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51 English Bibles, roughly from the most to the least widely read, and grouped by kind so you can find the one you want. Every one is free to read online.

The King James Family

3 Bibles↑

The classic English Bible of 1611, and its closest editions.

King James Version (KJV)
The 1611 Authorized Version in its standard 1769 text — the best-loved and most influential English Bible.
Complete Bible
King James Version + Apocrypha
The same King James text, plus the 14 Apocrypha books printed in the original 1611 edition.
Complete Bible + Apocrypha
KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible
The King James text as edited by F. H. A. Scrivener (Cambridge, 1873) and set in paragraphs, with the Apocrypha.
Complete Bible + Apocrypha

The World English Bible

6 Bibles↑

A modern public-domain English Bible, free to copy, print and share.

World English Bible (WEB)
A modern-English update of the 1901 American Standard Version, dedicated to the public domain — free to copy, print and share.
Complete Bible
World English Bible with Deuterocanon
The World English Bible plus the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) books.
Complete Bible + Deuterocanon
World English Bible (Catholic)
The World English Bible with the Deuterocanon, arranged in the traditional Roman Catholic book order.
Complete Bible + Deuterocanon
World English Bible British Edition
The World English Bible in British spelling and style.
Complete Bible
WEB British Edition with Deuterocanon
British spelling, with the Deuterocanon (Apocrypha) books.
Complete Bible + Deuterocanon
World English Bible Updated
The newer draft of the World English Bible, still being refined, with the Deuterocanon.
Complete Bible + Deuterocanon

Modern & Literal Translations

6 Bibles↑

Accurate translations from the Hebrew and Greek — from smooth-reading to strictly word-for-word.

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A readable modern translation made from the original Hebrew and Greek, released to the public domain in 2023.
Complete Bible
NET Bible
The New English Translation — a modern, accurate translation by a team of Bible scholars, free to read online.
Complete Bible
American Standard Version (ASV)
The 1901 American revision of the King James tradition — careful, word-for-word and still widely quoted.
Complete Bible
ASV Byzantine Text
The ASV with its New Testament conformed to the Byzantine (Majority) Greek text, plus the Apocrypha.
Complete Bible + Apocrypha
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Robert Young's 1862 word-for-word translation, keeping the Hebrew and Greek tenses as literally as possible.
Complete Bible
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
A 2020 update of Young's Literal Translation in smoother modern English.
Complete Bible

Classic & Historic Bibles

11 Bibles↑

Time-honoured English Bibles, from Wycliffe and Tyndale to the Revised Version.

Douay-Rheims
The classic English Catholic Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate (Bishop Challoner's revision, American edition of 1899).
Complete Bible + Deuterocanon
Darby Bible
J. N. Darby's careful, literal translation from the Hebrew and Greek (New Testament 1867, whole Bible 1890).
Complete Bible
Geneva Bible 1599
The Bible of the Pilgrims and of Shakespeare, in its original 1599 spelling.
Complete Bible
Webster Bible
Noah Webster's 1833 revision of the King James Version, with its grammar and outdated words updated.
Complete Bible
Revised Version +Apocrypha-1895
The British revision of the King James Bible (New Testament 1881, Old Testament 1885), as printed in 1895 with the Apocrypha.
Complete Bible + Apocrypha
Weymouth New Testament
Richard Weymouth's “New Testament in Modern Speech” (3rd edition, 1913) — an early, plain-English rendering of the Greek.
New Testament only
Tyndale New Testament
William Tyndale's 1534 New Testament — the first English version made from the Greek, and the foundation of much of the King James. Original spelling.
New Testament only
Wycliffe Bible
John Wycliffe's Middle English Bible (c. 1395), made from the Latin Vulgate — the first English Bible.
Genesis–Deuteronomy and the Gospels only
Wycliffe's Bible, Modern Spelling
Terry Noble's modern-spelling edition of Wycliffe's Bible.
18 selected books only
Wycliffe's Bible, Modern Spelling (Enhanced)
The same, with Terry Noble's modern rewordings in parentheses beside hard Middle English phrases.
18 selected books only
George Noyes Bible
George R. Noyes's scholarly translation (1869): the New Testament, Psalms, the Prophets, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs.
Partial Bible

Easy-to-Read English

6 Bibles↑

Plain, natural English that is simple to follow.

Easy to Read Version (ERV)
Short sentences and simple words, for new readers and anyone learning English.
Complete Bible
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Written in a limited vocabulary of about 1,000 everyday words (1965), so anyone can follow it.
Complete Bible
GOD'S WORD
A natural modern English translation (1995, updated to 2020) that puts the original into everyday speech.
Complete Bible
Free Bible Version
A clear modern American English translation by Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, free to share under a Creative Commons licence.
Complete Bible
Open English Bible (U.S. spelling)
A new, copyright-free translation in clear modern English, still growing: the New Testament, Psalms, Ruth, Esther and the Minor Prophets so far.
Not yet complete
Open English Bible (Commonwealth spelling)
The same translation in British and Commonwealth spelling.
Not yet complete

Jewish & Messianic Editions

5 Bibles↑

The Hebrew Scriptures in English, and Hebrew-roots editions.

JPS TaNaKH 1917
The Jewish Publication Society's 1917 English translation of the Hebrew Bible.
Old Testament (Tanakh) only
Isaac Leeser Tanakh
Isaac Leeser's 1853 translation of the Hebrew Bible — the first complete Jewish English Bible in America.
Old Testament (Tanakh) only
Targum Onkelos (Etheridge)
J. W. Etheridge's English translation (1862–65) of the ancient Aramaic Targum on the Torah.
Genesis–Deuteronomy only
World Messianic Bible
A public-domain modern English Bible that uses Hebrew names such as Yeshua, for Messianic and Hebrew-roots readers.
Complete Bible
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The World Messianic Bible in British spelling.
Complete Bible

The Septuagint

4 Bibles↑

The Greek Old Testament used by the early Church.

Brenton Septuagint
Sir Lancelot Brenton's 1851 translation of the Greek Old Testament used by the early Church, with the Apocrypha.
Old Testament + Apocrypha
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Brenton's Septuagint with spelling and formatting updated by Adam Boyd (2020).
Old Testament + Apocrypha
LXX2012 Septuagint (American English)
Brenton's Septuagint with gentle language updates by Michael Paul Johnson (2012), in American English.
Old Testament + Apocrypha
LXX2012 Septuagint (British/International English)
The same updated Septuagint in British and International spelling.
Old Testament + Apocrypha

Study & Translator Editions

6 Bibles↑

Made for close study of the text, and for Bible translators.

Unlocked Literal Bible
A literal, openly licensed translation by the Door43 community, built so that other translators can adapt it.
Complete Bible
Translation for Translators
Ellis Deibler's translation that spells out what the original only implies — a tool for Bible translators.
Complete Bible
English Majority Text Version
Dr. Paul Esposito's translation of the Majority (Byzantine) Greek text (2014).
New Testament only
Text-Critical English New Testament
Robert Boyd's Byzantine-text New Testament (2022), with extensive footnotes on the differences between manuscripts.
New Testament only
The New Testament with Commentary (F35)
Wilbur Pickering's New Testament according to the Family 35 Greek text, 2nd edition (2016).
New Testament only
One Unity Resource Bible
Thomas Robinson's American English translation with some transliterated Hebrew notations (2016).
Selected books only

Portions & Community Editions

4 Bibles↑

Selected books, many of them written for particular readers.

God's Living Word
Michael Paul Johnson's modern-English rendering of John and the three letters of John (1996).
John and 1–3 John only
Plain English Version
Written for Aboriginal Australians who speak English as a second language (2019).
Selected books only
Anindilyakwa English Bible
Simple English for Anindilyakwa speakers in Australia (Bible Society Australia, 2021): Genesis, Jonah, Luke, Ephesians, 1 Timothy and James.
Six books only
Nyangumarta English Bible
English portions prepared as a companion to the Nyangumarta Bible (Wycliffe Bible Translators).
Selected books only

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