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Greek
Latin Vulgate
Hebrew Bible Septuagint
(Roman Protestant Bibles
(Jewish) (Greek
Catholic)
Orthodox)

TORAH THE LAW THE LAW THE LAW

1) Genesis Genesis Genesis 1) Genesis
2) Exodus Exodus Exodus 2) Exodus
3) Leviticus Leviticus Leviticus 3) Leviticus
4) Numbers Numbers Numbers 4) Numbers
5) Deuteronomy Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 5) Deuteronomy

NEVIIM: THE
PROPHETS HISTORIES HISTORIES HISTORIES
6) Joshua Joshua Joshua 6) Joshua
7) Judges Judges Judges 7) Judges
8) 1 Samuel and Ruth Ruth 8) Ruth
2 Samuel 1 Samuel 1 Samuel 9) 1 Samuel
9) 1 Kings and 2 Samuel 2 Samuel 10) 2 Samuel
2 Kings 1 Kings 1 Kings 11) 1 Kings
10) Isaiah 2 Kings 2 Kings 12) 2 Kings
11) Jeremiah 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles 13) 1 Chronicles
12) Ezekiel 2 Chronicles 2 Chronicles 14) 2 Chronicles
13) The Twelve: [Prayer of Prayer of 15) Ezra
Hosea Manasseh] Manasseh 16) Nehemiah
Joel 1 Esdras 1 Esdras 17) Esther
Amos Ezra 2 Esdras
Obadiah Nehemiah Ezra
Jonah Tobit Nehemiah
Micah Judith Tobit
Nahum Esther (with Judith
Habakkuk insertions) Esther (with
Zephaniah 1 Maccabees insertions)
Haggai 2 Maccabees 1 Maccabees
Zechariah [3 Maccabees] 2 Maccabees
Malachi [4 Maccabees]

KETUVIM: WISDOM/ WISDOM/ WISDOM/

THE WRITINGS POETRY POETRY POETRY
14) Psalms Job Job 18) Job
15) Proverbs Psalms Psalms 19) Psalms
16) Job [Psalm no. 151] 20) Proverbs
17) Song of Songs [Odes] 21) Ecclesiastes
18) Ruth Proverbs Proverbs 22) Song of Songs
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19) Lamentations Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes

20) Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Song of Songs
21) Esther Wisdom of Wisdom of
22) Daniel Solomon Solomon
23) Ezra and Ecclesiasticus Ecclesiasticus
Nehemiah [Psalms of
24) 1 Chronicles and Solomon]
2 Chronicles
PROPHECY PROPHECY PROPHECY
Isaiah Isaiah 23) Isaiah
Jeremiah Jeremiah 24)Jeremiah
Lamentations Lamentations 25) Lamentations
Baruch Baruch 26) Ezekiel
Epistle of Epistle of 27) Daniel
Jeremiah Jeremiah 28) Hosea
Ezekiel Ezekiel 29) Joel
Daniel (with Daniel (with 30) Amos
insertions) insertions) 31) Obadiah
Hosea Hosea 32) Jonah
Joel Joel 33) Micah
Amos Amos 34) Nahum
Obadiah Obadiah 35) Habakkuk
Jonah Jonah 36) Zephaniah
Micah Micah 37) Haggai
Nahum Nahum 38) Zechariah
Habakkuk Habakkuk 39) Malachi
Zephaniah Zephaniah
Haggai Haggai APOCRYPHA
Zechariah Zechariah 1 Esdras
Malachi Malachi 2 Esdras
Tobit
Judith
Additions to Esther
Wisdom of
Solomon
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch
Epistle of Jeremiah
Song of the Three
Children
Story of Susanna
Bel and the Dragon
Prayer of
Manasseh
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees

Source: adapted from http://www.bible-researcher.com/canon2.html; cf. JSB p. 2076