by Richard Merrell PO Box 107, NSW, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia 2782
This lists gives the date, title and translator of over 200 versions of the
Scriptures in English. Where the name of the translator is unknown. or where
a group of translators were involved in any work, the version is identified by
the publisher's name/s with (parentheses):
1526 (The New Testament: untitled) WILLIAM TYNDALE
1530 The Psalter of David in Englishe. GEORGE COLE
(The Pentateuch: untitled) WILLIAM TYNDALE
1531(?) The Prophete Jonas. WILLIAM TYNDALE
1534 Jeremy the Prophete, Translated into Englishe. GEORGE JOYE
The New Testament. GEORGE JOYE
1535 Biblia: The Bible. MILES COVERDALE
1536 The Newe Testament yet once again corrected by. WILLIAM TYNDALE
1537 (?) (The New Testament) MILES COVERDALE
1537 The Byble (Richard Grafton and Edward Whitechurch)
1539 The Most Sacred Bible (Taverner's Bible) RICHARD TAVENER
The Byble in Englysh (The Great Bible) (Richard Grafton and Edward Whitechurch)
The Newe Testament of oure Sauyour Jesu Christ. MILES COVERDALE
The New Testament in Englyshe. RICHARD TAVENER
The New Testament in Englyshe (Richard Grafton and Edward Whitechurch)
1540 The Byble in Englyshe. MILES COVERDALE
1548(?) Certayne Psalmes chose out of the Psalter. THOMAS STARNHOLD
1549 The first tome or volume of the paraphrase of Erasmus vpon The Newe Testament (Edward Whitechurch)
1557 The Newe Testament of ovr Lord Jesus Christ. WILLIAM WHITTINGHAM
1560 The Bible and Holy Scriptvres conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament (The Geneva Bible) WILLIAM WHITTINGHAM
1562 The Whole Booke of Psalmes. THOMAS STARNHOLD and I. HOPKINS
1568 The Holie Bible, (The Bishops' Bible) MATTHEW PARKER
1582 The New Testament of Iesvs Christ (Rheims New Testament) GREGORY MARTIN
1592 Apocalypsis. THOMAS BARBAR
1610 The Holie Bible (Douay Old Testament) GREGORY MARTIN
1611 The Holy Bible (The King James Version) (Robert Barker)
1612 The Book of Psalmes. HENRY AINSWORTH
1657 The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible. THEODORE HAAK
1700 The Psalmes of David. C. CARYLL
1726 A new version of all the Books of the New Testament. (J Batly and S. Chandler)
1727 The books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon. (J. Walthoe)
1731 The New Testament: translated out of the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe, c. 1378. JOHN LEWIS
1741 A new version of St. Matthew's Gospel. DANIEL SCOTT
1745 Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament. WILLIAM WHISTON
1761 Divers parts of the Holy Scriptures. MR. MORTIMER
1764 All the books of The Old and New Testament. ANTHONY PURVER
The New Testament. RICHARD WYNNE
1765 The Psalms of David. CHRISTOPHER SMART
The New Testament. PHILIP DODDRIDGE
1768 A Liberal Translation of the New Testament. EDWARD HARWOOD
1770 The New Testament or New Covenant. JOHN WORSLEY
1771 The Book of Job. THOMAS SCOTT
1773 The Pentateuch of Moses and the Historical Books of the Old Testament. JULIUS BATE
1779 Isaiah. ROBERT LOWTH
Essay towards a literal English version of the New Testament, in the Epistles of the Apostle Paul directed to the Ephesians. JOHN CALLENDER
1782 The Gospel of St. Matthew. GILBERT WAKEFIELD
1784 Jeremiah and Lamentations. BENJAMIN BLAYNEY
1787 The First Book of Moses. DAVID LEVI
The Apostle Paul's First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians. JAMES MACKNIGHT
1789 A New English Translation of the Pentateuch. ISAAC DELGARDO
The Four gospels. GEORGE CAMPBELL
1790 The Book of Psalms. STEPHEN STREET
1791 The New Testament. GILBERT WAKEFIELD
1795 The New Testament. THOMAS HAWKES
1796 Johna. GEORGE BENJOHN
An attempt toward revising our English translation of the Greek Scriptures. WILLIAM NEWCOME
1797 The Holy Bible. ALEXANDER GEDDES
1799 A Revised Translation and Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures. DAVID MACRAE
1805 The Book of Job. JOSEPH STOCK
1807 The Gothic Gospel of St. Matthew. SAMUEL HENSHALL
1808 The Holy Bible. CHARLES THOMSOM
1810 The Book of Job. ELIZABETH SMITH
1811 Canticles: or Song of Solomon. JOHN FRY
1812 The Book of Job. JOHN MASON GOOD
The New Testament. W. WILLIAMS
1816 The English Version of the Polyglot Bible. (Samuel Bagster)
1819 Lyra Davidis (Psalms). JOHN FRY
1822 The Epistles of Paul the Apostle. THOMAS BELSHAM
1825 The Book of Job. GEORGE HUNT
The Psalms. J. PARKHURST
1827 An Amended Version of the Book of Job. GEORGE R. NOYES
Liber Ecclesiasticus, the Book of the Church. LUKE HOWARD
1828 The Gospel of God's Annointed. ALEXANDER GREAVES
1831 The Book of Psalms. GEORGE R. NOYES
1833 A literal translation from the Hebrew of the Twelve Minor prophets. A. PICK
A New and Corrected Version of the New Testament. RODOLPHUS DICKINSON
1834 The Gospel according to Matthew. WILLIAM J. AISLABIE
1835 The Book of the Law from the Holy Bible. (The Pentateuch) JOSEPH ABLETT
1837 A New Translation of the Hebrew Prophets. GEORGE R. NOYES
The Gospel of John. WILLIAM J. AISLABIE
1843 The Gospel according to Saint Matthew: and part of the first chapter of the Gospel according to Saint Mark. SIR JOHN CHEKE
Horae Aramaicae: Comprising concise notices of the Aramean dialects in general and of the versions of the Holy Scripture extant in them; with a translation of Matthew. J. W. ETHERIDGE
1846 The Book of Psalms. JOHN JEBB
A New Translation of proverbs, Ecclestiastes and the canticles. GEORGE R. NOYES
The Four Gospels from the Peshitta. J.W. ETHERIDGE
1848 The New Testament. JONATHAN MORGAN
St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. HERMAN HEINFETTER
1849 The Apostolic Acts and Epistles. J. W. ETHERIDGE
1850 The Bible Revised. FRANCIS BARHAM
1851 The New Testament. JAMES MURDOCK
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans. JOSEPH TURNBULL
The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews HERMAN HEINFETTER
1854 The Epistles of Paul the Apostle. JOSEPH TURNBULL
1855 The Book of Genesis. HENRY E. J. HOWARD
A Translation of the Gospels. ANDREWS NORTON
1857 The Books of Exodus and Leviticus. HENRY E. J. HOWARD
1858 The New Testament. LEICESTER A. SAWYER
1859 A Revised Translation of the New Testament. W.G. COOKESLEY
1860 The Psalms. LORD CONGLETON
1861 Jewish School and Family Bible. A. BENISCH
1861(?) The New Testament...As revised and Corrected by the Spirits. LEONARD THORN
1862 The New Testament. H. HIGHTON
1863 The Holy Bible. ROBERT YOUNG
The Psalms. W. KAY
The Book of Daniel. JOHN BELLAMY
1864 The Book of Job. J. M. RODWELL
The Emphatic Diaglot. BENJAMIN WILSON
1867 The Minor Prophets. JOHN MELLAMY
1869 The Book of Job in metre. WILLIAM MEIKLE
The Book of Psalms. CHARLES CARTER
1870 The New Testament. JOHN BOWES
1871 The Book of Job. FRANCIS BARHAM
The Book of Psalms. FRANCIS BARHAM and JOHN HARE
St. John's Epistles. FRANCIS BARHAM
1871(?) The Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Book of Revelation. JOHN DARBY
1876 The Holy Bible. JULIA E. SMITH
1877 The New Testament. JOHN RICHTER
Revised English Bible. (Eyre and Spottiswoode)
1881 The New testament: English Revised Version. (Cambridge University Press)
1882(?) St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. FERRAR FENTON
1884 The Psalter, and certain Canticles. RICHARD ROLLE
The Book of Psalms. T. K. CHEYNE
St. Paul's Epistles in Modern English. FERRAR FENTON
1885 The Old Testament Scripture. HELEN SPURRELL
The Holy Bible: Revised Version. (Oxford university Press)
1894 A Translation of the Four Gospels from the Syriac of the Sinatic Palimpsest. AGNES S. LEWIS
1897 The New Dispensation: The New Testament. ROBERT WEEKES
1898 The Book of Job. FERRAR FENTON
The Twentieth Century New Testament. (W. and J. Mackay and Co.)
The Four Gospels. SEYMOUR SPENCER
1899 The Old and New Testaments. (J.Clarke and Co.)
1900 St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. W. G. RUTHERFORD
1901 The Holy Bible: American Standard Version. (Thomas Nelson and Sons)
The Five Books of Moses. FERRAR FENTON
The Historical New Testament. JAMES MOFFATT
1902(?) The Bible in Modern English. FERRAR FENTON
1903 The Book of Psalms. KAUFMAN KOHLER
The New Testament in Modern Speech. RICHARD WEYMOUTH
The Revelation. HENRY FORSTER
1904 The New Testament. ADOLPHUS S. WORRELL
1906 St. John's Gospel, Epistles and Revelation. HENRY FORSTER
1908 Corinthians and Thessalonians. W.G. RUTHERFORD
1912 The Book of Ruth. R.H.J. STEWART
1913 The New Testament. JAMES MOFFATT
1914 The Poem of Job. EDWARD G. KING
1916 The Wisdom of Ben-Sira (Ecclesiasticus) W.O.E. OSTERLEY
1917 The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic text. (The Jewish Publication Society of America)
1918 The New Testament (The Shorter Bible) CHARLES FORSTER KENT
1920(?) Amos. THEODORE H. ROBINSON
1921 The Old Testament (The Shorter Bible) CHARLES FORSTER KENT
Mark's Account of Jesus. T.W. PYM
1923 The New Testament. An American Translation EDGAR J. GOODSPEED
The Riverside New Testament. WILLIAM G. BALLANTINE
1924 The Old Testament. JAMES MOFFATT
Centenary Translation of the New Testament. HELEN B. MONTGOMERY
1925 Hebrews. F. H. WALES
1928 The Psalms Complete. WILLIAM W. MARTIN
The Christian's Bible: New Testament. GEORGE LeFEVRE
1933 The Four Gospels according to the Eastern Version. GEORGE M. LAMSA
The Four Gospels. CHARLLES C. TORREY
1936 The Song of Songs. W.O.E. OESTERLEY
1937 The Psalms and the Canticles of the Divine Office. GEORGE ONEILL
The New Testament. JOHANNES GREBER
The New Testament. CHARLES B. WILLIAMS
St. Paul from the Trenches. GERALD CORNISH
1938 Job. GEORGE ONEILL
The New Testament. EDGAR L. CLEMENTSON
1939 Ecclesiasticus. A. D. POWER
1944 The New Testament. RONALD A. KNOX
1945 The Berkley Version Of The New Testament. GERRIT VERKUYL
1946 The Psalms...Also the Canticles of the Roman Breviary. (Benziger Bros)
The New Testament. (Revised Standard Version) (Thomas Nelson and Sons)
1947 The Psalms. RONALD A. KNOX
The New Testament. GEORGE SWANN
Letters to Young Churches: Epistles of the New Testament. J.B. PHILLIPS
1949 The Old Testament. RONALD A. KNOX
1950 The New Testament of Our Messiah and Saviour Yahshua. A. B. TRAINA
New World Translation: New Testament. (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc.)
1951 The New testament. (Brotherhood Authentic Bible Society)
1952 The Four Gospels. E.V. RIEU
The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version (Thomas Nelson and Sons)
1954 The New Testament. JAMES A. KLEIST and JOSEPH LILLY
The Amplified Bible: Gospel of John. THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION
1955 The Authentic New Testament. HUGH J. SCHONFIELD
1956 The Inspired Letters in Clearest English. FRANK C. LAUBACH
1957 The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts. GEORGE M. LAMSA
1958 The New Testament in Modern English. J.B. PHILLIPS
The Amplified Bible: New Testament. THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION
1959 The Holy Bible: The Berkley Version in Modern English. (Zondervan Publishing Co.)
1960 The Holy Bible. (New American Standard)(Thomas Nelson and Sons)
The New World Translation: Old Testament. (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc.)
1961 The New English Bible: New Testament. (Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)
1962 The Children's Version of the Holy Bible. J.P. GREEN
Modern King James Version of the Holy Bible. (McGraw-Hill)
Living Letters: The paraphrased Epistles. KENNETH TAYLOR
The Amplified Bible: Old Testament Part II. THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION
The New Jewish Version. JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY
1963 The New Testament in the Language of Today. WILLIAM BECK
New American Standard Bible: Old Testament Part I. THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION
1966 Good News for Modern Man: The New Testament. (American Bible Society)
The Living Scriptures: A New Translation in the King James Tradition. (American Bible Society)
The Jerusalem Bible.
1968 The Cotton Patch Version of Paul's Epistles. CLARENCE JORDAN
The New Testament of Our Master and Saviour. (Missionary Dispensary Bible Research)
1969 The New Testament: A New Translation. WILLIAM BARCLAY
Modern Language New Testament. (Zondervan Publishing Co.)
The Cotton Patch Version of Luke and Acts. CLARENCE JORDAN
1970 New American Bible. (St. Anthony Guild Press)
New English Bible. (Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)
The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John. CLARENCE JORDAN
1971 Letters from Paul. BOYCE BLACK-WELDER
New American Standard Bible. THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION
King James II Version of the Bible. (Associated Publishers and Authors)
The Living Bible. (Tyndale House)
1972 The New Testament in Modern English: Revised Edition. J.B. PHILLIPS
1973 The New International Version: New Testament. (Zondervan Bible Publishers)
The Translators New Testament. (The British and Foreign Bible Society)
The Cotton Version of Hebrews and the General Epistles. CLARENCE JORDAN
The Poetic Bible. VOE GRAY
1976 Good News Bible. (American Bible Society)
1977 The Holy Bible in the Language of Today. WILLIAM BECK
1978 The New International Version. (Zondervan Bible Publishers)
1979 The New King James Version: New Testament. (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
1982 The Holy Bible: New King James Version. (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
1986 The New Jerusalem Bible. ( )
1989 New Revised Standard Bible. (Thomas Nelson Publishers and others)
Revised English Bible. (Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)
1991 Contemporary English Version, New Testament. (American Bible Society and Thomas Nelson Publishers)
1995 Contemporary English Version. (American Bible Society and Thomas Nelson Publishers)
1996 New Living Bible. (Tyndale Publishers)
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