The Bible and Its Translations: 1/21/2022

[A partial list of translations that are like the English Authorized Version.]

If you know of other texts that read like Mark 1:2 quoted below then please
E-mail this info to Kevin Paulson.   Thank you for your help.

"As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee."   (Mark 1:2)

CHM note: The above verse from the Holy Bible does not contain the word Isaiah.

{*} = Translation is known to be like Mark 1:2 of the AKJV 1769.
{#} = We still need more info on this text.

{#} Abkhaz - Four Gospels--RBS PIP

{*} Afrikaans Vetaling Bible (1953)--BSO [ John & Romans ]

{*} Albanian Bible (1991-4)--OLB [ John & Romans ]

{#} American Sign Language Bible portions (n.d.) [ Bible portions ]

{*} Arabic Van Dyck Bible (1860)--ArabBible [ John & Romans ]

{*} Arabic (Van Dyck) Bible (n.d.)--TBS   [more fully vowelled edition]

{#} Armenian (1789)
{#} Armenian (Eastern) Bible; N. T. & Psalms (n.d.)--TBS

{#} Assamese N. T. (1873)--American Baptist Mission Press [ John & Romans ]

{#} Azerbaijani of the U.S.S.R. (1842)

{#} Balkar - N. T.--RBS PIP {new}

{#} Bashkir - Four Gospels (reprint)--RBS
{#} Boshkir - Four Gospels (reprint)--RBS

{*} Bengali - Gospel of John--My. N. Hazra

{*} Bengali - Romans (PIP Spring 2001)--My. N. Hazra [ John & Romans ]

{#} Braille Bible portions (1924)--J. R. Atkinson [ Bible portions ]

{#} Bulgarian - John & Romans--RFM [ John & Romans ]
{#} Bulgarian Bible--RBS
{*} Bulgarian N. T. (1867)--ABS, BFBS

{*} Burmese Bible (2010)--Adoniram Judson, RFM [ John & Romans ]
{#} Catalan Bible; N. T. (n.d.) (for Spain, France and Andorra)--TBS

{#} Cebuano Bible portions (~2008)--My. W. Walley
{#} Cebuano N. T. (4-2004)--RFM [ John & Romans ]

{#} CHAD ARABIC of Chad - GOSPEL OF LUKE (Arabic Script)--TBS

{#} Chinese Bible portions--My. S. Line
{*} Chinese (Mandarin) N. T. (1885)--APMP [ John & Romans ]

{*} Chuvash N. T. (2009)--IBT   [Info only] [ New Testament ]
{#} Chuvash - Gospel of John--RBS

{#} Crimean-Tatar - Matthew--RBS PIP
{#} Crimean-Tatar - Jonah (new translation)-- RBS

{#} Croatian - Gospel of John & Romans--CFC [ John & Romans ]
{*} Croatian N. T. (2010)--USZ/RFM [ New Testament ]

{*} Czech (PODLE POSLEDNÍHO VYDÁNÍ KRALICKEHO Z ROKU) Bible (1613)--BPS [ John & Romans ]

{*} CZECH (KRALICE) BIBLE--TBS

{#} Czechoslovakian Bible--RBS

{*} Danish Bible (1819 N. T., 1871 O. T.)--DBS, Web [ John & Romans ]

{*} Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible (1750)--Web [ John & Romans ]
{*} Dutch (Statenvertaling) Bible (n.d.)--TBS

{*} English Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible (1769) [ John & Romans ]
{#} Estonian (1739)

{*} Ethiopic [Amharic] Bible (1962)--USB- EPF [ John & Romans ]

{#} Falam Chin N. T. [ John & Romans ]

{*} Finnish Bible (1776)--BSO [ John & Romans ]

{*} French (VERSION D'OSTERVALD RÉVISÉE ÉDITION DE 1996) Bible [ John & Romans ], [ CD ]

{#} French Geneva (1588)

{#} Gaelic (1801)

{#} Georgian (1743)
{#} Georgian - Gospel of John--RBS
{#} Georgian - N. T. & Psalms--RBS
{#} Georgian - Old Testament--RBS PIP
{#} Georgian - Psalms--RBS

{*} German Luther Bible (1912)--OLB [ John & Romans ]
{*} Greek (Scrivener) "Textus Receptus" N. T. (1894) [ N. T. ]

{*} Greek (Stephens) "Textus Receptus" N. T. (1550) [ John & Romans ]

The Holy Bible: {TR} Hebrew (Bomberg/Ginsburg) O. T. (1525, 1894) / {*} Koiné Greek (F. H. A. Scrivener) "Textus Receptus" N. T. (1894)--TBS [$35]
[The Hebrew and Greek Texts underlying the Authorised Version.]

{*} Koiné Greek New Testament (Textus Receptus) (1894)--TBS [$10]
[The Greek Text underlying the Authorised Version.]

{*} Greek: Modern (Bambas) Bible; N. T.; John (n.d.)--TBS

Hebrew Masoretic O. T. Underlying KJB (Parallel KJB)--Ben Chayyim

{TR} Hebrew (Ginsburg) "Bible" (1525, 1894)--TBS {only O. T.} [ O. T. ]

Hebrew Bible: {TR} (Ginsburg) O. T. (1525, 1894) / {*} (Delitzsch) N. T. (1885, 2012)--TBS [$23]

{*} Hebrew N. T. (Delitzsch) (1885, 2012)--TBS [$9]

{*} Hebrew N. T. / {*} Russian N. T. (5-1979)--TBS [ John & Romans ]

{*} Hebrew (Delitzsch) N. T. (1878)--Web [ John & Romans ]

{#} Hindi Pentateuch & N. T. (n.d.)--ARC [ John & Romans ]

{*} Hmong O. T. portions (~2011) & N. T. (2010)--My. N. K. Yang [ John & Romans ]

{*} Hungarian - Gospel of John & Romans--BPS [ John & Romans ]
{*} Hungarian Bible--RBS
{*} Hungarian (Károli [Gáspár]) Bible (n.d.)-- TBS

{#} Icelandic (1584)

{*} Indonesian - Genesis (before 12-2007) & N. T. (2012)--LAT [ New Testament ] {Alt. = Bahasa Indonesia, Malay}

{#} Irish Bible--James McQuige, BFBS (1817) [ Bible ]

{*} Italian (DI GIOVANNI DIODATI LUCCHESE) N. T. (1576-1649)--BPS [ John& Romans ]
{*} Italian (Diodati) Bible (n.d.)--TBS

{#} Japanese Bible portions--My. J. Mather
{#} Japanese N. T. (1928)--Naoji Nagai [ John & Romans ]

{#} KANNADA of Southern India (Kanarese) BIBLE--TBS

{#} Karachay - Acts, Four Gospels & Genesis--RBS PIP
{#} Karachay - Gospel of Mark (new translation)-- RBS

{#} Sgua Karen N. T. (1850)--Francis Mason, American Mission Press, ARC [ John & Romans ]

{#} KASHMIRI of N.W. India/Pakistan - GOSPEL OF MARK--TBS

{#} Kazakh - Four Gospels (reprint)--RBS
{#} Kazakh - N. T.--RBS PIP

{#} Khmer (Cambodia) - Gospel of John & Romans; N. T. [ John & Romans ]

{#} Kirghiz - Gospel of Acts--RBS
{#} Kirghiz - Gospel of John--RBS
{#} Kirghiz - Gospel of Matthew--RBS

{#} (Ki)Sanga Bible (n.d.) (Congo [Za"ire])--TBS

{*} Korean Bible (n.d.)--Pastor Seo Dal Seok [ John & Romans ]
{#} Korean KJV Bible (August 2000)--Dongsoo Jung

{#} Kurdish N. T. (n.d.)--See Phil Stringer [ New Testament ]

{#} Lao - Gospel of John & Romans, 2nd edition; N. T. [ John & Romans ]

{*} Latin N. T. (1556, 1861)--T. Beza, ARC [ John & Romans ]

{#} Latvian (1689)

{#} Lisu of Burma/China Bible--TBS

{*} Lithuanian Bible (1996)--BPS [ John & Romans ]

{#} Maltese (1847)
{#} Maltese Bible; Romans (n.d.)--TBS

{#} Maori John (n.d.) (for New Zealand)--TBS

{#} Moldavian Bible (first printing)--RBS

{#} Mongolian John (n.d.)--TBS

{#} Navajo Bible portions--My. R. Corley, BPS [ Bible portions ]

{*} Ndebele Bible (2009)--BD
{#} Ndebele N. T. (n.d.) (for Zimbabwe)--TBS

{*} Neo-Melanesian Pidgin Bible (2015) of Papua New Guinea--My. D. Holland & My. Bryan Girard [ Bible ]

{*} Nepali N. T. (1990s)--My. D. Cloud
{*} Nepali O. T. (2008)--My. D. Cloud [ Bible ]
{#} Nepali N. T., Psalms & Proverbs (n.d.)--Thomas Kaufman, TBS

{#} Norwegian Bible (~2003)--M. Gjemlestad, BPS [ Bible ]
{*} Norwegian Bible (1902) [ John & Romans ]

{#} Ossete - Gospel of John--RBS
{#} Ossete - N. T.--RBS PIP
{#} Ossete of the U.S.S.R. (1848)

{#} Persian N. T. (1837)--Martyn, ARC [ John & Romans ]
{#} Farsi John (n.d.) (for Iran)--TBS

{#} Polish N. T. (n.d.)--BPS/TBS [ John & Romans ]
{*} Polish N. T. (2009)--UBG [ pdf ]
{#} Polish Bible--RBS

{*} Portuguese (Joän Ferreira de Almeida) Bible (1994)-- TBS/OLB [ John & Romans ]
{*} Portuguese (Por JOÃO FERREIRA DE ALMEIDA EDIÇÃO REVISTA E CORRIGIDA) N. T. (1980)--BPS
{*} Portuguese (Almeida Revised) Brazil[ian] Bible; N. T.; John (n.d.)--TBS

{*} Romanian Fidela Bible (2010) [ John & Romans ], [ pdf ]

{*} Russian Bible--BPS [ John & Romans ]

{*} Russian N. T. / {*} Hebrew N. T. (5-1979)--TBS [ John & Romans ]

{*} Russian Bible--RBS

{*} Russian (Synodal) Bible; N. T. & Psalms; John (n.d.)--TBS

{*} Samoan Bible portions (1948) [ Bible portions ]

{#} Sanskrit Bible of India (n.d.)--Wenger, ARC [ John & Romans ]

{*} Serbian Bible (1847, 1865)--BSO [ John & Romans ]
{#} Serbo-Croatian (1804)

{*} Shona Bible (2009)--BD

{#} Simte of N.E. India Bible--TBS

{#} Sinasina N. T. of Papua New Guinea--My. C. Turner

{*} Slovak Bible (1936)--BSO [ John & Romans ]
{#} Slovak Bible--RBS

{#} Slovenian (1584)

{*} (Se)Sotho: Northern Bible (1951, 1986, 2004)--BSSA [ John & Romans ]

{*} Spanish Reina-Valera-Gomez Bible (2010)--My. Humberto Gómez [ John & Romans ]
{*} Subanen N. T. (1991-1995)--My. W. Walley [ John & Romans ]

{#} Swahili - Gospel of John & Romans (2006)--RFM [ John & Romans ]

{*} Swedish Bible (1903) [ John & Romans ]
{*} Swedish Uppsala Bible (1541)

{#} Syriac (1645)

{#} Tagalog - Gospel of John & Romans (1995)--BPS [ John & Romans ]

{#} Tamil [Tamou] N. T. of India (1859)--Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, American Mission Press, ARC [ John & Romans ]
{#} Tamil John (n.d.) (for S. India, Sri Lanka)--TBS

{#} Tat - Genesis, John & Luke--RBS PIP
{#} Tat - Jonah (new translation)--RBS

{#} Tatar - Four Gospels & Psalms (reprint)-- RBS
{#} Tatar - Jonah (new translation)--RBS
{#} Tatar - N. T. & Psalms--RBS PIP

{#} Telugu N. T. (1860)--American Mission Press, Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, ARC [ John & Romans ]
{#} Telugu of Southern India N. T.--TBS

{#} Thai Bible--My. P. Pope, BPS [ John & Romans ]

{*} (Se)Tswana: Central N. T. of South Africa--My. G. Norberg [ John & Romans ]

{*} (Se)Tswana: Tlapi Bible (~1890) of South Africa--Robert Moffat [ John & Romans {uc}]

{*} Turkish - Gospel of John (1996)--BPS [ John ]

{#} Udmurt - I-Ill John & Psalms--RBS PIP
{#} Udmurt - Four Gospels (reprint)--RBS
{#} Udmurt of the U.S.R. (1847)

{*} Ukrainian - Books of 1 Samuel, Ruth, N. T. (2018)--Y. Popchenko [ John & Romans ]

{*} Ukrainian Bible--BPS [ John & Romans ]

{*} Ukrainian Bible--Kulish (1903) [ John & Romans ]

{*} Ukrainian Bible--RBS

{*} Ukrainian Bible (n.d.)--TBS

{#} Urdu New Testament (~2013)--RFM [ New Testament ]

{#} Uzbek - Genesis & N. T.--RBS PIP
{#} Uzebek - Gospel of John (reprint)--RBS
{#} Uzebek - Jonah (new translation)--RBS

{#} Vietnamese N. T. (1952)--J. D. Olson, CMA/BFBS [ New Testament ]

{*} Welsh Bible (1900)--BFBS, ARC [ John & Romans ]
{#} Welsh (William Morgan) Bible (n.d.)--TBS

{*} (Isi)Xhosa Bible (probably 1859, 1975)--BSO [ John & Romans ]

{*} Yiddish N. T. (1994) [ John & Romans ]
{#} Yiddish N. T. (1821)--LJS

Beginning with John Eliot, who produced the Bible in the {*} Pequot language in 1663, mies. were busy translating the Scriptures into the languages of the North American Indians.   These included

{#} Abenaqui Mark (1844)
{*} Algonquin [Massachusetts] Bible (1663)

{#} Baffin Land Eskimo N. T. (1912)

{#} Cherokee (1829)
{#} Cherokee N. T. (1857)
{#} Cheyenne N. T. (1934)
{#} Chippewayan N. T. (1881)
{*} Choctaw N. T. (1968)--ABS [ John & Romans ]

{*} Dakota N. T. (1871)--ABS, Web [ New Testament ]
{#} Delaware (1818)
{#} Delaware Gospel of John (1817)

{#} Eskimo (1810)
{#} Eskimo Bible of Labrador (1871)

{#} Micmac (1853)
{#} Micmac N. T. (1874)
{#} Mohawk Mark (1787)
{#} Mohawk N. T. less II Corinthians (1836)
{#} Moose Cree N. T. (1876)
{#} Muskogee John (1835)--J. Lykins & J. Davis
{#} Muskogee (1886)
{#} Muskogee N. T. (1887)

{#} Nez Percés Matthew (1845)

{#} Ojibway N. T. (1833)
{#} Ottawa (1841)--J. Meeker & F. Barker

{#} Pottawotomi (1844)--J. Lykins
{#} Plains Cree (1861)
{#} Plains Cree Bible (1862)

{#} Seneca Luke (1829)
{#} Shawnee (1842)--J. Lykins & F. Barker
{#} Slave N. T. (1891)

{#} Tukudh [Kutchin] Bible of N. Yukon Territory (1898)

{#} Yupik (1848).

Dutch Protestant mies. translated the TR into the {#} Malay language in 1734.

Henry Martin translated the TR into {#} Persian N. T. (1815) [see above] and
{#} Arabic;

Robert Morrison, into {#} Chinese: Wenli, High Bible (1823);

William Carey and his co- workers translated the TR into
{#} Bengali Bible (1832)
{#} Assamese Bible (1833)
{#} Bihari: Magahi N. T. (1826)
{#} Gujarati N. T. (1820)
{#} Hindi (1835)
{#} Kannada N. T. (1823)
{#} Kashmiri N. T. (1821)
{#} Marathi N. T. (1824)
{#} Nepali N. T. (1821)
{#} Oriya N. T. (1809)
{#} Panjabi N. T. (1815)
{#} Sanskrit N. T. (1808)
{#} Urdu (1843)
{#} Telugu N. T. (1818) and
35 other languages of India.

{#} Arawak of Guyana (1850)
{#} Aymara of Bolivia (1829)
{#} Basque of Spain (1857)
{#} Batak of Indonesia (1878)
{#} Benga of Africa (1871)
{#} Bube Matthew of Equatorial Guinea (1849)--J. Clarke & A. Saker
{#} Bullom Matthew of Sierra Leone (1816)
{#} Dayak of Indonesia (1858)
{#} Dehu of New Caledonia (1868)
{#} Efik and {#} Yoruba of Nigeria (1862),
{#} Ewe of Africa (1877)
{#} Faroe Matthew of the Faroe Islands (1823)
{#} Ga of Ghana (1866)
{#} Garifuna of Belize-Nicaragua (1847)
{#} Hausa of Nigeria (1857)
{#} Ibo of Igbo, Nigeria (1860)
{#} (Isi)Zulu N. T. of Africa (1865)
{#} Javanese N. T. of Indonesia (1829)--G. Bruckner
{#} Karaite O. T. of the Crimea Mountains (1842)
{#} Karen of Burma (1860)
{#} Malagasy Bible of Madagascar (1835)
{#} Manchu N. T. of China (1835)
{#} Mandinka Matthew of Gambia (1837)
{#} Maori of New Zealand (1858)
{#} Maori of the Cook Islands (1851)
{#} Mon of Burma (1843)--J. M. Haswell
{#} Mongolian (1840)
{#} Nama N. T. of Africa (1866)
{#} Niuean of Tonga (1866)
{#} Nubian of Egypt (1899)
{#} Samoan (1855)
{#} Saraiki of Pakistan (1819)
{#} (Se)Sotho of Africa (1855)
{#} Sranan N. T. of Surinam (1829)
{#} Subu [Isubu] John of Cameroon (1843)--A. Saker
{#} Tibetan Acts (1862)
{#} Tongan of Africa (1862)
{#} Tontemboan Matthew of Indonesia (1852)
{#} Twi of Ghana (1863).

Some material above adapted from DWC.

Bibliography

BPS = Bearing Precious Seed.

CFC = 'Couriers For Christ,' Wyldewood Baptist Church.

DWC = ‘The Received Text goes to the ends of the earth,’ pp. 53-54 in Way of Life Encyclopedia of the Bible & Christianity, Edited by David W. Cloud. 1993. WAY OF LIFE LITERATURE, Bible Baptist Church, 1219 North Harns Road, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277 . USA
Way Of Life Literature Web Page

GRB = Interlinear Greek- English New Testament, George R. Berry. Baker Book House, Grands Rapids, Michigan, 1897.   [Info only]

OLB = OnLine Bible version 6.11.   [Info only]

PIP = Projects in progress.

RBS = Russian Bible Society (USA), P.O. BOX 6068, Asheville, NC 28816   828.681.0370   E-MAIL: russianbibles@juno.com   [Survey]

RFM = Resources For Missions.

TBS = Trinitarian Bible Society (USA). Grand Rapids, MI   [Info only]

Scriptures of the World. United Bible Societies, 1988.   [Info only: UBS is pro-Critical Text.]

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