List of Bible translators

From Textus Receptus

This a list of Bible translators by language.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with sourced additions.

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Fox-Aleut

• Ivan Evseyevich Popov-Veniaminov (Saint Innocent of Alaska) - Russian Orthodox, into Fox-Aleut

Algonquin

• John Eliot - into Algonquin

Amharic

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• Abu Rumi - Ethiopian Orthodox Church
• Blatta Märs'e Hazän - Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Aniwan

• John Gibson Paton - American Protestant, into Aniwan

Arabic

• Butrus al-Bustani
• Francis Britius
• Cornelius Van Allen Van Dyck
• Saadia Gaon - Jewish, translated into Old Arabic
• Samuel Gobat, Anglican
• Sergius Risi
• Eli Smith, American
• Nasif al Yaziji

Arapaho

• John Roberts and Michael White Hawk translated the Gospel of Luke into the Arapaho language for the American Bible Society in 1903.

Armenian

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian

Assamese

• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan

Auca/Waodani

• Rachel Saint - American, into Auca/Waodani

Basque

• Joannes Leizarrga - Catholic priest that joined the Reformation, into Basque

Batak

• Ludwig I. Nommensen - Rhenish Mission Society, into Batak of Sumatra

Bengali

• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit

Belarusian

• Francysk Skaryna, 1517
• Luka Dzekul-Malej<ref>Церковь "Новая Жизнь"</ref>, 1926, 1931
• Anton Lutskevich, 1931
• Vasiliy Sergeevich Semukha<ref>Belarusian Bible</ref>, 2003
• George Rapetsky, Canadian, 2003

Bisaya-Inunhan

• Eldon Leano Talamisan, 1999 (New Testament), Philippines

Bulgarian

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian

Burmese

• Adoniram Judson - Baptist, translated into Burmese

Cakchiquel

• William Cameron Townsend - Evangelical, translated into Cakchiquel

Catalan

• J.M. Prat Colom, 19th century
• Joan Roís de Corella, 15th century psalter
• Bonifaci Ferrer, 1478
• Jaume de Montjuich, 13th century
• Pau and Samuel Sais, 2000

Cherokee

• At-see (also known as John Arch), 1824
• Elias Boudinot
• David Brown, 1825
• Amory N. Chamberlain
• Stephen Forman
• Evan and John B. Jones
• Jack and Anna Kilpatrick
• George Lowrey
• M.A. Pearson
• Charles C. Torrey
• Samuel Worcester

Chinese

• Gabrielle Allegra - Roman Catholic, translated into Chinese
• Solanus Lee, Antonius Lee, Bernardinus Lee and Ludovicus Liu - Roman Catholics - translated into Chinese
• Robert Morrison and William Milne - Protestants, translated into Wenli Chinese

Chope

• Dinis Sengulane - Anglican, translated into Chope

Croatian

• Matija Petar Katančić - Roman Catholic, translated into Croatian

Dakota

• Thomas S. Williamson, Gideon H. Pond and Stephen R. Riggs - Protestants, translated into Dakota

Danish

• Christen Pedersen - into Danish
• Hans Povlsen Resen Lutheran, into Danish

Dutch

• Albert Koster
• Jan Utenhove

English

• Henry T. Anderson - American, "The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek"
• William Ballantine - translator of The Riverside New Testament (d. 1937)
• Steven T. Byington - American, translator of The Bible in Living English, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
• Heinz Cassirer - Messianic Jew, NT into English
• Richard Challoner - Catholic, into English
• Myles Coverdale - Anglican, Coverdale Bible, Great Bible
• John Nelson Darby - Plymouth Brethren, Darby Bible
• Ferrar Fenton - Anglican, Ferrar Fenton Bible
• Everett Fox - Jewish, translated into English and German
• Edgar J. Goodspeed - American, NT of An American Translation and worked on Revised Standard Version
• Jay P. Green Sr. - American, multiple translations into English, including Green's Literal Translation
• Herb Jahn - exeGeses Ready Research Bible, 1991
• William Henry Green - American, American Standard Version
• Yisrayl Hawkins "corrected" English version of Bible, The Book of Yahweh
• Bill Jemas - "Freeware" Bible, a Bible that fashions each Aramaic-Hebrew word from the Leningrad Codex into all likely English Synonyms.<ref name="freeware">[1]FreewareBible.com Methodology Explained</ref>
• George Joye - Protestant, the author of the first printed English translations of Psalms (1530), Isaiah (1531), Proverbs (1533), Ecclesiastes (1533), Jeremiah (1534) and Lamentations (1534.
• B. E. Junkins - A Fresh Parenthetical Version of the New Testament
• Adolf Ernst Knoch - American, the Concordant Literal Version
• George Lamsa - Church of the East, Lamsa Bible
• Richmond Lattimore - published in 1996, his translation is titled The New Testament
• Neil R. Lightfoot - World Bible Translation Center, International Children's Version, New Century Version
• James MacKnight - Scottish, "The New Translation of the Apostolical Epistles"
• Richard Mant - "The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version"
• Max Margolis - Jew, into English
• Hugo McCord - American, Churches of Christ, The Everlasting Gospel
• Bruce Metzger - American, United Church of Christ, New Revised Standard Version (also the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Edition)
• Jacob O. Meyer (Sir, Elder) - Founder of the Assemblies of Yahweh, and editor of the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition
• Helen Barrett Montgomery - American, Baptist, Centenary New Testament
• Donald Nash - Christian Church, "A Literal and Consistent New Testament, 1997, rev. 1998
• Olaf M. Norlie - Lutheran, English Simplified New Testament, also called "Children's Simplified New Testament"
• Matthew Parker - Anglican, Bishop's Bible
• Eugene H. Peterson - Evangelical, produced The Message
• J. B. Phillips - The New Testament in Modern English, Four Prophets
• John Rogers - Protestant, Matthew Bible
• Joseph Bryant Rotherham - British, Church of Christ, The Emphasized Bible
• Hugh J. Schonfield - Jewish, "The Original New Testament: A Radical Translation and Reinterpretation"
• Mary Sidney - Anglican, translated Psalms into English
• Joseph Smith, Jr. - Mormon, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
• Julia E. Smith - Protestant, Julia E. Smith Parker Translation
• David H. Stern - "The Complete Jewish Bible"
• Richard Taverner - Anglican, Taverner's Bible
• Charles Thomson - Protestant, Thomson's Translation
• William Tyndale - Tyndale's Bible
• Kenneth Wuest - Evangelical, Wuest Expanded Translation
• John Wycliffe - Wyclif's Bible
• Robert Young - Protestant, Young's Literal Translation

Old English

• Bede - translated into Old English
• Caedmon - translated into Old English

Esperanto

• L. L. Zamenhof - Jewish, translated into Esperanto

Finnish

• Mikael Agricola - Lutheran, translated into Finnish

French

• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• François de Larben
• Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples - Roman Catholic, translated into French
• Antoine Le Maistre and Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy - Roman Catholics (Jansenist), translated into French
• Pierre Thomas - collaborated with de Sacy on the French translation of the Bible
• Nicholas de Leuze
• David Martin - Protestant, translated into French
• Pierre Robert Olivétan - Protestant, translated into French
• Jean Frederic Ostervald - Protestant, translated into French
• Louis Segond - Calvinist, translated into French

German

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• Johann Augusti
• Martin Buber, Jewish
• Johann Dietenberger, Catholic
• Martin Luther, Lutheran reformer, Luther Bible
• Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish
• Franz Rosenzweig, Jewish
• Karl-Heinz Vanheiden
• Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette

Old German

• Williram - Roman Catholic, translated into Old German

Gilbertese

• Hiram Bingham II - Congregationalist, translated into Gilbertese

Gothic

• Ulfilas - Arian, translated into Gothic

Greek

• Maximus de Gallipoli - translated into Greek

Modern Greek

• Alexandros Pallis - translated into Modern Greek

Gullah

• Pat and Claude Sharpe - Evangelical, translated into Gullah

Hawaiian

• Lorrin Andrews - ABCFM missionary into Hawai'ian
• Sheldon Dibble - American, translated into Hawaiian

Hebrew (New Testament)

• Franz Delitzsch - Lutheran, translated New Testament into Hebrew
• Yitzhak Salkinsohn - Presbyterian, translated the New Testament into Hebrew

Hungarian

• Szenci Molnár Albert - Reformed, into Hungarian
• György Káldi - Roman Catholic, translated into Hungarian
• Gáspár Károlyi - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
• János Sylvester - Protestant, translated into Hungarian

Icelandic

• Oddur Gottskálksson - Protestant, translated into Icelandic
• Guðbrandur Þorláksson - Lutheran, translated into Icelandic

Italian

• Antonio Brucioli - Protestant, translated into Italian
• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• Samuel David Luzzatto - Jew, into Italian
• Santi Marmochini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
• Antonio Martini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian

Kamba

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba

Korean

• Henry G. Appenzeller - Methodist Episcopal, into Korean

Latin

• Jerome - Church Father, translated into Latin, the Vulgata
• John Immanuel Tremellius - Italian Jew converted to Christianity, into Latin

Lisu

• J. O. Fraser - China Inland Mission, into Lisu

Macedonian

• Ivan Grozdanov and Goran Stojanov - translated the New Testament into modern Macedonian. Published 1999.

Malay

• Albert Cornelius Ruyl - Protestant, translated into Malay

Malayalam

• Hermann Gundert - Basle Mission, into Malayalam
• Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis -VISHUDHA SATYAVEDAPUSTHAKAM" Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship, into Modern Malayalam
• Holy Bible (Visudha Grandham) translated from Syriac by Very Rev. Kurian Cor Episcopa - the official Bible of Jacobite Syrian Church

Māori

• Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso Church Mission Society, into Maori

Marathi

• Bapuji Appaji - into Marathi
• B. N. Athavale
• William Carey
• Ratnakar Hari Kelkar - NT translation from Greek to Marathi 2005 and Greek-Marathi wordbook Nava Karar
• Pandita Ramabai - Evangelical, translated into Marathi

A-Miao

• Sam Pollard - into A-Miao, also known as Flowery Miao

Mixtec

• Kenneth L. Pike - Evangelical, translated into Mixtec

Nama

• Johann Heinrich Schmelen - Nama of Namibia

Nyika (Rabai)

• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba

Oromo

• Aster Ganno - Protestant, into Oromo
• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• Onesimos Nesib - Lutheran, translated into Oromo

Oshindonga

• Martti Rautanen - Finnish Missionary Society, into Oshindonga of Namibia

Otjiherero

• Gottlieb Viehe - German, into Otjiherero of Namibia

Paniya

• Bro.Dr.Mathews Vergis and Team - "DAIVAM MANCHANAYOTHE KATHA" The story of GOD who became man,Published by Word to World Foundation,Inter Denominational Christian Fellowship,New Testament Paniya

Persian

• Henry Martyn

Philippines

• Jose C. Abriol, Filipino Catholic priest, translated from Hebrew and Greek into Tagalog or Filipino

Polish

• Jan Laski - into Polish
• Jan Sieklucki - Calvinist, translated into Polish
• Jakub Wujek - Jesuit, translated into Polish

Portuguese

• Emperor D. Pedro II - translated the book of Nehemiah into Portuguese
• Bernardo de Alcobaça - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
• João Ferreira de Almeida - Protestant, translated into Portuguese
• António Pereira de Figueiredo - Roman Catholic father, translated into Portuguese based on the Vulgata
• Huberto Rohden - Roman Catholic and spiritualist, translated the New Testament into Portuguese
• Gómez de Santofímia - Roman Catholic, translated the Psalms into Portuguese
• Matos Soares - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese

Provençal

• Peter Waldo - Waldensian, translated into Provençal

Romanian

• Petru Pavel Aron
• Constantin Brâncoveanu - into Romanian
• Dumitru Cornilescu - Protestant, translated into Romanian
• Gala Galaction - Romanian Orthodox, translated into Romanian
• Radu and Şerban Greceanu - translated into Romanian

Russian

• Epifany Slavinetsky - Russian Orthodox, translated into Russian

Sanskrit

• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit

Sechwana

• Robert Moffat - Congregationalist, translated into Sechwana

Serbian

• Lujo Bakotić - translated into Serbian
• Aleksandar Birviš - translated into Serbian
• Đuro Daničić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
• Dimitrije Stefanović - translated into Serbian
• Atanasije Stojković - translated into Serbian

Seri

• Edward W. Moser - American Evangelical, into Seri of Mexico

Shan

• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan

Slavic

• Cyril and Methodius - translated into Slavic

Slovak

• Jozef Roháček - Protestant, translated into Slovak

Slovene

• Jurij Dalmatin - Protestant, translated into Slovene
• Primož Trubar - Lutheran, translated into Slovene

Somali

• H. Warren Modricker, Dorothy Modricker - 1976 (New Testament)
• Dorothy Modricker, Adan Jimale Farah - 1979 (complete Bible)

Sorbian

• Michel Hornik (Michael Hornig) - into Sorbian

Lower Sorbian

• Jan Bjedrich Fryco (Johann Friedrich Fritze) - into Lower Sorbian

Spanish

• Francisco de Enzinas - Protestant, translated into Spanish
• Juan Pérez de Pineda - Protestant, translated into Spanish
• Casiodoro de Reina - Lutheran, translated into Spanish
• Scío de San Miguel - Roman Catholic, translated into Spanish
• Abraham Usque - Jewish, translated into Spanish
• Cipriano Valera - Protestant, revised Reina's translation
• Moses Arragel - Jew, translated Hebrew Scriptures (1430)

Swedish

• Helge Åkessons - Lutheran, translated into Swedish
• Olavus Petri - Protestant, into Swedish
• Gustav Vasa - Protestant, translated into Swedish, Gustav Vasa Bible

Tamil

• Johann Philipp Fabricius - German, revised Tamil

Tatar

• Nikolai Ivanovitch Ilminski - Russian Orthodox, into Tatar

Thai

• John Taylor Jones - ABMU missionary, translated New Testament into Thai from Greek
• Philip Pope (missionary) - Independent Baptist, into Thai from the KJV

Turkish

Ottoman Turkish

• Wojciech Bobowski, also known as Ali Ufki - born Protestant, converted to Islam, translated into Ottoman Turkish

Ukrainian

• Panteleimon Kulish - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Nechui-Levytsky - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Ohiienko (Ohijenko, Ogienko) - into Ukrainian
• Ivan Puluj (also spelled Puliui) - into Ukrainian

Welsh

• William Morgan - Anglican, translated into Welsh
• William Salesbury - Protestant, translated into Welsh

Xhosa

• Henry Hare Dugmore - Methodist, translated into Xhosa

Yiddish

• Elijah Levita (aka Bahur and Elijah ben Asher) - Jewish, German Yiddish

Yoruba

• Samuel Ajayi Crowther - translated into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880 known as " Bibeli Mimo"

Zulu

• John William Colenso - Anglican, Zulu
• Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder - Norwegian, translated in Zulu

Translators into multiple languages

• Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
• Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
• William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
• Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
• Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
• Henry Martyn - Protestant, translated into Hindustani and Persian

References

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See also

• Bible translations by language
• Category:Translators of the King James version of the bible