what was the origional language the bible was written in how many translations did it go through?

Question

to get too english and how accurate was each translation?

Answer 1

Old Testament was in Hebrew. New Testament was in Greek. Biblical scholars have worked hard to obtain the texts in the original languages to avoid the problems related to multiple retranslations.

Answer 2

The Old Testament was written in Ancient Hebrew, the New Testament was written in Greek and the book of Daniel was written in Aramaic.
The Bible is the most translated book in human history, so far it's been translated in thousands of languages. The original King James version was translated in English from the original Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic texts that they had available at the time.
Since that time we've recovered thousands of more ancient copies and manuscripts, like the Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1948, so the New King James version takes those new finds into account.
Several translations out today are what is called a "meaning for meaning" translation, while the King James and New King James are "word for word" translations.
You can also buy key word study bibles and parallel bibles that will show you the ancient original text and compare it to the English versions.

There are some translations, like the "Today's New International Version or TNIV (not to be confused with the NIV) that purposely add text, change text, and take away text from the original translations. I'd advise you steer clear of these translations.

But in general, any word for word or meaning for meaning translation will you give you an accurate picture of what was actually said.

Answer 3

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, except for Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, which were written in Aramaic, the language the Hebrews acquired during the Babylonian captivity.

The New Testament was written in Koine Greek, except for Matthew which was first written in Aramaic, and later translated to Greek.

The O.T. was translated into Greek about 250 B.C. It is called the Septuegent. A complete discussion of Bible translations is far too extensive for this forum.

Answer 4

The original languages were Hebrew / Chaldean for the Old Testament, and Greek for the New Testament. Both were eventually translated into Latin (The Latin Vulgate).
Latin forms the basis for all the romance languages, of which English is one.
But the best translations are direct from the Hebrew and Greek into English. The King James version is the most accurate of the English translations. It was translated in 1611.

Answer 5

the torah and old testament were originally written in hebrew and I think a smattering of Aramaic.

the torah scrolls themselves are still in hebrew, and generally have little to no alteration. though some dispute this.

the old testament is still used in hebrew by jewish people, or rather its a recent direct translation of it from hebrew to english, rather than a layered translation.

hebrew to english is questionable, but the other notable translation historically would be the Septugiant, which by the story anyway, was translated for the Library of Alexandria, from Hebrew into Greek, and is considered by many to be the only 100% accurate non-hebrew version of the old testament, due to the method wich it was translated.

Answer 6

The OT was written in Hebrew (primarily), Greek and in some instances -- Aramaic -- the language of Jesus. The only acceptable one to most Jews of today is the Hebrew because there are no other "translations" to use the word in its exact context. All else is simply interptretation -- subject to change according to whomever is carrying out the process. At least, I'm pretty sure that that is what I read!

Answer 7

I don't know how many translations it went through, but I think the Bible was first written in Hebrew. I hope this is accurate.

Answer 8

The original languages of the Bible are Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic.. There are good scholars that read these languages. Because of that it was translated ONCE... Unless you read them (I don't) you have good honest translations in the NKJV, the NIV, and NAS.. These are a few there are others.. Jim

Answer 9

Well, it might have been written in hebrew, but Jesus spoke aramaic, and that's the language i believe it was written in.
And thru how many translations did it went trough? No one can say. But translations are in general pretty accurate (but not without fault), What you should ask yourself is how many people changed the bible because it didn't suit their needs.

Answer 10

Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek