Currently, by my count, we have approximately 84 distinct versions (translations and paraphrases) of the Bible. This is a collection that I began almost twenty years ago when I was a teenager. Eventually, I would like to include brief annotations regarding the distinctions of various versions.

Bibles are listed in chronlogical order of publication date. They are arranged on our shelves in this order as well.

Updated: 1/12/2007

1388

The Wycliffe New Testament 1388: An Edition in Modern Spelling, With an Introduction, the Original Prologues and the Epistle to the Laodiceans

1530-1537

Tyndale’s Old Testament (Modern spelling edition edited by David Daniell)

1534

Tyndale's New Testament (Modern spelling edition edited by David Daniell)

1602

The Geneva Bible Annotated New Testament (facsimile edition)

1611

King James Version (facsimile edition)

1769

King James Version (Standard 4th edition in use today)

1833

The Webster Bible

1851

Brenton’s Translation of the Septuagint

1862

Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1885

Revised Version

1885

Spurrell’s Old Testament Translated from the Original Hebrew

1890

Darby Translation

1899

Douay - Rheims Version (Revised from 1609 edition)

1901

American Standard Version

1902

Rotherham Emphasized Bible: A Literal Translation (Joseph Bryant Rotherham)

1904

The Worrell New Testament

1909

Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech

1924

The New Testament in Modern English (Centenary Translation / Helen Barrett Montgomery)

1927

An American Translation (Smith/Goodspeed)

1935

The James Moffatt Translation

1937

The New Testament in the Language of the People (Williams NT / Charles Bray Williams)

1944

The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: A New Translation (R. A. Knox)

1946

Revised Standard Version (New Testament)

1949

The Bible in Basic English

1952

The New Testament: A New Translation in Plain English (Charles Kingsley Williams)

1957

The Holy Bible from the Ancient Eastern Text (George M. Lamsa)

1961

The New Testament:  An Expanded Translation (Kenneth A. Wuest)

1965

The Amplified Bible

1968

The Jerusalem Bible

1968

1969

1969

1970

The Cotton Patch Version of Paul’s Epistles

The Cotton Patch Version of Luke and Acts

The Cotton Patch Version of Hebrews and the General Epistles

The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John

1969

The Modern Language Bible (The New Berkeley Version in Modern English)

1970

King James II Version

1970

New English Bible

1971

The Living Bible

1971

New American Standard Bible

1971

Revised Standard Version (second edition)

1972

The New Testament in Modern English (Phillips’ Revised Edition)

1974

The “Word” Made Fresh: A Unique Version of the Bible, Volumes 1 & 2 (Andrew Edington)

1976

The Holy Bible in the Language of Today: An American Translation (William F. Beck)

1976

Today’s English Version (Good News Bible)

1978

New International Version

1981

The Compact Bible: The New Testament in Fewer Words (New Testament)

1982

The New King James Version

1983

The Simple English Bible New Testament (Parallel w/ KJV)

1984

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Revised Edition)

1985

The Holy Gospel of John (Peter Levi)

1985

New Jerusalem Bible

1985

Tanakh:  A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text

1986

New American Bible (Revised from 1970 edition)

1986

New Life Version

1987

English Version for the Deaf (AKA Easy-to-Read Version)

1987

New Century Version

1988

Christian Community Bible (Catholic Pastoral Edition)

1989

God's New Covenant (Heinz Cassirer's New Testament)

1989

Revised English Bible

1989

New Revised Standard Version

1990

The New Translation: The Letters of the New Testament

1991

The Unvarnished New Testament (Andy Gaus)

1992

The Alba House Gospels (Mark A. Wauck)

1992

Good News Translation (Good News Bible/Today’s English Version – Second Edition)

1992

New Evangelical Translation (2nd Edition)

1994

The Golfer’s Good News: A Golfer’s Translation of the Gospel of Matthew (Alan G. Meadows)

1994

The 21st Century King James Version

1995

Contemporary English Version

1995

God’s Word

1995

New American Standard Bible: Updated Edition

1995

The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version

1995

The Schocken Bible: Volume I: The Five Books of Moses

1996

New International Readers Version

1996

New International Version, Inclusive Language Edition

1996

New Living Translation

1996

The New Testament Translated by Richmond Lattimore

1998

The Complete Jewish Bible (David H. Stern)

1999

New International Readers Version (Revised Edition—inclusive language removed)

2000

King James 2000 Version (Robert A. Couric)

2001

International English Bible (New Testament/God Chasers Extreme Edition)

2001

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

2002

The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Eugene Peterson)

2003

The English Majority Text Version of the Holy Bible (Revised Edition / Paul W. Esposito)

2003

New English Translation (The Net Bible / Second Beta Edition)

2004

The Holman Christian Standard Bible

2004

The Word on the Street (Rob Lacey)

2004

The New Living Translation, 2nd Edition

2005

Today’s New International Version