List of Bible translations by language

The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually. The United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies with the aim of translating publishing, and distributing the Bible.

A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England.

According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2022, 3,589 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,248 languages with a book or more, 1,617 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 724 the full Bible. It is estimated by Wycliffe Bible Translators that translation may be required in 1,680 languages where no work is currently known to be in progress. They also estimate that there are currently around 2,846 languages in 157 countries which have active Bible translation projects (with or without some portion already published).[1]

Bibles and Bible portions available online

There are currently over 2,877 versions in over 1,918 languages available digitally on bible.com and a similar number on the American Bible Society's bibles.org.

Geographically

Alphabetically

See also

  • Category:Bible translators

References

  1. "2022 Global Scripture Access". Wycliffe. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. A Bìbbia corsa
  • Find.Bible links to translations in over 6,100 languages and dialects (as of April 2018 relating to 2,141 separate ISO639-3 registered languages)
  • WorldBibles.org lists over 14,000 internet links to Bibles, New Testaments and portions in "over four thousand languages"
  • Online Bible—Read, Listen or Download Free: PDF, EPUB, Audio
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