms and Wisdom, Paul's letters, the Prophets). Your browser remembers which books you have drawn and does not repeat one until you have seen every book in the current scope.

One book chosen by the calendar date itself — the same for every reader worldwide on the same day. It is displayed when the page loads; no button press needed. The same date-seeding powers our verse of the day and chapter of the day.

Read its first chapter — the card links straight there — or open a random chapter of it. Each card tells you the book's genre, testament, and chapter count, plus a two-sentence background, so you know what kind of book you are walking into.

Yes — the draw is by book, not by chapter, so one-chapter Obadiah and 150-chapter Psalms have the same odds. If you would rather weight by reading time, draw from our random chapter generator instead, where every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters is equally likely.