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.

1 Fox-Aleut
2 Algonquin
3 Amharic
4 Aniwan
5 Arabic
6 Arapaho
7 Armenian
8 Assamese
9 Auca/Waodani
10 Basque
11 Batak
12 Bengali
13 Belarusian
14 Bisaya-Inunhan
15 Bulgarian
16 Burmese
17 Cakchiquel
18 Catalan
19 Cherokee
20 Chinese
21 Chope
22 Croatian
23 Dakota
24 Danish
25 Dutch
26 English
- 26.1 Old English
27 Esperanto
28 Finnish
29 French
30 German
- 30.1 Old German
31 Gilbertese
32 Gothic
33 Greek
- 33.1 Modern Greek
34 Gullah
35 Hawaiian
36 Hebrew (New Testament)
37 Hungarian
38 Icelandic
39 Italian
40 Kamba
41 Korean
42 Latin
43 Lisu
44 Macedonian
45 Malay
46 Malayalam
47 Māori
48 Marathi
49 A-Miao
50 Mixtec
51 Nama
52 Nyika (Rabai)
53 Oromo
54 Oshindonga
55 Otjiherero
56 Paniya
57 Persian
58 Philippines
59 Polish
60 Portuguese
61 Provençal
62 Romanian
63 Russian
64 Sanskrit
65 Sechwana
66 Serbian
67 Seri
68 Shan
69 Slavic
70 Slovak
71 Slovene
72 Somali
73 Sorbian
- 73.1 Lower Sorbian
74 Spanish
75 Swedish
76 Tamil
77 Tatar
78 Thai
79 Turkish
- 79.1 Ottoman Turkish
80 Ukrainian
81 Welsh
82 Xhosa
83 Yiddish
84 Yoruba
85 Zulu
86 Translators into multiple languages
87 References
88 See also

Fox-Aleut

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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