Online Translations of the Bible

          The following websites provide the text to certain versions of the Bible, which can be copied and pasted into a word processing program (MS Word, WordPerfect, etc.), for use in both personal study and and corporate worship. Enlarging the size of the text may be of help, for instance, in reading the scripture in front of the congregation.
           Be sure to note copyright and other information. If you use any  of these extensively, consider buying the book.

 

 

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includes these translations:

New Revised Standard Version (& RSV)
The Message
New American Standard (& ASV)
New King James Version (& KJV)
New Living Translation
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Good New Bible (aka Today's English Version)
Complete Jewish Bible
(new)
(a Messianic Jewish translation)

also:

Today's English Version
Third Millenium Bible
Douay-Reims Bible
New Century Version
God's Word translation
World English Bible
The Bible in Basic English
The Darby Translation
Hebrew Names Version
The Webster Bible
The Latin Vulgate
Young's Literal Translation
Wesley's New Testament
   

extra features:
- footnotes
- Interlinear (original language/English)
- list in parallel two translations
- Links to a multitude of older commentaries, concordances, Bible dictionaries, an encyclopedia, lexicons, sermon helps, as well as church history materials.


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includes these translations:

New International Version
New International Version - UK

The Message
Contemporary English Version
New Living Translation
New King James Version
Amplified Bible
  
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Nueva Versión Internacional
(along with many other language/versions)

also:

King James Version
English Standard Version
21st Century King James Version
New American Standard
American Standard Version
Revised Standard Version
       (currently unavailable)
The Darby Translation
Young's Literal Translation
Worldwide English (NT)
Wycliff (NT)    

extra features:
- footnotes
- cross references
- word search capability
- commentaries

 
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includes these translations:

 New Revised Standard Version (& RSV)
Contemporary English Version
New American Standard (& ASV)
New King James Version (& KJV)
New Living Translation

also:

Easy-to-read Version
Third Millenium Bible
Douay-Reims Bible
God's Word translation
World English Bible
The Bible in Basic English
The Darby Translation
Hebrew Names Version
The Webster Bible
The Latin Vulgate
Young's Literal Translation
Int'l.  Stand. Version (NT)
Weymouth's N. T.
   

extra features:
- footnotes
- Links to a multitude of older commentaries, concordances, Bible dictionaries, encyclopedia, lexicons, sermon helps, as well as church history materials.

 
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includes these translations:

New Revised Standard Version (& RSV)
New International Version
The Message
Contemporary English Version (& GNB)
New Living Translation
New King James Version (& KJV)
New American Standard (& ASV)
The Amplified Bible
New Century Version

also:

New Living Translation
Third Millennium Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible
Easy-to-Read Version

J.P. Green's Literal Translation

New Life Bible

English Standard Version
GOD'S WORD Translation
World English Bible
The Bible in Basic English

Peshitta - Lamsa Transl. (NT)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Holman Christian Standard Bible (NT)

International Standard Version (NT)
Weymouth's New Testament
Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Darby Translation
Hebrew Names Version
Wesley's New Testament
Mace New Testament
Updated Bible Version 1.9

The Bishop's Bible
Miles Coverdale Bible

The Webster Bible
Young's Literal Translation

The Geneva Bible (1587)

Tyndale New Testament (1526)
The Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Latin Vulgate (425)

     

etc.

Bible Resources from Bible.com
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includes these translations:

New International Version

New American Standard (& ASV)
The Message
Amplified Bible
New Living Translation
21st Century King James Version (& KJV)
Young's Literal Translation
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Darby Translation
Douay-Reims Bible
New International Readers Version
Wycliff (NT)
Today's New International Version
   


Contemporary English Version
(also includes NIV, NASB, Amplified, New Living, KJV, NKJV, 21st cent. KJV, ESV, ASV, Worldwide English, Youngs, Darby, & NIV-UK)
      

CEV isalso available on
Bible Gateway & Search God's Word

British version of both GNB & CEV

  
Oremus Bible Browser

has NRSV, KJV, NRSB (Anglicized version)
with and without verse #'s displayed
  

   
 
A good study resource with Hebrew/Greek texts and older translations within (along with older concordances, dictionaries, and commentaries) in parallel format, as well as links to newer translations.
   
   


New English Translation
(the first version made for the internet)


Cotton Patch Version
of the New Testament
hosted by yours truly.

The New Testament in Modern English by JB Phillips


Today's New International Version

an "inclusive" revision of the NIV
To view the TNIV New Testament online, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe eBook Reader.
compare with the NIV-UK on Bible Gateway

Navigating the Biblekaplan translation....

Tanakh
Hebrew Bible

Hareidi College
(a slow loading site with Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS 1917 and Kaplan translations)


 the New JPS Translation
     (1999) not available online

the old Jewish Publication Society (1917) translation found in:

Mechon Mamre    

    Jewish Virtual Library

Judaica Press Version
a new English translation edited by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg, with commentary by Rashi

  


The New Jerusalem Bible
(note: some of the Old Testament is RSV, not NJB, thanks for pointing this out, AC)


New American Bible online

   
International Standard Version

translation in process
(accessed only by downloading complete translation)

also available above on
Search God's Word

 


An Australian paraphrase of selected texts
for use in worship

 


     God's Word to the Nations
        (requires Adobe Acrobat)
     also available above on Crosswalk.com

Amplified Bible
New American Standard Bible

from the Lockman Foundation
also available on Bible Gateway & Study Light

Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?
A Concise Compendium of the Many Internal and External Evidences of Aramaic Peshitta Primacy (a 292 page .pdf  file)

Peshitta
The Aramaic (Syriac) version of the Bible

See also:
Three Early Biblical Translations
What is the Peshitta?
Aramaic NT Interlinear

Versions of the New Testament - Peshitta

Disciples New Testament (+ OT)
Another ongoing translation of the Aramaic
 p.s. some portions are by subscription only

Aramaic Peshitta Bible Repository

[includes translations by Younan (an Interlinear), Lamsa, Murdock, and Etheridge, as well as the Khabouris Codex]
   

The Lamsa Bible   

 

  

Though no longer active, this was "the only site online that brings together the Scriptures from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." NRSV (including Apocrapha) and the new Standard English Version (SEV) of the Quran.

When contacted, Zaine Ridling, wrote (7/18/07), "Given my full plate, I could no longer devote time to it, and will likely not finish the Quran translation for many years. However, I will soon offer a ZIP download of the files intact via link under the "Hebrew Bible" at the 'Access the Great Books' site: http://www.anova.org/ . I'm also working on an ODF copy of it, since Microsoft's formats are proprietary." Thanks, Zaine! This is a worthy endeavor!
  

A Non-Ecclesiastical New Testament
"Suppose that when reading the New Testament, one were to discover that Jesus' intent in coming here was to abolish religious systems of worship that were almost identical to what we have today. A new translation would certainly be required." This is Frank Daniels' attempt to do just that, shedding the so-called "ecclesiastical paradigm" of other translations.

   
Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

by Jay P. Green Sr.
(This is as it says - unfortunately this link is currently broken
see "Study Light.org" above for the text)
   


      Looking for the Greek text of the New (as well as the Old) Testament? Check here for numerous annotated links.

The Better Life Bible
Geared to people who spend less than an hour per week reading the Bible and who have difficulty understanding it. Revised and expanded from The Biker Bible.


An American English Bible
"...a Bible that is easy to read in contemporary American English and conveys the original messages and meanings as accurately as possible." Hebrew Scriptures (not yet finished) are based upon the Septuagint.


Recovery Version New Testament
by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, which F.F. Bruce once called "an accurate and fairly literal rendering of the Greek." (see CT article on Lee)

The New Covenant
Secular translation of the New Testament by Willis Barnstone. Vol. 1 (Gospels and Revelation) finished. Sample of Revelation portion available online. Focuses on literary quality and emphasizes Jewish nature of the texts.

   
An American Translation

Smith (OT) / Goodspeed (NT) - 1931
a subscription site
(see Goodspeed NT manuscript collection)
       

       
Williams New Testament
available online as a complete download from e-Sword

   
The Holy Bible in Modern English

         a turn of century (19th-20th) one-man translation, by Ferrar Fenton, a London businessman who devoted some twenty years of his life to fulfill a pledge of making the Scriptures intelligible. This work by an amateur was popular for a time.
   

  
Wycliffe's Bible
a modernized English version of this 14th Century translation - "irregular spelling deciphered, verb forms comprehended and made consistent, and numerous grammatical variations standardized."


Context Group Version
A "fairly literal" translation by Joseph Morovich "based on the writings of the Context Group of scholars who try to interpret the culture and context of the Bible based on the sociological culture of the first century Middle East peasant society."
   

  

100 English Bible Versions Online  
   


New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
from the Jehovah's Witnesses, a literal translation
   

   
Seeking a red-letter edition with the words of Jesus standing out of the text in a different color?
Try WebBible.net (KJV) 

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Other translations
not yet available online:
- The Revised English Bible (or the older NEB)
- The Living Bible (Taylor's paraphrase - why has it all but disappeared?)
[note: Sharon H. sent me a link to a site with daily audio readings from the LB]

(if anyone discovers any of these online, please contact me with the link.
Likewise, inform me about any broken links on this page.)


The Septuagint (LXX) is the Old Testament in Greek.
Access the text online:
a) the Greek text according to Rahlfs, (requires Adobe Acrobat)
or
b) Brenton's English Translation.
For more on the LXX, see The Septuagint Online (an excellent resource!).


Bible Translations Comparison
by Wayne Leman
(brief comments on each with links
see also his Better Bibles Blog)
   

Comparing Translations
by Ron Gordon
(a detailed discussion on the "unofficial" Church of the Brethren website)
   

Bible Translation Guide
(a simple comparison in six areas of the major versions. A commercial site)
  
   

Resource Pages for Biblical Study
early Christian writings and their social world
compiled by Torrey Seland, Professor in Biblical Studies, Volda University College,  Norway.

English Translations
(Ken Collins "just crackpot opinion" of several. See his previous page for more.)
   
    

online pronunciation of Bible words
(listed alphabetically, with brief midi files that sound out the words for those concerned with "correct" pronunciation)
     

BibleKeeper.com
(a free, growing online database of Bibles in several languages, as well as Bible study tools)


Writings that did not make it into the canon of the Bible:

Non-Canonical Literature (includes OT & NT Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha)
The The Gospel of Thomas Collection - translations, commentary, links - on this gnostic work
The Nag Hammadi Library contains gnostic Christian scriptures discovered in 1945.
Some scroll fragments from the Jewish Qumran Library of Dead Sea scrolls discovered in 1947.
(access to the Qumran texts has not been easy, see the Open Scrolls Project)
Early Christian Writings links to online & offline resources. See the parallel Early Jewish Writings.
          


Odds 'n Ends

Thomas Jefferson cut and pasted his own Bible:
"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels"


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