Updated Brenton English Septuagint LXXUP

Individual translator
Old Testament source: Septuagint (Greek)
Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
Formal (word for word)
2020
Public domain

At a glance

Language: English
Tradition: Individual translator — Brenton's 19th-century individual translation, lightly modernised in spelling and format by a modern volunteer editor.
Church approval: No — No ecclesiastical approval known or claimed.
Old Testament source: Septuagint (Greek) — As Brenton (Vatican text).
New Testament source: OT only.
Canon: Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament) — Tobit, Judith, Greek Esther, Greek Daniel, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Epistle of Jeremiah, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees
Style: Formal (word for word)
Year: Brenton 1844/1851; spelling and formatting update by Adam Boyd, CC0 dedication 2020 (source files dated 2026-02-18).
Translators: Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton; language updates by Adam Boyd
Reading level: Still traditional in tone but with updated spelling; somewhat easier than raw Brenton.
Verse numbering: Septuagint (Greek)
Licence: Public domain — eBible: 'CC0 Public Domain dedication on language updates by Adam Boyd in 2020.'
Text source: eBible.org (englxxup)

Notes

Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.

About

Brenton's Septuagint with spelling and formatting updated by Adam Boyd and released into the public domain. It keeps Brenton's translation but is easier on the eye.

Strengths

Same full Orthodox OT book list as Brenton
Public domain (CC0)

Things to know

Not a new translation from the Greek: inherits Brenton's choices
Whether Psalm 151 is present was not checked for this edition

Not yet verified

Presence of Psalm 151 in this edition: SOURCE NOT VERIFIED

Profile checked 2026-10-17.

Books in this edition (53 books)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasseh O (C) (P), 1 Esdras O (C) (P), Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit O C (P), Judith O C (P), Esther (Greek) O C (P), 1 Maccabees O C (P), 2 Maccabees O C (P), 3 Maccabees O, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon O C (P), Sirach O C (P), Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch O C (P), Lamentations, Letter of Jeremiah O (C) (P), Ezekiel, Daniel (Greek) O C (P), Susanna (O) (C) (P), Bel and the Dragon (O) (C) (P), 4 Maccabees (O)

Not in this edition: 2 Esdras (4 Ezra), Odes

Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).

Publisher's statement

Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Spelling and formatting update of the Brenton English Septuagint with Apocrypha
Public Domain
Language: English
Dialect: Mixed
Translation by: Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton
Contributor: Adam Boyd
Original work was by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton in 1851.
CC0 Public Domain dedication on language updates by Adam Boyd in 2020.
2026-02-18

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