Reina-Valera 1909 RV1909

Protestant
Old Testament source: Masoretic Hebrew
New Testament source: Textus Receptus
Protestant (66 books)
Formal (word for word)
1909
Public domain

At a glance

Language: Spanish
Tradition: Protestant — The classic Spanish Protestant Bible, revised under the Bible Societies; descended from Reina's 1569 'Bear Bible'.
Church approval: No — Bible Society revision, not a church-authorised text.
Old Testament source: Masoretic Hebrew — Hebrew Masoretic text.
New Testament source: Textus Receptus — Textus Receptus tradition.
Canon: Protestant (66 books)
Style: Formal (word for word)
Year: Reina 1569 / Valera 1602 tradition; revision dated 1909.
Translators: Casiodoro de Reina, Cipriano de Valera; 1909 revision for the American Bible Society and British and Foreign Bible Society
Reading level: Early 20th-century formal Spanish ('vosotros', older spelling).
Verse numbering: English (KJV-style)
Licence: Public domain
Text source: eBible.org (spaRV1909)

Notes

Spelling of 1909 (e.g. "fué", "á").

About

The 1909 revision of the Reina-Valera, the traditional Bible of Spanish-speaking Protestants. It translates the Hebrew Masoretic Old Testament and the Textus Receptus New Testament, in dignified older Spanish.

Strengths

Beloved, dignified Spanish
Public domain
TR (Byzantine-type) NT

Things to know

66 books (early Reina-Valera Bibles included the deuterocanon; removed in the 19th century)
OT from Hebrew
Older Spanish

Not yet verified

Spanish Wikipedia says the committee began meeting in 1909 and published in 1923; this conflicts with the conventional 1909 date — unresolved

Profile checked 2026-10-17.

Books in this edition (66 books)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Not in this edition: Tobit, Judith, Esther (Greek), Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras (4 Ezra), Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, Odes, Daniel (Greek)

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

Santa Biblia — Reina Valera 1909
The Holy Bible in Spanish, Reina Valera translation of 1909
Public Domain
Language: Español (Spanish)
Dialect: Castellano 1909
Translation by: Reina y Valera
Dominio Público
2013-12-13

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