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Compare Bible translations
TranslationLanguageTraditionOld Testament sourceNew Testament sourceCanonStyleYearLicenceBooks in this edition
Brenton's English Septuagint BrentonEnglishIndividual translatorSeptuagint (Greek)—Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)Formal (word for word)1844Public domain53
Updated Brenton English Septuagint LXXUPEnglishIndividual translatorSeptuagint (Greek)—Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)Formal (word for word)2020Public domain53
World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon) WEBEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewMajority (Byzantine) textAll books (ecumenical)Formal (word for word)2020Public domain81
World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon) WEBBEEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewMajority (Byzantine) textAll books (ecumenical)Formal (word for word)2020Public domain81
King James Version (with Apocrypha) KJVEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant, with the ApocryphaFormal (word for word)1611Public domain80
Revised Version with Apocrypha RVEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant, with the ApocryphaFormal (word for word)1895Public domain80
Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 DRBEnglishCatholicLatin VulgateLatin VulgateCatholic (73 books)Formal (word for word)1899Public domain73
Catholic Public Domain Version CPDVEnglishCatholicLatin VulgateLatin VulgateCatholic (73 books)Formal (word for word)2009Public domain73
Majority Standard Bible MSBEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewMajority (Byzantine) textProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)2022Public domain66
Berean Standard Bible BSBEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)2022Public domain66
American Standard Version (1901) ASVEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1901Public domain66
Literal Standard Version LSVEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewMajority (Byzantine) textProtestant (66 books)Very literal2020CC BY-SA 4.066
Darby Translation DarbyEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant (66 books)Very literal1890Public domain66
Young's Literal Translation YLTEnglishIndividual translatorMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Very literal1898Public domain66
Noah Webster's Bible (1833) WebsterEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1833Public domain66
Geneva Bible (1599) GNVEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1599Public domain66
Unlocked Literal Bible ULBEnglishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical text (not verified)Protestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)2017CC BY-SA 4.066
Free Bible Version FBVEnglishIndividual translatorMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant (66 books)Dynamic (thought for thought)2018CC BY-SA 4.066
Bible in Basic English BBEEnglishScholarly editionMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Critical text (not verified)Protestant (66 books)Simplified language1965Public domain66
JPS Tanakh (1917) JPSEnglishJewishMasoretic Hebrew—Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)Formal (word for word)1917Public domain39
Tyndale New Testament (1534) TyndaleEnglishProtestant—Textus ReceptusNew Testament onlyFormal (word for word)1534Public domain27
Reina-Valera 1909 RV1909SpanishProtestantMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1909Public domain66
Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008) ONBVSpanishProtestantMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Critical text (not verified)Protestant (66 books)Dynamic (thought for thought)2008CC BY-SA 4.066
God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible) PDTSpanishProtestantMasoretic HebrewCritical textProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)2020CC BY-SA 4.066
Free Bible Version (Spanish) VBLSpanishIndividual translatorMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Critical textProtestant (66 books)Dynamic (thought for thought)2020CC BY-SA 4.066
Bible in Simple Spanish (2026) BESSpanishIndividual translatorMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Critical text (not verified)Protestant (66 books)Simplified language2026Public domain66
Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797) ScíoSpanishCatholic—Latin VulgateNew Testament onlyFormal (word for word)1797Public domain27
Brenton's Greek Septuagint LXXGreekScholarly editionSeptuagint (Greek)—Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)Original language1851Public domain53
Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition) PT1904GreekOrthodox—Byzantine textNew Testament onlyOriginal language1904Public domain27
Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912) PTGreekOrthodox—Byzantine textNew Testament onlyOriginal language1912Public domain27
Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018) RP2018GreekScholarly edition—Byzantine textNew Testament onlyOriginal language2018Public domain27
Textus Receptus (Boyd collation) TRGreekIndividual translator—Textus ReceptusNew Testament onlyOriginal language2022Public domain27
Nestle Greek New Testament (1904) Nestle 1904GreekScholarly edition—Critical textNew Testament onlyOriginal language1904Public domain27
SBL Greek New Testament SBLGNTGreekScholarly edition—Critical textNew Testament onlyOriginal language2010CC BY 4.027
Westminster Leningrad Codex WLCHebrewScholarly editionMasoretic Hebrew—Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)Original language1008Public domain39
Clementine Vulgate VULLatinCatholicLatin VulgateLatin VulgateCatholic (73 books)Original language1598Public domain73
Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) SlavonicChurch SlavonicOrthodoxSeptuagint (Greek)Byzantine textOrthodoxFormal (word for word)1751GNU GPL v3 (digital edition; the text is public domain)77
Russian Synodal Bible (1876) SynodalRussianOrthodoxMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Textus ReceptusOrthodoxFormal (word for word)1876Public domain78
Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850) VamvasGreek (modern)Individual translatorMasoretic HebrewTextus Receptus (not verified)Protestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1850Public domain66
Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic) DKSerbianIndividual translatorMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Textus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1868Public domain66
Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script) DK latinicaSerbianIndividual translatorMasoretic Hebrew (not verified)Textus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1868Public domain66
Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865) SVDArabicProtestantMasoretic HebrewTextus ReceptusProtestant (66 books)Formal (word for word)1865Public domain66