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This a list of Bible translators by language.
Fox-Aleut
- Ivan Evseyevich Popov-Veniaminov (Saint Innocent of Alaska) - Russian Orthodox, into Fox-Aleut
Algonquin
- John Eliot - into Algonquin
Amharic
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
Aniwan
- John Gibson Paton - American Protestant, into Aniwan
Arabic
- Butrus al-Bustani
- Francis Britius
- Cornelius Van Allen Van Dyck
- Saadia Gaon - Jewish, translated into Old Arabic
- Samuel Gobat, Anglican
- Sergius Risi
- Eli Smith, American
- Nasif al Yaziji
Arapaho
- John Roberts and Michael White Hawk translated the Gospel of Luke into the Arapaho langauge for the American Bible Society in 1903.
Armenian
- Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
Assamese
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
Auca/Waodani
- Rachel Saint - American, into Auca/Waodani
Batak
- Ludwig I. Nommensen - Rhenish Mission Society, into Batak of Sumatra
Bengali
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
Belarusian
- Francysk Skaryna, 1517
- Vasiliy Sergeevich Semukha, 2003
- George Rapetsky, Canadian, 2003
Bulgarian
- Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
Burmese
- Adoniram Judson - Baptist, translated into Burmese
Cakchiquel
- William Cameron Townsend - Evangelical, translated into Cakchiquel
Catalan
- J.M. Prat Colom, 19th century
- Joan Roís de Corella, 15th century psalter
- Bonifaci Ferrer, 1478
- Jaume de Montjuich, 13th century
- Pau and Samuel Sais, 2000
Cherokee
- At-see (also known as John Arch), 1824
- Elias Boudinot
- David Brown, 1825
- Amory N. Chamberlain
- Stephen Forman
- Evan and John B. Jones
- Jack and Anna Kilpatrick
- George Lowrey
- M.A. Pearson
- Charles C. Torrey
- Samuel Worcester
Chinese
- Gabrielle Allegra - Roman Catholic, translated into Chinese
- Solanus Lee, Antonius Lee, Bernardinus Lee and Ludovicus Liu - Roman Catholics - translated into Chinese
- Robert Morrison and William Milne - Protestants, translated into Wenli Chinese
Chope
- Dinis Sengulane - Anglican, translated into Chope
Croatian
- Matija Petar Katančić - Roman Catholic, translated into Croatian
Dakota
- Thomas S. Williamson, Gideon H. Pond and Stephen R. Riggs - Protestants, translated into Dakota
Danish
- Christen Pedersen - into Danish
- Hans Povlsen Resen Lutheran, into Danish
Dutch
- Albert Koster
- Jan Utenhove
English
- Henry T. Anderson - American, "The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek"
- William Ballantine - translator of The Riverside New Testament (d. 1937)
- Heinz Cassirer - Messianic Jew, NT into English
- Richard Challoner - Catholic, into English
- Myles Coverdale - Anglican, Great Bible
- John Nelson Darby -
Plymouth Brethren , Darby Bible - Ferrar Fenton - Anglican, Ferrar Fenton Bible
- Everett Fox - Jewish, translated into English and German
- Edgar J. Goodspeed - American, NT of An American Translation
- B. E. Junkins - A Fresh Parenthetical Version of the New Testament
- Jay P. Green Sr. - American, multiple translations into English, including Green's Literal Translation
- William Henry Green - American, American Standard Version
- Yisrayl Hawkins "corrected" English version of Bible, The Book of Yahweh
- Adolf P. Knoch - American, the Concordant Literal Translation
- George Lamsa - Church of the East, Lamsa Bible
- James MacKnight - Scottish, "The New Translation of the Apostolical Epistles"
- Richard Mant - "The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version"
- Max Margolis - Jew, into English
- Helen Barrett Montgomery - American, into English Centenary New Testament
- Olaf Morgan Norlie - Lutheran, English Simplified New Testament
- Matthew Parker - Anglican, Bishop's Bible
- Eugene H. Peterson - Evangelical, worked on The Message
- John Rogers - Protestant, Matthew Bible
- Hugh Schonfield - Jewish, "The Original New Testament: A Radical Translation and Reinterpretation"
- Mary Sidney - Anglican, translated into English
- Joseph Smith, Jr. - Mormon, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
- Julia E. Smith - Protestant, Julia E. Smith Parker Translation
- Richard Taverner - Anglican, Taverner's Bible
- Charles Thomson - Protestant, Thomson's Translation
- William Tyndale - Tyndale's Bible
- Kenneth Wuest - Evangelical, translated into English
- John Wycliffe - Wyclif's Bible
- Robert Young - Protestant, Young's Literal Translation
Old English
Esperanto
- L. L. Zamenhof - Jewish, translated into Esperanto
Finnish
- Mikael Agricola - Lutheran, translated into Finnish
French
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
- François de Larben
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples - Roman Catholic, translated into French
- Antoine Lemaistre and Louis Isaac Lemaistre - Roman Catholics, translated into French
- Nicholas de Leuze
- Pierre Robert Olivétan - Protestant, translated into French
- Jean Frederic Ostervald - Protestant, translated into French
- Louis-Isaac Le Maître de Sacy - Jansenist, translated into French
- Louis Segond - Calvinist, translated into French
German
- Johann Augusti
- Martin Buber, Jewish
- Johann Dietenberger, Catholic
- Martin Luther, Lutheran reformer, Luther Bible
- Everett Fox, Jewish, translated into English and German
- Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish
- Franz Rosenzweig, Jewish
- Karl-Heinz Vanheiden
- Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette
Old German
- Williram - Roman Catholic, translated into Old German
Gilbertese
- Hiram Bingham II - Congregationalist, translated into Gilbertese
Gothic
Greek
- Maximus de Gallipoli - translated into Greek
Modern Greek
- Alexandros Pallis - translated into Modern Greek
Gullah
- Pat and Claude Sharpe - Evangelical, translated into Gullah
Hawaiian
- Lorrin Andrews - ABCFM missionary into Hawai'ian
- Sheldon Dibble - American, translated into Hawaiian
Hebrew (New Testament)
- Franz Delitzsch - Lutheran, translated New Testament into Hebrew
- Yitzhak Salkinsohn - Presbyterian, translated the New Testament into Hebrew
Hungarian
- Szenci Molnár Albert - Reformed, into Hungarian
- György Káldi - Roman Catholic, translated into Hungarian
- Gáspár Károlyi - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
- János Sylvester - Protestant, translated into Hungarian
Icelandic
- Oddur Gottskálksson - Protestant, translated into Icelandic
- Guðbrandur Þorláksson - Lutheran, translated into Icelandic
Italian
- Antonio Brucioli - Protestant, translated into Italian
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
- Samuel David Luzzatto - Jew, into Italian
- Santi Marmochini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
- Antonio Martini - Roman Catholic, translated into Italian
Kamba
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
Korean
- Henry G. Appenzeller - Methodist Episcopal, into Korean
Latin
- Jerome - Church Father, translated into Latin, the Vulgata
- John Immanuel Tremellius - Italian Jew converted to Christianity, into Latin
Lisu
- J. O. Fraser - China Inland Mission, into Lisu
Malay
- Albert Cornelius Ruyl - Protestant, translated into Malay
Malayalam
- Hermann Gundert - Basle Mission, into Malayalam
Māori
- Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso Church Mission Society, into Maori
Marathi
- Bapuji Appaji - into Marathi
- B. N. Athavale
- William Carey
- Ratnakar Hari Kelkar - NT translation from Greek to Marathi 2005 and Greek-Marathi wordbook Nava Karar
- Pandita Ramabai - Evangelical, translated into Marathi
A-Miao
- Sam Pollard - into A-Miao, also known as Flowery Miao
Mixtec
- Kenneth L. Pike - Evangelical, translated into Mixtec
Nama
- Johann Heinrich Schmelen - Nama of Namibia
Nyika (Rabai)
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
Oromo
- Aster Ganno - Protestant, into Oromo
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
- Onesimos Nesib - Lutheran, translated into Oromo
Oshindonga
- Martti Rautanen - Finnish Missionary Society, into Oshindonga of Namibia
Otjiherero
- Gottlieb Viehe - German, into Otjiherero of Namibia
Polish
- Jan Laski - into Polish
- Jan Sieklucki - Calvinist, translated into Polish
- Jakub Wujek - Jesuit, translated into Polish
Portuguese
- Emperor D. Pedro II - translated the book of Nehemiah into Portuguese
- Bernardo de Alcobaça - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
- João Ferreira de Almeida - Protestant, translated into Portuguese
- António Pereira de Figueiredo - Roman Catholic father, translated into Portuguese based on the Vulgata
- Huberto Rohden - Roman Catholic and spiritualist, translated the New Testament into Portuguese
- Gómez de Santofímia - Roman Catholic, translated the Psalms into Portuguese
- Matos Soares - Roman Catholic, translated into Portuguese
Provençal
- Peter Waldo - Waldensian, translated into Provençal
Romanian
- Petru Pavel Aron
- Constantin Brâncoveanu- into Romanian
- Dumitru Cornilescu - Protestant, translated into Romanian
- Gala Galaction - Romanian Orthodox, translated into Romanian
- Radu and Şerban Greceanu - translated into Romanian
Russian
- Epifany Slavinetsky - Russian Orthodox, translated into Russian
Sanskrit
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
Sechwana
- Robert Moffat - Congregationalist, translated into Sechwana
Serbian
- Lujo Bakotić - translated into Serbian
- Aleksandar Birviš - translated into Serbian
- Đuro Daničić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić - Serbian Orthodox, translated into Serbian
- Dimitrije Stefanović - translated into Serbian
- Atanasije Stojković - translated into Serbian
Seri
- Edward W. Moser - American Evangelical, into Seri of Mexico
Shan
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
Slavic
- Cyril and Methodius - translated into Slavic
Slovak
- Jozef Roháček - Protestant, translated into Slovak
Slovenian
- Jurij Dalmatin - Protestant, translated into Slovenian
- Primoz Trubar - Lutheran, translated into Slovenian
Sorbian
- Michel Hornik (Michael Hornig) - into Sorbian
Lower Sorbian
- Jan Bjedrich Fryco (Johann Friedrich Fritze) - into Lower Sorbian
Spanish
- Francisco de Enzinas - Protestant, translated into Spanish
- Juan Pérez de Pineda - Protestant, translated into Spanish
- Casiodoro de Reina - Lutheran, translated into Spanish
- Scío de San Miguel - Roman Catholic, translated into Spanish
- Abraham Usque - Jewish, translated into Spanish
- Cipriano Valera - Protestant, revised Reina's translation
Swedish
- Helge Åkessons - Lutheran, translated into Swedish
- Olavus Petri - Protestant, into Swedish
- Gustav Vasa - Protestant, translated into Swedish, Gustav Vasa Bible
Tamil
- Johann Philipp Fabricius - German, revised Tamil
Tatar
- Nikolai Ivanovitch Ilminski - Russian Orthodox, into Tatar
Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
- Wojciech Bobowski, also known as Ali Ufki - born Protestant, converted to Islam, translated into Ottoman Turkish
Ukrainian
- Panteleimon Kulish - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Nechui-Levytsky - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Ohiienko (Ohijenko, Ogienko) - into Ukrainian
- Ivan Puluj (also spelled Puliui) - into Ukrainian
Welsh
- William Morgan - Anglican, translated into Welsh
- William Salesbury - Protestant, translated into Welsh
Xhosa
- Henry Hare Dugmore - Methodist, translated into Xhosa
Yiddish
- Elijah Levita (aka Bahur and Elijah ben Asher) - Jewish, German Yiddish
Yoruba
- Ajayi-Crowther Samuel - translated into Yoruba and concluded it in the mid 1880 known as " Bibeli Mimo"
Zulu
- John William Colenso - Anglican, Zulu
- Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder - Norwegian, translated in Zulu
Translators into multiple languages
- Elias Riggs - American Presbyterian, into modern Armenian and Bulgarian
- Johann Ludwig Krapf - German, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba
- William Carey - Baptist, translated into Bengali and Sanskrit
- Nathan Brown - Baptist, translated into Assamese and Shan
- Giovanni Diodati - Protestant, translated into Italian and French
See also
- Category:Translators of the King James version of the bible
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