Modern Translations
Historical English Bibles:
(Individual Bibles are listed below)
Historic English Bibles in parallel: Pentateuch; NT original spelling; NT modern spelling
(Tyndale 1525-26, Tyndale 1534, Coverdale, Geneva, Bishops, KJV 1611)
Images of historic English Bibles Full KJV 1611 and other illuminated Bibles
History of the Bible, and links for historical translations.
English Bible Versions available online:
When a version is available at multiple sites, the one with the best facilities is listed.
- 21st Century King James Version
- A Conservative Version
- American Standard Version
- 1&version=45 Amplified Bible
- Analytical-Literal Translation NT
- The Apostles' Bible (OT)
- The Bible in Basic English
- Bible in Worldwide English NT
- Bishop's Bible (1568)
- Brit Chadasha NT (Messianic Jewish)
- The Common Edition NT
- The Complete Jewish Bible
- Coverdale Bible (1535)
- 1;&version=46; Contemporary English Version
- Daniel Mace NT (1729)
- Darby Translation
- Douay-Rheims American Edition
- Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision
- Easy-to-Read Version
- English Jubilee 2000 Bible
- English Majority Text Version NT
- English Standard Version
- Geneva Bible (1587)
- GOD'S WORD translation
- Good News Translation
- Great Bible (1540) (subscription)
- Hebrew Names Version
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
- J B Phillip's NT
- Jewish Publication Society 1917 version
- International Standard Version
- King James Version (modern edition)
- King James Bible (1611)
- Klingon Language Version of the World English Bible
- Literal Translation Version (Green)
- The Living Oracles NT
- The Message
- Matthew's Bible (1549) (subscription)
- Modern King James Version (Green's Translation)
- Modern Literal Version
- NET Bible : The Biblical Studies Foundation
- New American Bible
- New English Transation (NET Bible, with full notes)
- New American Standard
- New Century Version
- New English Bible (subscription)
- New International Reader’s Version
- New International Version
- 1;&version=64; New International Version (UK)
- New Jerusalem Bible
- New King James Version
- 1;&version=74; New Life Version
- New Living Translation
- New Revised Standard
- Revised King James NT
- Revised Standard Version
- Richard Challoner Bible (1750-52) (subscription)
- Rotherham's Bible (=Emphasized Bible)
- Sawyer NT (1858) (subscription)
- Third Millennium Bible
- Today's English Version (=Good News)
- Today's New International Version
- Twentieth Century NT
- Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
- Websters Bible
- Wesley NT (1755)
- West Saxon Gospels (990) (1175) (subscription)
- Weymouth NT
- World English Bible
- World English Bible (latest revision)
- 1;&version=73; Worldwide English NT
- 1;&version=53; Wycliffe NT
- Yiddisch (Tanach, Solomon Blumgarten)
- Young's Literal Translation
'What's the easiest to read? 'The Message. This is an intelligently prepared paraphrase which sometimes gets to the meaning better than a word-for-word or even a dynamic equivalent translation. This web version is linked to handy commentaries.
'What's the most useful? The 'New American Standard. This modern word-for-word translation is usefully tagged for the underlying Hebrew and Greek. Click on a word for a simple lexicon.
'What's the strangest? 'The Klingon. This is based on language of the battle-loving Klingons on Star Trek. Fans have created a 'real' language and done a word-by-word replacement. It is interesting which words are left in English because they have no equivalent in Klingon - like 'forgiveness' and 'grace'.
'What's the most valuable? 'The William Tyndale translation. It can be claimed that he influenced the English language more than Shakespeare, with memorable phrases like "Let there be light" and “the powers that be”. A million copies of his New Testament were printed but only two complete copies survived Henry VIII's wrath, and they are now worth millions.
Comparison of English translations
Over one hundred English translations are listed, with brief introductions and many comparisons. Most of the Bible versions have been donated to Tyndale House where they are available for study.
See also:Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
(especially the NT).
Translations in other languages
Other languages [http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/ here and here and here
For Bible study tools in many languages go here and here ]
Audio Bibles
Online Audio Bibles: Listen Books of Bible Online in mp3[http://crosswire.org/study/parallelstudy.jsp?&add=ESV&key=Gen+1
links to various English & other auudio Bibles ]