Bible translations

This article is about the general history of Christian Bible translations. For translations into specific languages, see List of Bible translations by language. For the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh in particular, see Hebrew Bible.
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The Christian Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

According to a major Bible translation organization, as of August 2025 the full Protestant Bible has been translated into 776 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,798 languages, and smaller portions have been translated into 1,433 other languages. Thus, at least some portions of the Bible have been translated into 4,007 languages, out of a total of 7,396 known languages (including sign languages).[1]

Textual variants in the New Testament include errors, omissions, additions, changes, and alternate translations. In some cases, different translations have been used as evidence for or have been motivated by doctrinal differences.

  1. ^ "2025 Global Scripture Access". Wycliffe Global Alliance. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
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