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HTML/Text English BiblesRoughly from most to least widely read — every Bible below is free to read online. King James Version (KJV) The 1611 Authorized Version in its standard 1769 text — the best-loved and most influential English Bible. Complete Bible King James Version + Apocrypha The same King James text, plus the 14 Apocrypha books printed in the original 1611 edition. Complete Bible + Apocrypha KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible The King James text as edited by F. H. A. Scrivener (Cambridge, 1873) and set in paragraphs, with the Apocrypha. Complete Bible + Apocrypha World English Bible (WEB) A modern-English update of the 1901 American Standard Version, dedicated to the public domain — free to copy, print and share. Complete Bible World English Bible with Deuterocanon The World English Bible plus the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) books. Complete Bible + Deuterocanon World English Bible (Catholic) The World English Bible with the Deuterocanon, arranged in the traditional Roman Catholic book order. Complete Bible + Deuterocanon World English Bible British Edition The World English Bible in British spelling and style. Complete Bible WEB British Edition with Deuterocanon British spelling, with the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) books. Complete Bible + Deuterocanon World English Bible Updated The newer draft of the World English Bible, still being refined, with the Deuterocanon. Complete Bible + Deuterocanon Berean Standard Bible (BSB) A readable modern translation made from the original Hebrew and Greek, released to the public domain in 2023. Complete Bible NET Bible The New English Translation — a modern, accurate translation by a team of Bible scholars, free to read online. Complete Bible American Standard Version (ASV) The 1901 American revision of the King James tradition — careful, word-for-word and still widely quoted. Complete Bible ASV Byzantine Text The ASV with its New Testament conformed to the Byzantine (Majority) Greek text, plus the Apocrypha. Complete Bible + Apocrypha Young's Literal Translation (YLT) Robert Young's 1862 word-for-word translation, keeping the Hebrew and Greek tenses as literally as possible. Complete Bible Literal Standard Version (LSV) A 2020 update of Young's Literal Translation in smoother modern English. Complete Bible Douay-Rheims The classic English Catholic Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate (Bishop Challoner's revision, American edition of 1899). Complete Bible + Deuterocanon Darby Bible J. N. Darby's careful, literal translation from the Hebrew and Greek (New Testament 1867, whole Bible 1890). Complete Bible Geneva Bible 1599 The Bible of the Pilgrims and of Shakespeare, in its original 1599 spelling. Complete Bible Easy to Read Version (ERV) Short sentences and simple words, for new readers and anyone learning English. Complete Bible Bible in Basic English (BBE) Written in a limited vocabulary of about 1,000 everyday words (1965), so anyone can follow it. Complete Bible Webster Bible Noah Webster's 1833 revision of the King James Version, with its grammar and outdated words updated. Complete Bible GOD'S WORD A natural modern English translation (1995, updated to 2020) that puts the original into everyday speech. Complete Bible Free Bible Version A clear modern American English translation by Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, free to share under a Creative Commons licence. Complete Bible Open English Bible (U.S. spelling) A new, copyright-free translation in clear modern English, still growing: the New Testament, Psalms, Ruth, Esther and the Minor Prophets so far. Not yet complete Open English Bible (Commonwealth spelling) The same translation in British and Commonwealth spelling. Not yet complete Weymouth New Testament Richard Weymouth's “New Testament in Modern Speech” (3rd edition, 1913) — an early, plain-English rendering of the Greek. New Testament only JPS TaNaKH 1917 The Jewish Publication Society's 1917 English translation of the Hebrew Bible. Old Testament (Tanakh) only World Messianic Bible A public-domain modern English Bible that uses Hebrew names such as Yeshua, for Messianic and Hebrew-roots readers. Complete Bible World Messianic Bible British Edition The World Messianic Bible in British spelling. Complete Bible Brenton Septuagint Sir Lancelot Brenton's 1851 translation of the Greek Old Testament used by the early Church, with the Apocrypha. Old Testament + Apocrypha Updated Brenton English Septuagint Brenton's Septuagint with spelling and formatting updated by Adam Boyd (2020). Old Testament + Apocrypha LXX2012 Septuagint (American English) Brenton's Septuagint with gentle language updates by Michael Paul Johnson (2012), in American English. Old Testament + Apocrypha LXX2012 Septuagint (British/International English) The same updated Septuagint in British and International spelling. Old Testament + Apocrypha Revised Version +Apocrypha-1895 The British revision of the King James Bible (New Testament 1881, Old Testament 1885), as printed in 1895 with the Apocrypha. Complete Bible + Apocrypha Tyndale New Testament William Tyndale's 1534 New Testament — the first English version made from the Greek, and the foundation of much of the King James. Original spelling. New Testament only Wycliffe Bible John Wycliffe's Middle English Bible (c. 1395), made from the Latin Vulgate — the first English Bible. Genesis–Deuteronomy and the Gospels only Wycliffe's Bible, Modern Spelling Terry Noble's modern-spelling edition of Wycliffe's Bible. 18 selected books only Wycliffe's Bible, Modern Spelling (Enhanced) The same, with Terry Noble's modern rewordings in parentheses beside hard Middle English phrases. 18 selected books only Isaac Leeser Tanakh Isaac Leeser's 1853 translation of the Hebrew Bible — the first complete Jewish English Bible in America. Old Testament (Tanakh) only George Noyes Bible George R. Noyes's scholarly translation (1869): the New Testament, Psalms, the Prophets, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. Partial Bible Unlocked Literal Bible A literal, openly licensed translation by the Door43 community, built so that other translators can adapt it. Complete Bible Translation for Translators Ellis Deibler's translation that spells out what the original only implies — a tool for Bible translators. Complete Bible English Majority Text Version Dr. Paul Esposito's translation of the Majority (Byzantine) Greek text (2014). New Testament only Text-Critical English New Testament Robert Boyd's Byzantine-text New Testament (2022), with extensive footnotes on the differences between manuscripts. New Testament only The New Testament with Commentary (F35) Wilbur Pickering's New Testament according to the Family 35 Greek text, 2nd edition (2016). New Testament only Targum Onkelos (Etheridge) J. W. Etheridge's English translation (1862–65) of the ancient Aramaic Targum on the Torah. Genesis–Deuteronomy only One Unity Resource Bible Thomas Robinson's American English translation with some transliterated Hebrew notations (2016). Selected books only God's Living Word Michael Paul Johnson's modern-English rendering of John and the three letters of John (1996). John and 1–3 John only Plain English Version Written for Aboriginal Australians who speak English as a second language (2019). Selected books only Anindilyakwa English Bible Simple English for Anindilyakwa speakers in Australia (Bible Society Australia, 2021): Genesis, Jonah, Luke, Ephesians, 1 Timothy and James. Six books only Nyangumarta English Bible English portions prepared as a companion to the Nyangumarta Bible (Wycliffe Bible Translators). Selected books only PDF English All the English Bibles as downloadable PDF files. |