Translation of the Bible

Some books are translated into other languages. Most are published in one language and those that do get translated into other languages are done so in only 2 or 3 others. Very few books ever get translated into numbers in the teens. The Bible however has been translated into more than 2200 languages. Even though this is only about a third of the 6900+ known languages it represents 90% of the world’s people and the languages they use to communicate.

At around 250 B.C. the Bible was one of the first books translated into other languages. The Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek for Greek speaking Jews living in Alexandria.

Translation of the scriptures continues with groups like Wycliffe Bible Translators working on 850 languages with over 6000 people to produce new or revised versions of the Bible. At the rate that work is being completed the Bible should be available to all language groups between 2007 and 2022.

No other book in history comes anywhere near in its translation activity nor has been translated and paraphrased more than the Bible.

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