Living Scripture Library
Every edition, one place
139 complete texts in 56 languages, covering 89 books. Follow the path from the original Hebrew and Greek to the Bibles of today, or go straight to a passage and compare editions side by side.
- 1The originalsHebrew, Aramaic and Greek: the words every translation starts from.
- 2The first translationsGreek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic and more: how the early communities read Scripture.
- 3English through the centuriesFrom Wycliffe's handwritten Bible to the King James and today.
- 4The world's BiblesDozens of languages, many of them a people's first Bible.
1. Original languages
The Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts that every translation starts from, and the Samaritan Torah.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (Hebrew)
The Hebrew text of the Leningrad Codex, the oldest complete Hebrew Bible, with vowels and accents. The basis of most modern Old Testament translations.
About this text
- Edition
- Westminster Leningrad Codex, J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research
- Published
- Digital edition (ongoing versions since the 1980s)
- Based on
- Leningrad Codex (St Petersburg, Firkovich B19a), copied c. AD 1008; transcribed and corrected against photographs of the manuscript
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition. Readings quoted on the site are from this transcription, not from the manuscript images.
- Checked verse by verse
- 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 6 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Display correction
- Removes a trailing statistics line ("<verses> <chapters> 4 4", e.g. Job 42:17 "1070 42 4 4") from the last verse of each book. The digital source appends the book's verse and chapter counts to its final verse in all 39 books. It is not part of the Hebrew text or the Masoretic notes. Applied only when the first number equals the book's verse count and the second its chapter count in the same file (checked 2026-11-11: all 39 books match). The stored file is unchanged.
- Licence
- Public domain
Miqra according to the Masorah (Hebrew)
A Hebrew Bible edited to follow the Aleppo Codex and related Masoretic manuscripts.
About this text
- Edition
- Miqra according to the Masorah, ed. Avi Kadish
- Published
- Digital edition (2010s onward)
- Based on
- The Aleppo Codex and related Masoretic manuscripts
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 6 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- As shown beside the edition
The Torah as preserved by the Samaritan community, a separate line of copying. Shown in standard Hebrew letters. Contains only Genesis to Deuteronomy. Digital text: Kennicott's 1780 edition, compared with von Gall (1918), digitized by A. Sigalov.
About this text
- Edition
- Samaritan Pentateuch in Hebrew letters, from Benjamin Kennicott, Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum cum variis lectionibus
- Published
- Kennicott 1776–1780; compared by the digitizer with August von Gall, Der hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner (1914–1918)
- Based on
- Medieval Samaritan manuscripts as collated by Kennicott; von Gall's critical edition. Not the Abisha Scroll or any single manuscript
- Digital source
- Digitized and prepared by Aleksandr Sigalov as the CrossWire SWORD module "SP"; reached the site through scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition. Readings are from this digital text; no Samaritan manuscript has been checked by the site.
- Not yet confirmed
- Which corrections from von Gall were applied, and where the digital text departs from Kennicott, is not documented by the site.
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 1 chapter where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; free non-commercial distribution
The printed Greek New Testament that grew from Erasmus' work, the basis of the King James New Testament. This digital text follows Stephanus 1550 and Scrivener 1894.
About this text
- Edition
- Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550 / Scrivener 1894)
- Published
- 1550; 1894
- Based on
- The printed Greek tradition begun by Erasmus (1516), based on late Byzantine manuscripts
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- As shown beside the edition
The Greek New Testament as found in the majority of later Greek manuscripts (Robinson and Pierpont).
About this text
- Edition
- The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, ed. Maurice Robinson and William Pierpont
- Published
- 2013 edition
- Based on
- The majority of later Greek manuscripts
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 8 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0
Statistical Restoration Greek New Testament
A modern Greek New Testament reconstructed from the earliest manuscripts, comparable to the critical texts behind modern translations.
About this text
- Edition
- Statistical Restoration Greek New Testament, ed. Alan Bunning (Center for New Testament Restoration)
- Published
- 2022 edition
- Based on
- A reconstruction from the earliest Greek manuscripts
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 45 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 5 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- As shown beside the edition
2. Ancient translations
How the earliest churches read Scripture: Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Gothic, Slavonic, and the Greek Septuagint tradition.
Jerome's Latin Bible in the official 1592 edition, the Bible of the Western church for a thousand years. Includes the Apocrypha. Psalms use Greek-Latin numbering; the site lines them up for you.
About this text
- Edition
- Clementine Vulgate (Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixtus V and Clement VIII)
- Published
- Rome, 1592 (later Clementine printings)
- Based on
- Jerome's Latin translation (c. AD 382–405) as revised for the 1592 papal edition; not a single early manuscript such as Amiatinus
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition. Passage pages that say "Jerome's Vulgate" quote this 1592 edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 5 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public domain
Syriac Peshitta (New Testament)
The standard Bible of Syriac-speaking churches. This digital text covers the New Testament.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy
- Licence
- Public Domain
The Bible of early Egyptian Christians, as far as surviving manuscripts allow. Coverage is partial, and includes 1 Enoch fragments.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 2276 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 129 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Creative Commons: by-sa
Translated by Bishop Wulfila for the Goths, one of the oldest texts in any Germanic language. Only parts survive.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 878 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
Church Slavonic Elizabeth Bible
The Bible of the Russian Orthodox Church, descended from the 9th-century Slavonic translation of Cyril and Methodius, made from the Greek.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 54 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 14 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Septuagint in French (Giguet, 1872)
A complete French translation of the Greek Septuagint, including its extra books and 1 Enoch. Until a Greek Septuagint is added, this is the library's full window into the Septuagint's content and order. It is a translation: Greek readings known only through it are labeled that way on the site.
About this text
- Edition
- Pierre Giguet (with other translators for some books), La Sainte Bible: traduction de l'Ancien Testament d'après les Septante
- Published
- Paris, 1872 (French)
- Based on
- A printed Greek Septuagint of the 19th century (a Vaticanus-type text). This is a French translation, not a Greek text
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition. Greek Old Testament readings on the site marked "library's Greek (Giguet)" are known only through this French translation; the Greek wording has not been checked.
- Not yet confirmed
- Which printed Greek edition Giguet translated from is not yet confirmed. In 1 Kings the digital text merges the Greek's lettered additions into neighboring verses.
- Checked verse by verse
- 575 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 137 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public domain
Clementine Vulgate, Conte edition
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 40 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Clementine Vulgate, Hetzenauer edition
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 5 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 2 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Septuagint in French (Giguet, other edition)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 464 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 137 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
The short-lived 1590 papal edition, withdrawn and replaced by the Clementine edition two years later.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 7 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
3. English through the centuries
Historic English Bibles
From Wycliffe's handwritten Bible to the King James and its revisions.
The first complete Bible in English, handwritten and translated from the Latin Vulgate, in Middle English.
About this text
- Edition
- Wycliffe Bible
- Published
- c. 1382–1395 (manuscript translation)
- Based on
- Translated from the Latin Vulgate
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Not yet confirmed
- Whether the digital text is the Earlier or Later Version, and from which modern edition, is not identified by the site.
- Checked verse by verse
- 57 verses missing from our copy; 29 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
The first English Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek and printed. Tyndale finished the New Testament and part of the Old before his execution.
About this text
- Edition
- William Tyndale's translation
- Published
- 1525/1526 (New Testament); 1530 (Pentateuch)
- Based on
- Printed Hebrew and Greek, with Erasmus' Latin and Luther's German
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Not yet confirmed
- The modern edition behind the digital text is not identified by the site.
- Checked verse by verse
- 8 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public domain
The Bible of Shakespeare, the Puritans and the Pilgrims, made by English exiles in Geneva.
About this text
- Edition
- Geneva Bible
- Published
- 1560; this text 1599
- Based on
- Printed Hebrew and Greek, revising earlier English Bibles
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 38 verses missing from our copy; 1 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public domain
King James Version (with Apocrypha)
The 1611 Authorized Version in its standard 1769 spelling, including the Apocrypha that the 1611 edition printed between the Testaments.
About this text
- Edition
- King James Version (Authorized Version), with Apocrypha
- Published
- 1611; standard 1769 Oxford text
- Based on
- Translated from printed Hebrew and Greek editions (and earlier English Bibles)
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition. Passage pages quote the 1769 text, not the 1611 printing.
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- As shown beside the edition
The Catholic English Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate. Psalms follow Vulgate numbering; the site lines them up for you.
About this text
- Edition
- Douay-Rheims, Challoner revision
- Published
- 1582–1610; Challoner 1749–1752
- Based on
- Translated from the Latin Vulgate
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 11 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public domain
A very literal translation that tries to keep Hebrew and Greek word order and tenses.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
The American edition of the Revised Version, the first major revision of the King James to use the newly studied early manuscripts.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 9 verses missing from our copy; 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 3 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
King James Version (without Apocrypha)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- GPL
King James Version: Pure Cambridge Edition
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 4 verses missing from our copy
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 6 verses missing from our copy; 14 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 15 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
Twentieth Century New Testament
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Modern English
Modern translations you can read in full here.
Jewish Publication Society Tanakh (1917)
The first Jewish translation of the Hebrew Bible into English by a committee. Uses Hebrew chapter and verse numbering; the site lines it up for you.
About this text
- Edition
- The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text (Jewish Publication Society)
- Published
- 1917
- Based on
- Translated from the Masoretic Hebrew
- Digital source
- scrollmapper/bible_databases (fixed version), which repackages CrossWire SWORD modules and other open texts; the site replaces some books with the Sefaria copy where available
- What the site has checked
- Digital text audited by the site verse by verse for completeness and numbering. Not proofread against the printed edition.
- Checked verse by verse
- 8 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 7 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public domain
A modern translation released into the public domain.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Creative Commons CC0
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 20 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Unknown
Catholic Public Domain Version
A modern Catholic translation from the Vulgate, with the deuterocanonical books.
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 4 verses missing from our copy; 28 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution
Green's Modern King James Version
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; Non-commercial distribution
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
New Heart English Bible: Jehovah Edition
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
New Heart English Bible: Messianic Edition
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 54 verses missing from our copy; 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Creative Commons: CC0
Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 54 verses missing from our copy; 16 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Creative Commons: CC0
Restored Name King James Version
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Revised Literal Translation (2018) of the King James Version with Strongs Numbers and Morphology
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- GPL
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
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- Public Domain
More modern translations (15, open on Bible Gateway ↗)
4. Other languages
Bibles in dozens of the world's languages, many of them historic first translations.
Albanian (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Armenian (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 46 verses missing from our copy; 1 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
Beaver (Danezaa) (1)
The Gospel of Mark in Beaver (Danezaa)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Burmese (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 14 verses missing from our copy
- Licence
- Public Domain
Cebuano (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Cherokee (1)
Cherokee New Testament (1860) with Sequoyah transliterated forms
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Chinese (2)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 5 verses missing from our copy; 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 18 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Classical Chinese (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 8 verses missing from our copy; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Croatian (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 5 verses missing from our copy; 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 18 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Czech (2)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 4 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 10 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 4.0
Danish (1)
Danish OT1871 + NT1907 with original orthography
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 40 verses missing from our copy; 1 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Dutch (3)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 1 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 5 verses missing from our copy; 29 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 39 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Esperanto (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
Estonian (1)
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 29 verses missing from our copy; 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
- Licence
- Not stated
Finnish (3)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
Finnish Pyhä Raamattu (1933/1938)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 15 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Public Domain
About this text
- Checked verse by verse
- 7 verses missing from our copy; 3 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 10 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
- Licence
- Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 4.0
French (9)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 17 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 16 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
Bible J.N. Darby in French with Strong's numbers
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- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy; 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 10 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
Bible Perret-Gentil et Rilliet
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
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- Public Domain
French Bible Bovet Bonnet (1900)
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
- Licence
- Copyrighted; Free non-commercial distribution
La Bible Augustin Crampon 1923
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- Checked verse by verse
- 18 verses missing from our copy; 6 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 19 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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Le Nouveau Testament de la Bible de Genève de 1669
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- Checked verse by verse
- 8 verses missing from our copy; 3 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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Le Nouveau Testament traduction de Stapfer - 1889
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- Checked verse by verse
- 1 verse missing from our copy
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- Public Domain
Le Nouveau Testament Version Oltramare 1874
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
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- Public Domain
Le Nouveau Testament Version Synodale 1921 et le livre des Psaumes
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- Checked verse by verse
- complete, and lines up with English numbering
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- Public Domain
German (12)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 138 verses missing from our copy; 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
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- Public Domain
Deutsch Bolsingerߴs Luther 1545 Bibel (moderne Rechtschreibung)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 3 verses missing from our copy; 3 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 10 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
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- Checked verse by verse
- 15 verses missing from our copy; 3 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 10 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
Deutsche Zürcher Bibel von 1931.
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- Checked verse by verse
- 42 verses missing from our copy; 2 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows; 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
German Albrecht Neues Testament und Psalmen
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- Checked verse by verse
- 16 verses missing from our copy; 15 verses it leaves out or numbers differently because of the manuscripts it follows
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- Public Domain
German Darby Unrevidierte Elberfelder (1905)
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- Checked verse by verse
- 2 chapters where its verses do not line up neatly with English numbering
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- Public Domain
German Elberfelder (1871) (sogenannt)
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- Checked verse by verse
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Japanese (3)
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Japanese Kougo-yaku 口語訳「聖書」(1954/1955年版)
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Klingon (1)
Klingon Language Version of the World English Bible
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Korean (2)
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Sathyavedapusthakam (Malayalam Bible)
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Manx Gaelic Scripture Portions
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Modern Greek (1)
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Studentmållagsbibelen frå 1921
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Old Public Domain Pohnpeian Bible
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Portuguese (3)
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Bíblia Livre - Textus Receptus
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Bíblia Nova Versão de Acesso Livre
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Russian (2)
The Pentateuch of Moses in Russian
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Kitab Awal-Jaman maka Kitab Injil
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Serbian Bible Daničić-Karadžić Ekavski
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Serbian Bible Daničić-Karadžić Ijekavski
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Slovenian (4)
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Novi testament in Psalmi Davidovi Josipa Stritarja (1882)
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Ojačano Sveto pismo (Ps + Gal)
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Slovenian translation of Holy Bible King James Version (1769)
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Spanish (3)
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La Santa Biblia Reina-Valera (1865) con arreglos ortográficos
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La Santa Biblia Reina-Valera (1909)
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Svenska Karl XII:s Bibel (1703)
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Svenska Karl XII:s Bibel (1873)
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Philippine Bible Society (1905)
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Українська Біблія. Переклад Івана Огієнка.
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Het Nieuwe Testament by Nicolaas De Jonge
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Beyond the Bible (coming)
Related ancient and religious writings we plan to add. Each will be labeled for what it is.
Septuagint in Greek (Rahlfs)
The Greek Old Testament itself, so its wording can be compared verse by verse with the Hebrew.
Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical manuscripts
Transcriptions of the Qumran biblical scrolls, linked to the Leon Levy Digital Library photographs.
1 Enoch and Jubilees in English (R. H. Charles)
Books kept in the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible and quoted in Jude 14–15, in public-domain English translations.
Ethiopian (Ge'ez) Bible
The Ethiopian Orthodox canon, the broadest of any church.
Apostolic Fathers
1 Clement, the Didache, Ignatius, Polycarp and others: the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament.
Early Christian and Gnostic gospels
The Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi texts and others, clearly labeled as outside the Bible.
Book of Mormon
The scripture of the Latter-day Saint tradition (1830), labeled as a modern scripture, not an ancient manuscript.
Ancient Near Eastern texts
Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, Enuma Elish and others discussed in Echoes Across Civilizations.
How the reader lines up different Bibles
Bibles do not all number chapters and verses the same way. Hebrew Bibles count Psalm titles as verses and end Malachi at chapter 3; the Latin Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims number most Psalms one lower than English Bibles. The reader lines every edition up with standard English numbering and shows the edition's own number beside any verse where it differs. Where an edition's verses do not line up neatly (merged, split, or added verses), the reader says so instead of guessing.
Every edition was checked verse by verse. When a verse is empty, the site tells you why: the edition follows manuscripts that lack it (a real textual difference), it numbers the words elsewhere, the edition survives only in part, or our digital copy is missing it (a gap in our data, never presented as a manuscript difference).
Where the texts come from
The full texts come from the open scrollmapper Bible databases ↗ (version 59b18c5), and the 1917 JPS Tanakh from Sefaria's digitization. Every text is kept on this site, unaltered and checked against a fingerprint of the original. Each edition's licence is in its "About this text" notes.