Young's Literal Translation YLT

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At a glance

Language
English
Tradition
Individual translator — The work of Robert Young, compiler of Young's Analytical Concordance, working on his own.
Church approval
No — None.
Old Testament source
Masoretic Hebrew — Masoretic Text.
New Testament source
Textus Receptus — Young 'rigidly adhered to the received' texts.
Canon
Protestant (66 books)
Style
Very literal
Year
1862; revised 1887; eBible text is the 1898 edition (per CrossWire module title).
Translators
Robert Young
Reading level
Extremely literal; Hebrew tense rendering makes it hard to read aloud.
Verse numbering
English (KJV-style)
Licence
Public domain
Text source
eBible.org (engylt)

About

An ultra-literal translation by the concordance-maker Robert Young (1862). It tries to mirror Hebrew and Greek grammar word for word, which helps study but makes reading difficult.

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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

Young's Literal Translation
Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
Public Domain
Language: ENGLISH (English)
Dialect: archaic British
Translation by: Robert Young
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2019-10-20

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