Data structure defining the number of verses in every chapter of every book of the ESV bible.

esv_ranges.py

# list of books, padded with None to be 1-indexed
# each book is a tuple with name of book, # of chapters, [number of verses in each chapter]
# the list with the number of verses per chapter is padded to make it 1-indexed
passage_data = [None, 
                ('Genesis', 50, [None, 31, 25, 24, 26, 32, 22, 24, 22, 29, 32, 32, 20, 18, 24, 21, 16, 27, 33, 38, 18, 34, 24, 20, 67, 34, 35, 
                    46, 22, 35, 43, 55, 32, 20, 31, 29, 43, 36, 30, 23, 23, 57, 38, 34, 34, 28, 34, 31, 22, 33, 26]), 
                ('Exodus', 40, [None, 22, 25, 22, 31, 23, 30, 25, 32, 35, 29, 10, 51, 22, 31, 27, 36, 16, 27, 25, 26, 36, 31, 33, 18, 40, 37, 21, 
                    43, 46, 38, 18, 35, 23, 35, 35, 38, 29, 31, 43, 38]), 
                ('Leviticus', 27, [None, 17, 16, 17, 35, 19, 30, 38, 36, 24, 20, 47, 8, 59, 57, 33, 34, 16, 30, 37, 27, 24, 33, 44, 23, 55, 46, 34]), 
                ('Numbers', 36, [None, 54, 34, 51, 49, 31, 27, 89, 26, 23, 36, 35, 16, 33, 45, 41, 50, 13, 32, 22, 29, 35, 41, 30, 25, 18, 65, 23, 31, 
                    40, 16, 54, 42, 56, 29, 34, 13]), 
                ('Deuteronomy', 34, [None, 46, 37, 29, 49, 33, 25, 26, 20, 29, 22, 32, 32, 18, 29, 23, 22, 20, 22, 21, 20, 23, 30, 25, 22, 19, 19, 26, 
                    68, 29, 20, 30, 52, 29, 12]), 
                ('Joshua', 24, [None, 18, 24, 17, 24, 15, 27, 26, 35, 27, 43, 23, 24, 33, 15, 63, 10, 18, 28, 51, 9, 45, 34, 16, 33]), 
                ('Judges', 21, [None, 36, 23, 31, 24, 31, 40, 25, 35, 57, 18, 40, 15, 25, 20, 20, 31, 13, 31, 30, 48, 25]), 
                ('Ruth', 4, [None, 22, 23, 18, 22]), 
                ('1 Samuel', 31, [None, 28, 36, 21, 22, 12, 21, 17, 22, 27, 27, 15, 25, 23, 52, 35, 23, 58, 30, 24, 42, 15, 23, 29, 22, 44, 25, 12, 25, 11, 31, 13]), 
                ('2 Samuel', 24, [None, 27, 32, 39, 12, 25, 23, 29, 18, 13, 19, 27, 31, 39, 33, 37, 23, 29, 33, 43, 26, 22, 51, 39, 25]), 
                ('1 Kings', 22, [None, 53, 46, 28, 34, 18, 38, 51, 66, 28, 29, 43, 33, 34, 31, 34, 34, 24, 46, 21, 43, 29, 53]), 
                ('2 Kings', 25, [None, 18, 25, 27, 44, 27, 33, 20, 29, 37, 36, 21, 21, 25, 29, 38, 20, 41, 37, 37, 21, 26, 20, 37, 20, 30]), 
                ('1 Chronicles', 29, [None, 54, 55, 24, 43, 26, 81, 40, 40, 44, 14, 47, 40, 14, 17, 29, 43, 27, 17, 19, 8, 30, 19, 32, 31, 31, 32, 34, 21, 30]), 
                ('2 Chronicles', 36, [None, 17, 18, 17, 22, 14, 42, 22, 18, 31, 19, 23, 16, 22, 15, 19, 14, 19, 34, 11, 37, 20, 12, 21, 27, 28, 23, 9, 27, 36, 
                    27, 21, 33, 25, 33, 27, 23]), 
                ('Ezra', 10, [None, 11, 70, 13, 24, 17, 22, 28, 36, 15, 44]), 
                ('Nehemiah', 13, [None, 11, 20, 32, 23, 19, 19, 73, 18, 38, 39, 36, 47, 31]), 
                ('Esther', 10, [None, 22, 23, 15, 17, 14, 14, 10, 17, 32, 3]), 
                ('Job', 42, [None, 22, 13, 26, 21, 27, 30, 21, 22, 35, 22, 20, 25, 28, 22, 35, 22, 16, 21, 29, 29, 34, 30, 17, 25, 6, 14, 23, 28, 25, 31, 
                    40, 22, 33, 37, 16, 33, 24, 41, 30, 24, 34, 17]), 
                ('Psalms', 150, [None, 6, 12, 8, 8, 12, 10, 17, 9, 20, 18, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5, 11, 15, 50, 14, 9, 13, 31, 6, 10, 22, 12, 14, 9, 11, 12, 24, 11, 
                    22, 22, 28, 12, 40, 22, 13, 17, 13, 11, 5, 26, 17, 11, 9, 14, 20, 23, 19, 9, 6, 7, 23, 13, 11, 11, 17, 12, 8, 12, 11, 10, 13, 20, 
                    7, 35, 36, 5, 24, 20, 28, 23, 10, 12, 20, 72, 13, 19, 16, 8, 18, 12, 13, 17, 7, 18, 52, 17, 16, 15, 5, 23, 11, 13, 12, 9, 9, 5, 8, 28, 
                    22, 35, 45, 48, 43, 13, 31, 7, 10, 10, 9, 8, 18, 19, 2, 29, 176, 7, 8, 9, 4, 8, 5, 6, 5, 6, 8, 8, 3, 18, 3, 3, 21, 26, 9, 8, 24, 13, 
                    10, 7, 12, 15, 21, 10, 20, 14, 9, 6]), 
                ('Proverbs', 31, [None, 33, 22, 35, 27, 23, 35, 27, 36, 18, 32, 31, 28, 25, 35, 33, 33, 28, 24, 29, 30, 31, 29, 35, 34, 28, 28, 27, 28, 27, 33, 31]), 
                ('Ecclesiastes', 12, [None, 18, 26, 22, 16, 20, 12, 29, 17, 18, 20, 10, 14]), 
                ('Song of Solomon', 8, [None, 17, 17, 11, 16, 16, 13, 13, 14]), 
                ('Isaiah', 66, [None, 31, 22, 26, 6, 30, 13, 25, 22, 21, 34, 16, 6, 22, 32, 9, 14, 14, 7, 25, 6, 17, 25, 18, 23, 12, 21, 13, 29, 24, 33, 9, 20, 
                    24, 17, 10, 22, 38, 22, 8, 31, 29, 25, 28, 28, 25, 13, 15, 22, 26, 11, 23, 15, 12, 17, 13, 12, 21, 14, 21, 22, 11, 12, 19, 12, 25, 24]), 
                ('Jeremiah', 52, [None, 19, 37, 25, 31, 31, 30, 34, 22, 26, 25, 23, 17, 27, 22, 21, 21, 27, 23, 15, 18, 14, 30, 40, 10, 38, 24, 22, 17, 32, 24, 40, 
                    44, 26, 22, 19, 32, 21, 28, 18, 16, 18, 22, 13, 30, 5, 28, 7, 47, 39, 46, 64, 34]), 
                ('Lamentations', 5, [None, 22, 22, 66, 22, 22]), 
                ('Ezekiel', 48, [None, 28, 10, 27, 17, 17, 14, 27, 18, 11, 22, 25, 28, 23, 23, 8, 63, 24, 32, 14, 49, 32, 31, 49, 27, 17, 21, 36, 26, 21, 26, 18, 
                    32, 33, 31, 15, 38, 28, 23, 29, 49, 26, 20, 27, 31, 25, 24, 23, 35]), 
                ('Daniel', 12, [None, 21, 49, 30, 37, 31, 28, 28, 27, 27, 21, 45, 13]), 
                ('Hosea', 14, [None, 11, 23, 5, 19, 15, 11, 16, 14, 17, 15, 12, 14, 16, 9]), 
                ('Joel', 3, [None, 20, 32, 21]), 
                ('Amos', 9, [None, 15, 16, 15, 13, 27, 14, 17, 14, 15]), 
                ('Obadiah', 1, [None, 21]), 
                ('Jonah', 4, [None, 17, 10, 10, 11]), 
                ('Micah', 7, [None, 16, 13, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20]), 
                ('Nahum', 3, [None, 15, 13, 19]), 
                ('Habakkuk', 3, [None, 17, 20, 19]), 
                ('Zephaniah', 3, [None, 18, 15, 20]), 
                ('Haggai', 2, [None, 15, 23]), 
                ('Zechariah', 14, [None, 21, 13, 10, 14, 11, 15, 14, 23, 17, 12, 17, 14, 9, 21]), 
                ('Malachi', 4, [None, 14, 17, 18, 6]), 
                ('Matthew', 28, [None, 25, 23, 17, 25, 48, 34, 29, 34, 38, 42, 30, 50, 58, 36, 39, 28, 27, 35, 30, 34, 46, 46, 39, 51, 46, 75, 66, 20]), 
                ('Mark', 16, [None, 45, 28, 35, 41, 43, 56, 37, 38, 50, 52, 33, 44, 37, 72, 47, 20]), 
                ('Luke', 24, [None, 80, 52, 38, 44, 39, 49, 50, 56, 62, 42, 54, 59, 35, 35, 32, 31, 37, 43, 48, 47, 38, 71, 56, 53]), 
                ('John', 21, [None, 51, 25, 36, 54, 47, 71, 53, 59, 41, 42, 57, 50, 38, 31, 27, 33, 26, 40, 42, 31, 25]), 
                ('Acts', 28, [None, 26, 47, 26, 37, 42, 15, 60, 40, 43, 48, 30, 25, 52, 28, 41, 40, 34, 28, 41, 38, 40, 30, 35, 27, 27, 32, 44, 31]), 
                ('Romans', 16, [None, 32, 29, 31, 25, 21, 23, 25, 39, 33, 21, 36, 21, 14, 23, 33, 27]), 
                ('1 Corinthians', 16, [None, 31, 16, 23, 21, 13, 20, 40, 13, 27, 33, 34, 31, 13, 40, 58, 24]), 
                ('2 Corinthians', 13, [None, 24, 17, 18, 18, 21, 18, 16, 24, 15, 18, 33, 21, 14]), 
                ('Galatians', 6, [None, 24, 21, 29, 31, 26, 18]), 
                ('Ephesians', 6, [None, 23, 22, 21, 32, 33, 24]), 
                ('Philippians', 4, [None, 30, 30, 21, 23]), 
                ('Colossians', 4, [None, 29, 23, 25, 18]), 
                ('1 Thessalonians', 5, [None, 10, 20, 13, 18, 28]), 
                ('2 Thessalonians', 3, [None, 12, 17, 18]), 
                ('1 Timothy', 6, [None, 20, 15, 16, 16, 25, 21]), 
                ('2 Timothy', 4, [None, 18, 26, 17, 22]), 
                ('Titus', 3, [None, 16, 15, 15]), 
                ('Philemon', 1, [None, 25]), 
                ('Hebrews', 13, [None, 14, 18, 19, 16, 14, 20, 28, 13, 28, 39, 40, 29, 25]), 
                ('James', 5, [None, 27, 26, 18, 17, 20]), 
                ('1 Peter', 5, [None, 25, 25, 22, 19, 14]), 
                ('2 Peter', 3, [None, 21, 22, 18]), 
                ('1 John', 5, [None, 10, 29, 24, 21, 21]), 
                ('2 John', 1, [None, 13]), 
                ('3 John', 1, [None, 15]), 
                ('Jude', 1, [None, 25]), 
                ('Revelation', 22, [None, 20, 29, 22, 11, 14, 17, 17, 13, 21, 11, 19, 17, 18, 20, 8, 21, 18, 24, 21, 15, 27, 21])
                ]

# 17 verses are 'omitted' from the ESV New Testament text, resulting
# in a skipped verse number in the chapter. Be ye warned.
omitted_verses = [
    (40, 12, 47),   # Matthew 12:47
    (40, 17, 21),   # Matthew 17:21
    (40, 18, 11),   # Matthew 18:11
    (40, 23, 14),   # Matthew 23:14
    (41, 7, 16),    # Mark 7:16
    (41, 9, 44),    # Mark 9:44
    (41, 9, 46),    # Mark 9:46
    (41, 11, 26),   # Mark 11:26
    (41, 15, 28),   # Mark 15:28
    (42, 17, 36),   # Luke 17:36
    (42, 23, 17),   # Luke 23:17
    (43, 5, 4),     # John 5:4
    (44, 8, 37),    # Acts 8:37
    (44, 15, 34),   # Acts 15:34
    (44, 24, 7),    # Acts 24:7
    (44, 28, 29),   # Acts 28:29
    (45, 16, 24)    # Romans 16:24
    ]

The KJV has been around a few years, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were competing versification systems by now. 😁

There are quite a few differences in versification between ESV and KJV, mostly in the Psalms. Most notably, the KJV counts Psalm titles (e.g. "A Psalm of David") as v. 1, while the ESV does not. I've noticed other differences over the years.

I don't know off-hand the heritage of the ESV's versification system. The differences are really annoying when following lectionaries. 😆

3 John has only got 14 I think.