When God wrote the bible, what translator did he use to convert his "holy" words to English? was it English?

Answer 1

Te Bible was written in many languages on different continents over a period of about 1450 years. The original languages were Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The English version that we have today was produced from translating the Septaugent, which is a translation of the Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek. (This translation was done during the 400 years of silence before John the Baptist.) The Authorized King James Bible of 1605 was the first Bible to be translated into English from the original Greek manuscript copies and the Septuagent manuscript copies; The translation was ordered by King James of England.

Answer 2

You ask some questions that don't have easy answers. I'll try my best to answer for you.

Who wrote the Bible?

- Spiritualy: God wrote it. It is God's plan for our lives and his promises to us.

- Physically: in all actuality, many people from all walks of life and all levels of society composed many sections of the bible over many thousands of years. (It was estimated that well over 40 different people worked on the bible. The actual numbers may never be truly known.)

Is there an original version anywhere?

- Yes and no. All that we have that are available and still exist that are not lost due to the passage of time are hand written manuscripts. The oldest (GENESIS, the first book in the Bible) is estimated to be written (most scholars think it may have been written by Moses or a perhaps a disciple of his) about 1500 B.C. The latest book of the Bible (is Revelation) written about 95 A.D. (by a man named John, some believe it is the disciple John, others think it may have been written by a disciple of his on the island of Patmos during the Christian persecution by the Roman Emperor Nero).

Is the Bible in other languages....
Yes the bible is written in three languages over time

- Hebrew & Aramaic (Throughout the Old Testament)

Some of the first translations of the Jewish Torah (The Bible) began during the first exile in Babylonia, when Aramaic became the lingua franca of the Jews. With most people speaking only Aramaic and not understanding Hebrew, the Targums were created to allow the common person to understand the Torah as it was read in ancient synagogues.

- And Greek (Mostly within the New Testament)

The common language spoken in the time of Jesus was Aramaic. However, the original text of much of the New Testament was most likely written in Koine Greek, the vernacular dialect Roman provinces of the Eastern Mediterranean, and has since been widely translated into other languages, most notably, Latin, Syriac, and Coptic. However, some of the church fathers seem to imply that Matthew was originally written in Hebrew or more likely Aramaic, and there is another contention that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews wrote in Hebrew, which was translated into Greek by Luke. Neither view holds much support among contemporary scholars, who argue that the literary facets of Matthew and Hebrews suggest that they were composed directly in Greek, rather than being translated.

A very small minority of scholars consider the Aramaic version of the New Testament to be the original and believe the Greek is a translation

Then the Bible was translated into Latin by the Romans around the year 380 until Martin Luther translated the Bible into German to make it more accessible to the common people. He began the task of translating the New Testament alone in 1521 during his stay in the Wartburg castle. It was completed and published in September 1522.

Early Modern English Bible translations are those translations of the Bible which were made between about 1500 and 1800, the period of Early Modern English. This was the first major period of Bible translation into the English language including the landmark King James Version and Douai Bibles. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation led to the need for Bibles in the vernacular with competing groups each producing their own versions.

Answer 3

The original text of the bible was written on paprus paper. And was written in 3 languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. It took about 1500 years for the bible's 66 books to be completed. The translators, during the original writing, God used prophets, apostles, and diciples. Just think of you as a buisness owner, and you have a letter that you dictate to your secretary to type. Who wrote the letter, was it you or your secretary? God wrote the bible, but since he is Holy, his way to communicate to us is this way. Until the reformation of the 16th Century, the bible was kept in the language of Latin, the common tongue of the time. But small groups would break from the Catholic law and begin to print the bible in the local dialect of their area. William Tyndale in England was a Catholic priest who disobeyed the Catholic law and translated the New Testament into English. He was eventually burned at the stake. King Henry the 8th, led the way to having the bible legally printed into English, other than Latin. Martin Luther too had the bible translated into German. History records tons of others doing likewise. There you go.

Answer 4

OK, I am an atheist, but as far as I know: testaments were written in Hebrew, then during the medieval times King James put together the current version of the Bible which at the time was written in latin, and has since then been translated into about sixty different languages , one being English.

Answer 5

L K,
God did not write the bible, despite what some preachers will tell you to the contrary. The book we call the bible was written in the year 325, at the Council of Nicea,, under the control of the Roman Emperor Constantine. It is a long story, but Constantine wanted to create a single orthodox religion, which he would then use to unify his crumbling empire. Many of the teachings of Jesus were lost at that council, since Constantine ordered all scriptures that conflicted with his new "christian" religion, be burned. In addition, many of them were altered to conform to the new "One size fits all" church he created. He wanted the vast number of pagans in the empire to feel comfortable in the new universal church. Anyone who doesn't want to believe this, can research it at the library. Having said all that, some of the timeless truths of God's Word, have been preserved in that book. You just have to be careful about forming doctrines of belief, based on what some apostle might have said. Stick to the words of the Master, and you will do well.

Answer 6

The Bible wasn't written in English. It was William Tyndale , during Renaissance who converted the bible into English.

Answer 7

Read "Who Wrote the Bible?" by Richard Elliott Friedman

Answer 8

Hebrew (ot)and Greek (nt).
Catholics translated into latin
England into english
many other languages

Answer 9

I read it in Italian and French

Answer 10

god didnot write the bible. who god? i thought our heavenly father had a name.