| Tanakh (Jewish Bible) (24 books)[21] Books in bold are part of the Ketuvim |
Protestant Old Testament (39 books) |
Catholic Old Testament (46 books) |
Eastern Orthodox Old Testament (51 books) |
Original language |
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| Torah |
Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses
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| Bereishit | Genesis | Genesis | Genesis | Hebrew |
| Shemot | Exodus | Exodus | Exodus | Hebrew |
| Vayikra | Leviticus | Leviticus | Leviticus | Hebrew |
| Bamidbar | Numbers | Numbers | Numbers | Hebrew |
| Devarim | Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | Hebrew |
| Nevi’im (Prophets) |
Historical books
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| Yehoshua | Joshua | Joshua (Josue) | Joshua (Iesous) | Hebrew |
| Shofetim | Judges | Judges | Judges | Hebrew |
| Rut (Ruth)[22] | Ruth | Ruth | Ruth | Hebrew |
| Shemuel | 1 Samuel | 1 Samuel (1 Kings)[23] | 1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms)[24] | Hebrew |
| 2 Samuel | 2 Samuel (2 Kings)[23] | 2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms)[24] | Hebrew | |
| Melakhim | 1 Kings | 1 Kings (3 Kings)[23] | 1 Kings (3 Kingdoms)[24] | Hebrew |
| 2 Kings | 2 Kings (4 Kings)[23] | 2 Kings (4 Kingdoms)[24] | Hebrew | |
| Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles)[22] | 1 Chronicles | 1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon) | 1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon) | Hebrew |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon) | 2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon) | Hebrew | |
| 1 Esdras | Greek | |||
| Ezra-Nehemiah[22] | Ezra | Ezra (1 Esdras) | Ezra (2 Esdras)[24][25] | Hebrew and Aramaic |
| Nehemiah | Nehemiah (2 Esdras) | Nehemiah (2 Esdras)[24][25] | Hebrew | |
| Tobit (Tobias) | Tobit (Tobias) | Aramaic (and Hebrew?) | ||
| Judith | Judith | Hebrew | ||
| Esther[22] | Esther | Esther[26] | Esther[26] | Hebrew |
| 1 Maccabees (1 Machabees)[27] | 1 Maccabees | Hebrew | ||
| 2 Maccabees (2 Machabees)[27] | 2 Maccabees | Greek | ||
| 3 Maccabees | Greek | |||
| 4 Maccabees[28] | Greek | |||
| Ketuvim (Writings) | Wisdom books | |||
| Iyov (Job)[22] | Job | Job | Job | Hebrew |
| Tehillim (Psalms)[22] | Psalms | Psalms | Psalms[29] | Hebrew |
| Prayer of Manasseh | Greek | |||
| Mishlei (Proverbs)[22] | Proverbs | Proverbs | Proverbs | Hebrew |
| Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)[22] | Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes | Hebrew |
| Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs)[22] | Song of Solomon | Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles) | Song of Songs (Aisma Aismaton) | Hebrew |
| Wisdom | Wisdom | Greek | ||
| Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) | Sirach | Hebrew | ||
| Nevi’im (Latter Prophets) | Major prophets | |||
| Yeshayahu | Isaiah | Isaiah (Isaias) | Isaiah | Hebrew |
| Yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | Jeremiah (Jeremias) | Jeremiah | Hebrew and Aramaic |
| Eikhah (Lamentations)[22] | Lamentations | Lamentations | Lamentations | Hebrew |
| Baruch with Letter of Jeremiah as the 6th Chapter [30] | Baruch[30] | Hebrew[31] | ||
| Letter of Jeremiah as standalone book [32] | Greek (majority view)[33] | |||
| Yekhezqel | Ezekiel | Ezekiel (Ezechiel) | Ezekiel | Hebrew |
| Daniel[22] | Daniel | Daniel[34] | Daniel[34] | Hebrew and Aramaic |
| Twelve Minor Prophets | ||||
| The Twelve or Trei Asar |
Hosea | Hosea (Osee) | Hosea | Hebrew |
| Joel | Joel | Joel | Hebrew | |
| Amos | Amos | Amos | Hebrew | |
| Obadiah | Obadiah (Abdias) | Obadiah | Hebrew | |
| Jonah | Jonah (Jonas) | Jonah | Hebrew | |
| Micah | Micah (Micheas) | Micah | Hebrew | |
| Nahum | Nahum | Nahum | Hebrew | |
| Habakkuk | Habakkuk (Habacuc) | Habakkuk | Hebrew | |
| Zephaniah | Zephaniah (Sophonias) | Zephaniah | Hebrew | |
| Haggai | Haggai (Aggeus) | Haggai | Hebrew | |
| Zechariah | Zechariah (Zacharias) | Zechariah | Hebrew | |
| Malachi | Malachi (Malachias) | Malachi | Hebrew | |