I'm aiming to document each and every translation of the Bible into English!
Pre tyndale Bibles
These translations are often partial, use various sources, and are written in archaic forms of English that are difficult for modern readers to understand
- Bede's Gospel of John (735)
- West Saxon Gospels (c. 990)
- Wycliffe Bibles (1380's)
Tyndale-KJV Line
These bibles are all fairly literal, and mostly use versions of Erasmus' Greek new testament commonly known as Textus Receptus, alongside various sources for the Old Testament
- Tyndale's Bible (1520's)
- Coverdale's Bible (1535)
- Matthew's Bible(1537)
- Great Bible (1539)
- Geneva Bible (1560)
- Bishops' Bible (1568)
- King James Version (1611)
- King James Version - Blaney Revision (1769)
- New King James Version (1982)
Revised Version Line
These bibles are highly literal renderings of their underlying texts, based on Critical Texts for the Old and New Testaments
- (English) Revised Version (1881/94)
- American Standard Version (1901)
- New American Standard Bible (1971/77)
- New American Standard Bible Updated Edition (1995)
- New American Standard Bible 2020 (2020)
- Legacy Standard Bible (2021)
Revised Standard Version Line
These are typically more academic translations, usually based on the newest available manuscripts available at the time
- Revised Standard Version (1946/52)
- Revised Standard Version (1971)
- New Revised Standard Bible (1989)
- English Standard Version (2001)
- New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (2021)
(one of the)Catholic Line(s)
These are the authorized editions in the US, based on various sources
- Douay-Rheims Bible (1582)
- Confraternity Bible (1941/1969)
- New American Bible(1970/86)
- New American Bible Revised Edition (2011)
- Catholic American Bible (2027)