Versions
Bible Text Through History
Each major version — Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Syriac, English — that shaped how the Bible has been read.
c. 250–100 BCE
Septuagint (LXX)
Koine Greek · Hellenistic Jewish
Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures produced in Alexandria; includes the deuterocanonical books.
c. 100 BCE
Samaritan Pentateuch
Paleo-Hebrew · Samaritan
The Torah as preserved by the Samaritan community, in a distinctive script.
2nd – 5th c. CE
Peshitta
Syriac · Syriac Christian
The standard Bible of Syriac Christianity.
3rd – 4th c. CE
Coptic Versions
Coptic (Sahidic, Bohairic) · Egyptian Christian
Early translations of the Bible into dialects of Egyptian.
382–405 CE
Latin Vulgate
Latin · Western Christian
Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek sources.
7th–10th c. CE
Masoretic Text
Hebrew · Jewish (Tiberian)
Authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Tanakh produced by the Masoretes, with vowel pointing and cantillation.
1382–1395
Wycliffe Bible
Middle English · Pre-Reformation English
First complete English Bible, translated from the Vulgate.
c. 1455
Gutenberg Bible
Latin · Vulgate print edition
The first major book printed with movable type in Europe.
1526 (NT), 1530s (OT portions)
Tyndale Bible
Early Modern English · Reformation English
First English Bible translated directly from Hebrew and Greek.
1560
Geneva Bible
Early Modern English · Reformed Protestant
First English Bible with verse divisions and extensive study notes.
1568
Bishops' Bible
Early Modern English · Church of England
Anglican revision produced to counter the Geneva Bible.
1582 (NT), 1609–1610 (OT)
Douay–Rheims Bible
Early Modern English · Roman Catholic
Catholic English translation from the Latin Vulgate.
1611
King James Version (Authorized)
Early Modern English · Church of England
Commissioned by King James I; a revision of the Bishops' Bible.