A Chronology of 24 Bible Translations in the English Language

1568

Bishops’ Bible

1611

Authorised (King James) Version

1885

English Revised Version

1901

American Standard Version

1952

Revised Standard Version

1964

Amplified Bible (expanded AV text)

1966

Jerusalem Bible

1970

New English Bible

1971

Living Bible

1971

New American Standard Version

1976

Good News Bible

1979

New International Version

1982

New King James (Authorised) Version

1985

New Jerusalem Bible

1987

New Century Version

1989

New Revised Standard Version

1989

Revised English Bible

1995

Contemporary English Version

1995

God’s Word

1996

New Living Translation

1998

New Light Bible (New International Reader’s Version)

2001

English Standard Version

2002

The Message (Petersen)

2005

Today’s New International Version

Significant landmarks

In addition, a great many additional English translations have been produced of the New Testament or other portions of Scripture.

C.200BC

The (Greek) Septuagint translated from the Hebrew

C.400AD

The Vulgate - New Latin version by Jerome

1384

John Wycliffe’s First (handwritten) Bible in English

1516

Greek and Latin New Testament by Erasmus

1526

William Tyndale’s New Testament

1535

Myles Coverdale’s Bible the first printed Bible in English

1539

The Great Bible

1560

Geneva Bible

1568

The Bishop’s Bible

1609

The Douai-Reims Bible

1881/85

The English Revised Version