In howmany languages the Bible has been translated so far?
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Languages with some or all of the Bible - 2,403 [United Bible Societies (2005)]\n\nTranslation - In its 70-year history, Wycliffe personnel have been involved in the translation of New Testaments or complete Bibles in 623 languages, representing 77 million people. (Wycliffe personnel have been involved in 70% of projects worldwide that are providing an initial translation for the people group.)\n\nWycliffe probably has the best info in response to your question. There are many populations around the world that do not have a WRITTEN language. This makes the task even harder. Wycliffe sends in volunteers to learn the language and create an alphabet, write the first dictionary. This can then form the basis for a new translation. Then the people can be taught to read their new language.
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Hey,\n\nDifferent translations doesn't necessarily mean that the Bible in THAT translation is not truth. The Bible was originally written to be relatable to the people of the time. Many believe nowadays that translations that are little "looser" attempt to do that --> relate the Bible to modern day a little more.\n\nSo there are two ends of the spectrum here; of course, at one end where everybody above has mentioned the King James Version, this side is the closest to the original Greek/Hebrew text. These versions include the King James Version (with all its thous and thees) and the New King James Version (replacing thee with you and etc). The New American Standard Bible fits in between the KJ version and the middle. \n\nOn the middle of the scale is the New International Version which is usually the most common in churches nowadays in North America; the Amplified Bible gives a lot of extra words in case you don't understand (amplified = expanded). The New Living Translation sits in between the middle and the far "liberal"/"loose" side. \n\nSo on the "loose" side, there would be the Message by Eugene Peterson - the Bible basically in contemporary, modern language. This version is the loosest you can get, with the English Standard Version sitting closer to this side than the middle.\n\nLemme draw this out:\nKing James                             ----     Most to Greek Text\nNew King James\nNew American Standard Bible\nNew International Version        ----   Middle Ground\nAmplified Bible\nNew Living Translation\nEnglish Standard Version\nMessage                                    --- Most to Modern Day Language\n\nEssentially, it depends on the purpose of your Bible. If it's for personal devotional time, it might be good to spring for a good study Bible that settles in the middle on that scale (ie. the New International Version Study Bible is a really good one; if you're a youth, go for the youth edition.)\n\nFor research and textual study, the King James line is good for you. \n\nFor modern day easy-read (maybe you commute and you just want to give the Bible a read w/o much thought into it), there's the Message version by Eugene Peterson.\n\nSo happy Bible reading! Remember, most important though is that you're not just reading, but allowing the Word to shape your life.
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I have read some in translation.\n\n"If so, what is your opinion on the similarities between them and the Bible?"\n\nClearly the authors of the Bible drew upon a stock of pre-existing stories and oral traditions in order to express their theological views.
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That was the version that Joseph Smith declared to be the most accurate.  He was working on a "devinely inspired" translation at the time of his death.\n\nAnybody familiar with the science of Textual Critism, however, knows that this is horse hockey.  The KJ is riddled with translation errors.\n\nDespite the claim that it was translated from the original languages, it was actually translated from the 1624 Textus Receptus, which is considered by some to be the most flawed of all the Biblical texts.  The TR was then translated into Greek and Aramaic, and then into the English KJ.\n\nThe fact that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints continues to insist that the KJ is accurate should tell you something about the value of their words.
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I don't know if any version has been translated from NIV.  It would be better to start with the original manuscripts.\n\nBiblegateway.com has two French versions.  Louis Segond, and La Bible du Semuer.
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Mav there are translations out there but not the Quran, just interpretations, I read the Quran in several languages because no translation is truly perfect. I will send you a link in a while.\n\nInshallah I will be able to read in arabic and see for myself more details!\n\nKisses and Hugs,\nYour friend Muslimah!
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It took me a while so here it is there are 1189 chapters in the Bible. There are only 66 books though! Sorry wingame52 that is how many books are in the Bible. That is good you know that though!
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Check this link and request a Bible in your language:\n\nhttp://www.watchtower.com/
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There are four versions, and I mean by "version" accepted cannon and not translations because obviously there are thousands of those, of what people refer to as the "Bible". The Catholic version, which has 73 books in it. The Protestant version, which has 66 books in it. The Coptic version, which has 75 books in it. And the Jewish version, which has 49 books in it. These four versions cover two specific faiths, Christianism and Judaism. Of all those books NOT ONE original document or even a known trustwothy COPY of an original document exists. Of the five major world monotheistic faiths (Christianism, Islam, Judaism, Bahai, and Sikh) only ONE can rightly claim and prove via historical documentation, that in turn can be proved correct, that its Holy Book has never been altered or ammended. And that faith is Islam. The Koran is a beautiful Holy Book, filled with light and wisdom. I own various translations and at least one copy in Arabic (true Koran) that was a gift to me from the Saudi Arabian Embassy. I've read the Koran more than any other religious text. I am not Muslim. BUT ... I am honest with myself and others. A lack of honesty and open mindedness on my part would in no way alter the Truth. And the Truth is that Holy Koran IS the ONLY uncorrupted religious text in existance today. People of faith need to be honest enough to admit that and open minded enough to read it, and THAT with an open mind. They are not being fair to THEMSELVES when they make a decision about a thing without first having investigated it. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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The best way you can find out what the bible says in "real terms" is to read it in Hebrew. That is the original language  it was written in. I find it useful when reading to have The Exhaustive concorance of the Bible near by.
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This so-called "question" seems to focus on "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures", which is distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. There are more than 130 million copies of this modern-language bible in print, in dozens of languages.\nhttp://watchtower.org/languages.htm\n\nThe entire text of NWT is freely available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a personal printed copy can be requested at no charge:\nhttp://watchtower.org/bible/\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses certainly like NWT, but they are happy to use any translation which an interested person may prefer, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute other translations besides NWT. Jehovah's Witnesses attach no particular infallibility or inspiration to NWT.\n\nSince the same manuscripts used by the NWT translators are still widely available for study, and since there are dozens of alternate translations for comparison, anyone who chooses to use NWT does so informedly. \n\nIt seems that the vast majority of the criticism against the New World Translation is actually as a proxy for blind hatred against Jehovah's Witnesses. The hatred must be "blind" since secular experts of biblical Hebrew and Greek have consistently refused to condemn any particular verse or phrase as an unacceptable translation. Instead, it is religionists with preconceived theologies who bigotedly insist upon particular wordings, since these are necessary to prop up the shakey tenets of their false worship.\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nIt seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:\n\n(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/na/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020915/article_01.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
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actually even the king james version is currupte (nice try trying to help) the only way you'll get the full effect is reading the hebrew text. the message bible is nice but its more of a study guide to the bible then a translation
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I love this one - http://www.watchtower.org/bible/ - It's translated from the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic languages and written in modern , understandable English.
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since many christians want to convert the entire world, then i believe the bible has been translated into ALL languages
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If you count all the different translations to different languages there are a lot more. :-)\n\nBasically, the original text is in ancient hebrew or greek.  Translating from one language to another is very hard -- in fact there is no translation without interpretation. There are idioms (sayings) in any language that don't translate.  If someone called you a cabbage in French, it would be sweet and endearing.  In English it's just rude.  Then consider translating from one time to another.  The world is different, and English has changed from the time of King James to now, and sometimes the words don't carry.  For instance the word "suffer" used to mean "allow" so when Christ said "Suffer the little children to come unto me" in KJV, he wasn't suggesting that the kiddies be hurt.\n\nSo, in interpretation one can either be "literal" or "meaning preserving" or somewhere in between.  If somone asked Jesus when evil could be done in heaven and he said "when pigs fly" (I am just making this part up) then one interpreter could say "on the day that pigs fly in the sky" and the other could say "that would neve happen!".   Two interpretations, both correct.  This provides some of the division.  NAS is more literal, NIV is more meaning-preserving. \n\nOkay, to make it a little harder: when the early translations by Tyndale and the like were made, they only had a limited set of ancient copies to work from.  Since then, there have been more found, and older ones.  When you look at a modern translation (CEV, NAS, NIV) they are based on a wider collection of older manuscripts.  That probably means that they're more accurate.\n\nThen finally there are paraphrases like the Living Bible or the Amplified Bible, which are not translations from original manuscripts but a retelling of an existing translation in modern english, perhaps with more text added to get the point across better.\n\nSo the answer is to read a few of them.  It's a perfectly acceptable thing to get a paraphrase or a very modern easy-to-read translation (The Message, The Living Bible, etc) for your first read-through so that you become familiar with the overarching story line and the characters. You might like to get a chronological bible which orders the books in timeline order (most Bibles are ordered by category like law, history, wisdom, prophesy, life of Christ, early Christian church history, and then letters from disciples).  A chronological bible would help you see the story as it unfolded.\n\nThen, if you like, get a parallel bible so that you can see two, three, or four translations side-by-side and compare them. \n\nOn one hand, the real bible would be the original manuscripts or their most faithful reproductions in Hebrew or Greek.  \n\nBut if you are willing to look at it this way, the REAL bible is the events that happened, not any one recording of them by a particular author. If you see it this way, then reading any of them, or (better) several of them is the way to get the REAL bible. \n\nBut equally important are some small little tidbits: If one wants to know God then one must first believe that He exists, and secondly that He rewards those who honestly seek Him.  Secondly, that his word is never wasted.\n\nI hope this helps you.
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Well yeah, kinda, but it was originally written in Hebrew, Greek, and a little Aramaic.\n\nEach time someone makes a new translation they do not use exactly the same English words. This is where most of the confusion comes from. There are some words we don't have an English word for-in that case several English words are used to get the meaning of the original. \n\nThere are some who believe in the 'double' inspiration of the KJV. This also causes problems when other translations don't exactly line up with the KJV.\n\nThere is about a little less that 1/2% discrepancy in all the text. No Biblical doctrine is affected. Any good translation id safe.\nKJV, NKJV, NIV, CSB, NAS, NASB,  all good. Some are easier to read than others, some are more word for word, some are more thought for thought.
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In the King James Version:  852 times\nIn the more recent English Standard Version:  856 times\n\nIf you use the Catholic Douay-Rheims (with the Deuterocanonical books) the total is :  913 times