The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually. Many are translated and published with the aid of a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies which collectively form The United Bible Societies. The other largest contributor is Wycliffe Bible Translators and other members of the Wycliffe Global Alliance, but there are many other churches and organisations involved. The Digital Bible Library lists over 240 different contributors.[1]
According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2024, speakers of 3,765 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,274 languages with a book or more, 1,726 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 756 the full Bible. It is estimated by Wycliffe Bible Translators that translation may be required in 985 languages where no work is currently known to be in progress. They also estimate that there are currently around 3,526 languages in 173 countries which have active Bible translation projects (with or without some portion already published).[2]
Bibles and Bible portions available online
By Dec 22, 2024 there were 3,336 versions in 2,182 languages available digitally on bible.com, of which 2,181 are available audibly. There are also versions in 2,090 languages at faithcomesbyhearing.com and a similar number on the American Bible Society's bibles.org.
Geographically
- Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Bible translations into the languages of China
- Bible translations into the languages of Europe
- Bible translations into the languages of France
- Bible translations into the languages of Hawaii
- Bible translations into the languages of India
- Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia
- Bible translations into Native American languages
- Bible translations into Oceanic languages
- Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines
- Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan
- Bible translations into constructed languages
Alphabetically
- Afrikaans: Bible translations into Afrikaans
- Ainu: Bible translations into Ainu
- Albanian: Bible translations into Albanian
- Aleut: Bible translations into Eskimo–Aleut languages
- Amharic: Bible translations into Amharic
- Amis: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Amis
- Apache (Southern Athabaskan): Bible translations into Apache
- Arabic: Bible translations into Arabic
- Aramaic: Bible translations into Aramaic, Targum
- Armenian: Bible translations into Armenian
- Assamese: Bible translations into the languages of India § Assamese
- Auca, Waodani, Huaorani: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Australian Kriol: Bible translations into Australian Kriol
- Avar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Avar
- Azerbaijani: Bible translations into Azerbaijani
- Basque: Bible translations into Basque
- Batak: Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia § Batak Toba
- Belarusian: Bible translations into Belarusian
- Bemba/Cibemba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Bemba/Cibemba (Zambia)
- Bengali: Bible translations into Bengali
- Bhili : Bible translation into Bhili
- Bisaya-Inunhan: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines § Regional languages
- Blackfoot: Bible translations into Native American languages § Blackfoot/Siksika
- Breton: Bible translations into Breton
- Bulgarian: Bible translations into Bulgarian
- Burmese: Bible translations into Burmese
- Buryat: Bible translations into Buryat
- Cakchiquel: Bible translations into Native American languages § Kaqchikel/Cakchiquel (Mayan)
- Carrier: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Carrier
- Catalan: Bible translations into Catalan
- Caucasian Albanian (Old Udi): Bible translations into Caucasian Albanian
- Cheyenne: Bible translations into Native American languages § Cheyenne
- Cherokee: Bible translations into Cherokee
- Chichewa/Nyanja: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Old testament Chichewa (Malawi)
- Chinese: Bible translations into Chinese
- Choctaw: Bible translations into Native American languages § Choctaw
- Chope, Tshopi: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Chope, Tshopi (Mozambique)
- Comanche: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Coptic: Coptic versions of the Bible
- Cornish: Bible translations into Cornish
- Corsican: The translation of the Bible into the Corsican language is the work of Christian Dubois (2005).[3]
- Cree: Bible translations into Cree
- Creole: Bible translations into creole languages
- Croatian: Bible translations into Croatian
- Czech: Bible translations into Czech
- Dakota: Bible translations into Native American languages § Dakota/Lakota
- Danish: Bible translations into Danish
- Dene Suline/Chipewa: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Dene Suline/Chipewyan
- Dutch: Bible translations into Dutch
- Dzongkha: Bible translations into Dzongkha
- English: List of English Bible translations, English translations of the Bible
- Esperanto: Bible translations into Esperanto
- Estonian: Bible translations into Estonian
- Finnish: Bible translations into Finnish
- Filipino: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines
- French: Bible translations into French
- Gagauz: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Geʽez: Bible translations into Geʽez
- Georgian: Bible translations into Georgian
- German: Bible translations into German
- Gilbertese: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Gilbertese
- Gothic: Gothic Bible
- Greek: Bible translations into Greek, Septuagint
- Gujarati: Bible translations into the languages of India § Gujarati
- Gullah: Bible translations into creole languages § Gullah
- Gwichʼin (Kutchin): Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Gwichʼin
- Haida: Bible translations into Native American languages § Haida (language isolate)
- Haitian Creole: Bible translations into creole languages § Haitian Creole
- Hakka: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Hakka
- Hawaiian: Bible translations into Hawaiian
- Hawaiian Pidgin English: Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin
- Hebrew: Bible translations into Hebrew
- Hindi: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu § Hindi
- Hmong: Bible translations into the languages of China
- Hopi: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Hungarian: Bible translations into Hungarian
- Icelandic: Bible translations into Icelandic
- Igbo: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Igbo (Nigeria)
- Ilocano: Bible translations into Ilocano
- Indonesian: Bible translations into Indonesian
- Inupiaq, Inupiat: Bible translations into Inupiat
- Irish: Bible translations into Irish
- Italian: Bible translations into Italian
- Jamaican Patois: Bible translations into creole languages § Jamaican Creole
- Japanese: Bible translations into Japanese
- Jèrriais (Norman): Bible translations into the languages of France § Jèrriais
- Kalmyk, Oirat: Bible translations into Kalmyk
- Kannada: Bible translations into Kannada
- Kashubian: Bible translations into Slavic languages § Kashubian
- Kazakh: Bible translations into Kazakh
- Keres: Bible translations into Native American languages § Keres (language isolate)
- Khmer: Bible translations into Khmer
- Khoekhoegowab (Damara/Nama): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Khoekhoegowab/Damara/Nama (Namibia)
- Kikamba language (Kamba): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Ki-Kamba (Kenya)
- Konkani: Bible translations into Konkani
- Korean: Bible translations into Korean
- Koryak: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Koryak
- Koyukon: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Koyukon
- Kurdish: Bible translations into Kurdish
- Kyrgyz: Bible translations into Kyrgyz
- Ladakhi: Bible translations into Ladakhi
- Lao: Bible translations into Lao
- Lacandon: Bible translations into Native American languages § Lacandon (Mayan)
- Lahu: Bible translations into the languages of China § Lahu
- Latin: Bible translations into Latin, Vetus Latina, Vulgate
- Latvian: Bible translations into Latvian
- Lisu: Bible translations into the languages of China § Lisu
- Lithuanian: Bible translations into Lithuanian
- LOLcat: LOLCat Bible Translation Project
- Macedonian: Bible translations into Macedonian
- Malagasy: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Malagasy (Madagascar)
- Malay: Bible translations into Malay
- Malayalam: Bible translations into Malayalam
- Maltese: Bible translations into Maltese
- Manchu: Bible translations into Manchu
- Manx: Bible translations into Manx
- Māori: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Māori
- Marathi: Bible translations into Marathi
- Miao: Bible translations into the languages of China § Miao
- Micmac: Bible translations into Native American languages § Micmac
- Mixtec: Bible translations into Native American languages § Mixtecan
- Mohawk: Bible translations into Native American languages § Mohawk
- Mongolian: Bible translations into Mongolian
- Naro: Naro Bible
- Navajo: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Naxi: Bible translations into the languages of China § Naxi
- Nepali: Bible translations into Nepali
- Norwegian: Bible translations into Norwegian
- Nubian (Nobiin): Bible translations into Nubian
- Mijikenda (formerly "Nyika"): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Mijikenda/Nyika
- Occitan: Bible translations into the languages of France § Occitan and Provençal
- Odia/Oriya: Christianity in Odisha § Bible translations into Odia
- Ojibwa (Algonquian family, Canada): Bible translations into Native American languages § Ojibwa
- O'odham (Mexico): Bible translations into Native American languages
- Oromo: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Oromo (Ethiopia)
- Oshindonga: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Oshindonga (Namibia)
- Otjiherero: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Otjiherero (Namibia)
- Paniya: Bible translations into the languages of India § Paniya
- Pashto: Bible translations into Pashto
- Persian: Bible translations into Persian
- Pipil/Nawat: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Polish: Bible translations into Polish
- Portuguese: Bible translations into Portuguese
- Prekmurje dialect of Slovene: Bible translations into Prekmurje Slovene
- Quechua, Runa simi: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Quenya (fictional): Bible translations into fictional languages § Quenya
- Provençal: Bible translations into the languages of France § Occitan and Provençal
- Romani: Bible translations into Romani
- Romanian: Bible translations into Romanian
- Romansh: Bible translations into Romansh
- Russian: Bible translations into Russian
- Sakha: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Sakha
- Sanskrit: Bible translations into Sanskrit
- Scots (Lallans; Lowland Scots): Bible translations into Scots
- Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig): Bible translations into Scottish Gaelic
- Sechwana: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Setswana (Botswana, South Africa)
- Seneca (Iroquois): Bible translations into Native American languages § Seneca
- Serbian: Bible translations into Serbian
- Seri: Bible translations into Native American languages § Seri (language isolate)
- Shawi: Bible translations into Berber languages § Shawiya-Berber
- Shan: Bible translations into the languages of India § Assamese
- Shor: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Shor
- Sinhala: Bible translations into Sinhala
- Slavonic: Bible translations into Church Slavonic
- Slovak: Bible translations into Slovak
- Slovene: Bible translations into Slovene
- Sogdian: Bible translations into Sogdian
- Sorbian: Bible translations into Sorbian
- Sotho: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Sotho (South Africa)
- Spanish: Bible translations into Spanish
- Swahili: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Swedish: Bible translations into Swedish
- Syriac: Syriac versions of the Bible, Bible translations into Aramaic
- Tagalog: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines § Tagalog
- Taiwanese: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Taiwanese
- Tajik: Bible translations into Persian § Tajiki (Persian of Tajikistan)
- Tamazight, Berber: Bible translations into Berber languages
- Tamil: Bible translations into Tamil
- Tanana, Upper (Alaska): Bible translations into Native American languages
- Tashelhayt, Shilha language: Bible translations into Berber languages § Tashelhit Berber
- Tatar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Tatar
- Telugu: Bible translations into Telugu
- Tewa, New Mexico: Bible translations into Native American languages § Tewa (Tanoan family)
- Thai: Bible translations into Thai
- Tibetan: Bible translations into Tibetan
- Tlingit: Bible translations into Tlingit
- Tongan: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Tongan
- Tsimshian: Bible translations into Native American languages § Tsimshian/Sm'algyax
- Tulu: Bible translations into the languages of India § Tulu
- Turkish: Bible translations into Turkish
- Turkmen: Bible translations into Turkmen
- Tuvan: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Tuvan
- Ukrainian: Bible translations into Ukrainian
- Urdu: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu § Urdu
- Uyghur: Bible translations into Uyghur
- Uzbek: Bible translations into Uzbek
- Valencian: Valencian Bible
- Vietnamese: Bible translations into Vietnamese
- Wa: Bible translations into the languages of China § Wa
- Wakhi: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Wampanoag: Bible translations into Native American languages § Wampanoag
- Welsh: Bible translations into Welsh
- Xhosa: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Xhosa (South Africa)
- Yiddish: Bible translations into Yiddish
- Yoruba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Yoruba (Nigeria)
- Yupik languages: Bible translations into Eskimo–Aleut languages § Yupik
- Zulu: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Zulu (South Africa)
- Zuñi: Bible translations into Native American languages § Zuñi (language isolate)
See also
References
External links
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