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Looking to read the Bible online? You've come to the right place. The Bible has been translated into English more times than any other language, with each version serving different purposes.

Whether you want to compare Bible versions, find a translation for deep study, worship, memorization, or daily reading, explore our collection of 50 English Bible translations below. Each page includes history, translator information, and scholarly reviews.

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Complete Bibles (32)

Full Old and New Testament translations

WYC

Wycliffe Bible (Modern Spelling) (1395)

John Wycliffe's Bible was the first complete translation of Scripture into English, completed around 1382-1395. This edition presents Wyclif...

GNV

Geneva Bible (1560)

The Geneva Bible was the most influential English Bible before the King James Version, produced by Protestant exiles in Geneva during the re...

DRA

Douay-Rheims Bible (1582)

The Douay-Rheims Bible was the first complete English Catholic Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate by English Catholic scholars exiled ...

KJV

King James Version (1611)

The King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version, stands as one of the most influential English translations ever produced. Comm...

KJVA

King James Version with Apocrypha (1611)

This edition preserves the original 1611 King James Version including the Apocrypha (deuterocanonical books) as first published. The origina...

WBS

Webster's Bible (1833)

Noah Webster, the famous lexicographer who created Webster's Dictionary, spent years carefully revising the King James Version to update arc...

YLT

Young's Literal Translation (1862)

Young's Literal Translation is the work of Scottish scholar Robert Young, author of the renowned Young's Analytical Concordance. This transl...

Noyes

George Noyes Bible (1869)

The George Noyes Bible comprises translations by George Rapall Noyes, a Unitarian minister and Hebrew professor at Harvard. His translations...

CPB

Cambridge Paragraph Bible (1873)

F.H.A. Scrivener's Cambridge Paragraph Bible represents the most careful scholarly restoration of the King James Version text, with moderniz...

RV

Revised Version (1885)

The Revised Version was the first major scholarly revision of the King James Version, produced by British scholars using newly available anc...

DBY

Darby Translation (1890)

John Nelson Darby's translation reflects the work of one of the 19th century's most influential Bible teachers, the founder of the Plymouth ...

ASV

American Standard Version (1901)

The American Standard Version represents the American contribution to the landmark Revised Version project. Produced by a distinguished comm...

BBE

Bible in Basic English (1949)

The Bible in Basic English is a unique translation using a vocabulary of only 1,000 words - the 850 words of C.K. Ogden's Basic English syst...

SAB

Skeptics Annotated Bible (1999)

The Skeptics Annotated Bible is an annotated edition of the King James Version created by Steve Wells. First published online in 1999 and la...

WEB

World English Bible (2000)

The World English Bible is a modern revision of the American Standard Version designed from the start to be in the public domain. Led by Mic...

WMB

World Messianic Bible (2000)

The World Messianic Bible is a version of the World English Bible that uses Hebrew names for God (Yahweh) and Jesus (Yeshua), designed for M...

WEB

World English Bible (2000)

The World English Bible is a public domain modern English translation based on the American Standard Version of 1901. Led by Michael Paul Jo...

WEBC

World English Bible Catholic Edition (2000)

The World English Bible Catholic Edition includes the deuterocanonical books recognized by the Catholic Church. Based on the public domain W...

WEBB

World English Bible British Edition (2000)

The World English Bible British Edition is the UK spelling variant of the World English Bible. It uses British spelling conventions while ma...

WEBD

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon (2000)

The World English Bible British with Deuterocanon combines British spelling with the inclusion of deuterocanonical books, serving Catholic a...

WMBB

World Messianic Bible British (2000)

The World Messianic Bible British combines the Hebrew names feature of the World Messianic Bible with British spelling conventions, serving ...

OJB

Orthodox Jewish Bible (2002)

The Orthodox Jewish Bible uses Hebrew and Yiddish terminology extensively throughout both Testaments, presenting Scripture in a way that hon...

NET

New English Translation (2005)

The NET Bible is a groundbreaking translation featuring over 60,000 translators' notes that explain every major translation decision. Design...

T4T

Translation for Translators (2008)

Translation for Translators is a unique Bible resource designed to help Bible translators understand the meaning of the original text by mak...

ULB

Unlocked Literal Bible (2017)

The Unlocked Literal Bible is an open-license literal translation designed specifically to serve as a base text for translation into other l...

FBV

Free Bible Version (2018)

The Free Bible Version is a modern English translation designed to be clear, accurate, and completely free from copyright restrictions. Led ...

WYC+

Wycliffe Modern Spelling Enhanced (2018)

The Wycliffe Modern Spelling Enhanced edition updates the historic 1388 Wycliffe Bible with modern English spelling and additional explanato...

LSV

Literal Standard Version (2020)

The Literal Standard Version is a modern literal translation that uses 'Yahweh' for the divine name throughout, combines readability with ac...

BSB

Berean Standard Bible (2020)

The Berean Standard Bible is a modern English translation completed in 2020 by the Berean Bible Translation Committee in cooperation with Bi...

WEBU

World English Bible Updated (2020)

The World English Bible Updated represents the latest revision of the World English Bible, incorporating corrections and improvements made t...

ASVBT

American Standard Version Byzantine Text (2021)

The American Standard Version Byzantine Text is an adaptation of the 1901 American Standard Version updated to reflect the Byzantine Majorit...

MSB

Majority Standard Bible (2023)

The Majority Standard Bible is the Byzantine Majority Text edition of the Berean Standard Bible. It pairs the BSB Old Testament with a New T...

Old Testament Only (6)

Hebrew Bible / Tanakh translations

BRE

Brenton Septuagint (1851)

Sir Lancelot Brenton's translation of the Septuagint provides English access to the ancient Greek Old Testament used by the early Christian ...

Leeser

Isaac Leeser Translation (1853)

The Isaac Leeser Translation was the first Jewish English translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in America. Published in 1853, it served ...

JPS

JPS 1917 Tanakh (1917)

The Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation was the first complete English Bible produced by a committee of Jewish scholars for Jewish...

LXX

English Septuagint (2000)

This English translation of the Septuagint provides access to the ancient Greek Old Testament that was Scripture for the early Christian chu...

UBES

Updated Brenton English Septuagint (2012)

The Updated Brenton English Septuagint is a modernization of Sir Lancelot Brenton's 1851 translation of the Greek Septuagint. It updates arc...

LXX-UK

LXX2012 British English (2012)

The LXX2012 British English is the United Kingdom spelling variant of the LXX2012 Septuagint translation. It provides the Greek Old Testamen...

New Testament Only (7)

Greek New Testament translations

TNT

Tyndale Bible (1526)

William Tyndale's pioneering translation was the first English Bible translated directly from Greek and Hebrew, and the first to be printed....

EMTV

English Majority Text Version (2009)

The English Majority Text Version is a New Testament translation by Paul W. Esposito based on the Byzantine Majority Text. The translation d...

F35

Family 35 New Testament (2014)

The Family 35 New Testament is based on Wilbur Pickering's Greek New Testament reconstructed from the Family 35 manuscript group. Pickering ...

OURB

One Unity Resource Bible (2018)

The One Unity Resource Bible is a study-oriented Scripture resource containing selected books with extensive cross-references and study help...

PEV

Plain English Version (2019)

The Plain English Version is a Bible translation designed for Indigenous Australians whose first language is an Aboriginal language. It uses...

NYA

Nyangumarta English Bible (2019)

The Nyangumarta English Bible provides Scripture for the Nyangumarta people of Western Australia's Pilbara region. It offers the New Testame...

TCENT

Text-Critical English New Testament (2022)

The Text-Critical English New Testament by Robert Adam Boyd is a translation following the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Text. It documents tr...

Bible Portions (5)

Selected books or passages

Wycliffe

Wycliffe Bible 1388 (1388)

The Wycliffe Bible of 1388 is the Later Version of John Wycliffe's groundbreaking Middle English Bible translation. This revision of the 138...

Onkelos

Targum Onkelos (Etheridge) (1862)

John Wesley Etheridge's translation of the Targum Onkelos and Jonathan ben Uzziel provides English access to these important Aramaic paraphr...

GLW

God's Living Word (2015)

God's Living Word is a simplified English Scripture translation designed for readers with limited English proficiency. Currently containing ...

ANI

Anindilyakwa English Bible (2019)

The Anindilyakwa English Bible is a Scripture translation designed for the Anindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt in Australia's Northern Ter...

BAR

Barkly Bible Portions (2019)

The Barkly Bible Portions provide Scripture in simplified English for Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region of Australia's Northern Te...