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The English Bible Family Tree

This document presents a family tree showing the development and relationships between English Bible translations from the 8th century to the present. It traces the evolution from essentially literal translations to dynamic equivalence translations to paraphrases. Key translations included are Bede's John (735), Alfred the Great's Bible (901), Wycliffe Bible (1384), Tyndale Bible (1526), the King James Version (1611), and many modern translations from the 20th century onward.

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The English Bible Family Tree

This document presents a family tree showing the development and relationships between English Bible translations from the 8th century to the present. It traces the evolution from essentially literal translations to dynamic equivalence translations to paraphrases. Key translations included are Bede's John (735), Alfred the Great's Bible (901), Wycliffe Bible (1384), Tyndale Bible (1526), the King James Version (1611), and many modern translations from the 20th century onward.

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The English Bible Family Tree

Essentially Literal Translation


Bede's John
735

Dynamic Equivalence Translation

Alfred the Great's Bible


(not complete) 901

Paraphrase

Wycliffe Bible
(from Vulgate)1384

Tyndale Bible
(translated from Erasmus'
Greek text) 1526

Matthew's Bible

Coverdale Bible

1538

(translated from Latin &


German Bibles) 1535

Taverner Bible

Great Bible

1539

(translated from
Latin) 1539

Geneva Bible
(translated from Latin) 1557

Bishop's Bible
1568

Rheims-Douai Bible
(translated from Latin) 1582
Catholic Bible

King James Version (KJV)


1611

Challoner's Bible
1749 Catholic Bible

Revised Version (RV)


1881

American Standard
Version (ASV) 1901
Scofield Bible
Confraternity NT

1909

Knox Bible

1941 Catholic Bible

(Independant Translations)

1944 Catholic Bible

Moffat Bible
1924

Today's English Version (TEV)

Revised Standard
Version (RSV) 1952

(aka Good News Bible) 1966

Smith/Goodspeed Bible
1927

New American
Standard Bible (NASB)

Jerusalem Bible (JB)


Modern King James Version
1962

1960

(derived from French


translation of the
Vulgate) 1966 Catholic Bible

Berkley Bible
1959

Amplified Bible (AB)

New English Bible (NEB)

New American Bible (NAB)

1965

1970

1970 Catholic Bible

1971

New King James


Version (NKJV) 1982

Reader's Digest Condensed


Bible (RDB)

Barclay NT
1969

Living Bible (LB)


New International Version
(NIV) 1978

Literal Translation (LITV)


(Green) 1976
Phillips NT

New Jerusalem Bible (NJB)

1972

1985 Catholic Bible

1982

International Children's
Bible (ICV)

New Revised Standard


Version (NRSV) 1989

Revised English Bible


(REB) 1989

1986

Contemporary English Version


(CEV) 1995
New Living Translation
(NLT) 1996

The Message

New Century Version (NCV)

1993

1991

Holman Christian Standard Bible


(HCSB)

English Standard
Version (ESV) 2001

2000

Today's New International


Version (TNIV) 2002

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