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Translations of the Bible

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  1. English – See B. M. Metzger's Theories of the Translation Process and Persistent Problems Confronting Bible Translators | The Bible Translator (qtrly, 1950-2000)
    1. John Wycliffe Bible (1384)
    2. William Tyndale Bible (1525)
    3. Myles Coverdale Bible (1535)Preface | About version
    4. Bishops' Bible (1568)About version
    5. Geneva Bible (1587)About version
    6. Douay-Rheims Bible (Roman Catholic transl. of Latin Vulgate with Apocrypha) (NT: 1582; OT 1609) | On sale
    7. King James Version (1611) | Preface: "Translators to the Reader" | Audio: OT | NT | On sale | About version | In-depth analysis | Revisions since 1611
    8. Living Oracles (NT only, transl. by George Campbell, James Macknight, and Philip Doddridge, 1826; 4th ed. 1835) | About version

    9. Young's Literal Translation (1898) | About version
    10. Twentieth Century New Testament 1901 | About version
    11. American Standard Version (1901) | About version
    12. Weymouth (NT only, 1912) | About version
    13. The Hebrew Bible in English (OT only, Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
    14. Revised Standard Version (with Apocrypha) (NT 1946; OT: 1952) | On sale | About version
    15. New Testament in Modern English (J. B. Phillips Paraphrase, 1958) | On sale
    16. New American Standard Version (NT: 1963; OT: 1971) | Audio (NT only) | On sale | About version
    17. Good News Translation – U.K. (NT: 1968; OT: 1976; Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical: 1979) | On sale | About version
    18. New International Version (NT: 1973; OT: 1978) | Audio | On sale | About version
    19. Easy-to-Read Version (World Bible Translation Center, 1981, rev. 2006)
    20. New American Bible (Modern-speech Catholic Bible with Apocrypha, 1986) | On sale | About version [TOP]
    21. New Revised Standard Version (1989) | On sale | About version
    22. Contemporary English Version (1995) | Audio | On sale | About version
    23. English Standard Version (2001) | Audio | On sale | About version
    24. World English Bible (ongoing) | Audio [TOP]
    25. Other English translations (on sale): Amplified | International Children's Bible | Jerusalem Bible | The Message | New Century Version | NET Bible | New International Readers' Version | New King James Version | New Living Translation | Revised English Bible | TANAKH (Hebrew Scriptures only) | Today's New International Version [TOP]
  2. Other Languages(NOTE: In the following list, I have tried as much as possible to prefer modern-speech over traditional [read 'antiquated'] translations. The rationale for this is to make this list useful for seekers, for whom the traditional translation may be more hindrance than help.)
    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  WXYZ
    1. Arabic (Arabic Life Application Bible, NT listed first) | Audio (NT only)
    2. Bengali
    3. Bulgarian (NT only)
    4. Burmese (NT only)
    5. Cambodian (Khmer) (NT only, text & audio)
    6. Chinese
    7. Croatian (NT only)
    8. Danish
    9. Dutch (1988 IBS translation)
    10. Farsi (IBS translation) | Audio (NT only)
    11. French La Bible du Semeur
    12. German (Hoffnung für Alle, NT only) | Elberfelder Bibel (1871) | Luther's translation (1545)
    13. Greek – Modern
    14. Hebrew (NT only)
    15. Hindi
    16. Hungarian (NT only)
    17. Indonesian (NT only)
    18. Italian (1997 La Parola è Vita, NT only) [TOP]
    19. Japanese
    20. Korean (IBS translation, NT only)
    21. Malayam
    22. Nepali (NT only)
    23. Norwegian (1906 Norst Bibelen)
    24. Portuguese (Brazilian) Nova Versão Internacional
    25. Punjabi
    26. Romanian (NT only, with par. col. in Eng.)
    27. Russian
    28. Serbian (NT only)
    29. Spanish (Nueva Versión Internacional)
    30. Swedish (1917 Bibeln eller Den Heliga Skrift Konungen År)
    31. Tamil
    32. Telugu
    33. Thai (NT only)
    34. Ukrainian (NT only)
    35. Vietnamese (NT only) [TOP]

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