English translations of the Bible

More translations than listed here have existed; those listed here are those that have been most widely distributed and used.

• American Standard Version (ASV) - 1902 - - no copyright (revision: Lockman Foundation)
• Authorized ("King James") Version (KJV) - 1611 - - no copyright (exception United Kingdom, perpetual King James Version#Copyright status).
• Contemporary English Version - 1991, 1995 - - American Bible Society
• Douay-Rheims Bible - 1582 - - no copyright
• English Standard Version (ESV) - 2001 - - Good News Publishers / Crossway
• God's Word to the Nations - 1990 - - God's Word to the Nations
• Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) - 2004 - - Broadman & Holman
• Jerusalem Bible - 1966 - - Doubleday
• The Living Bible - 1971 - - Tyndale House Publishers
• The Message - 2002 - - Eugene Peterson / NavPress
• New American Bible - 1983 - - St. Anthony Guild Press
• New American Standard Bible - 1971, 1995 - - Lockman Foundation Publications
• New English Bible - 1970 - - Tyndale House Publishers
• New English Translation (NET) 1996-2005 - - Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C, and the authors
• New International Version (NIV) - 1978 (revised 1983) - - Int'l Bible Society / Zondervan
• New King James Version (NKJV) - 1982 - - Thomas Nelson publishers
• New Living Translation (NLT) - 1996 - - Tyndale House Publishers
• New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) - 1989 - - Nat'l Council of Churches
• Revised Standard Version (RSV) - 1952 (revised 1972) - - Nat'l Council of Churches
• Today's New International Version (TNIV) - 2005 - - Int'l Bible Society / Zondervan

See also

• Translation of the Bible -- a timeline of Bible Translation History
• New Testament Textual Criticism

External links

• English Bible History
• Rating English Bible translations
• Translations of the Bible Into English by Ken Collins
• The English Versions of Scripture