What language was the bible written in?

Question

Where is the original bible? How many times has it been translated?

How do we know it hasn't been edited or mistranslated?

Answer 1

The Bible was written in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. The reason it was written in the separate languages is because it is not one book, rather 66 separate books (many were written in the form of letters) written over a period of 1500 years.

Because there were no xerox machines back then is was the responsibility of scribes to make exact copies of different documents. So many copies were made of the original works.

How do we know it hasn't been edited or mistranslated?

Zip forward in time to 1947... a young Bedouin shepherd, searching for a stray goat in the Judean Desert, entered a long-untouched cave and found jars filled with ancient scrolls. That initial discovery by the Bedouins yielded seven scrolls and began a search that lasted nearly a decade and eventually produced thousands of scroll fragments from eleven caves. The scrolls and scroll fragments when translated are an exact copy or representation of the books we refer to as the bible.

Bottom line... I would have to be a conspiracy of monumental proportion to fake the authenticity of the bible.

Answer 2

the only the truch guy is somewhat right. the first bible was hebrew. this would be b/c the bible is a compilation of writings, storys that seem to flow together conveying the truths of God and his people. St. Jerome was the first person to translate the bible from Hebrew and/or Greek into Latin. as for the mistranslated question, well im sure the jews would tell you that there are some mistranslations there that when corrected tell you that Jesus wasnt the Messiah or Son of God or born of a virgin. other than some things like that that are BS i dont know of any issues with translating. of course some words in greek arent going to translate so you have to use other words. but the meaning of the bible has stayed. im sure.

Answer 3

Get a King James and purchase a Strongs Exhaustive. The OT Hebrew words and NT Greek words / dictionary. So you can find out for yourself what the bible is.

I know the translations (except maybe some false ones) are basically saying the same message. The Holy Spirit confirms in my spirit the Truth of the Holy Bible. God loves His book. It is written in Revelation to the 7 Churches that Jesus hates false doctrines. If one adds or takes away from Gods Truth, person will be found out a liar. The bible has been tried tested and found true.

The bible has been translated into most languages, and the final languages are being worked out today. Jesus said the when the Word of God is published & preached in all the world, then the end shall come. God wants everyone to hear the Good News to be restored in relationship to God through Grace / faith first.

Answer 4

The Hebrew Scriptures (OT) were written in Hebrew, primarily, with some Aramaic thrown in. The Greek Scriptures (NT) were written in Greek.

We know, based on comparisons from ancient documents to modern day, that the Hebrew Scriptures have been transmitted essentially intact. There are a few (less than 10) differences, however none change the meaning of the original.

Of the Greek, it is known that there were many versions of the Gospels and other NT books as is recorded by the Council of Nicea. At that council, the early church fathers not only decided on what books to include in the NT but also which versions they considered the most authoritative.

As for translations, every time a work is translated, something is lost or re-interpreted. This is due to the fact that certain words in certain languages do not have exactly parallel terms in others. Thus, at best, any translation is no more than a close approximation of the original. However, that said, there is evidence that certain works, especially books of the Hebrew Prophets, were intentionally changed when translated from Hebrew to Greek to change their meaning and to support the story told in the NT.

Answer 5

The New Testament was written in Greek. There are different versions of it in circulation, such as the Revised Standard version, the Jerusalem Bible, the New American Bible, etc. They go back to the original writings and translate them into whatever language necessary. That's why there can be slight differences in the various versions; not all words translate seamlessly into other languages, and the translator is forced to make a decision as to what word best fits.

There is no one "original bible" locked in a vault somewhere. There are writings that have been copied and re-copied over the ages.

Answer 6

What we know as the Bible (I'm assuming you mean the King James Version) was written in:
Greek, Aromaic, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, and many dialects of these, depending on the time period and author.
Yes, there are some debates about the translation, especially from the Hebrew sections because that language naturally has many different ways to interpret words.
For example, in Genesis 1:1 reads "In the beginnig, God created...", while in Hebrew, a more direct translation is "When God began to create...". These two sound almost the same, but when you really examine them, they are distinctly different.

Answer 7

Hebrew was the original language, later translated into Greek, then the languages common today across the world. Anyone who has added anything to the word of God or taken away from it will be punished, it says so in the end of the book of Revelation.

www.watchtower.org for more info from the bible

Answer 8

that's truly no longer out of position to assert right here that the Bible wasn't written initially in English as this style of number of look to trust, judging from their arguments. some trust that the Scriptures were written first in English and then set forth in the barbarous languages of Latin, Greek or Hebrew for the sake of inquisitive scholars and critics. The old testomony grow to be written in Hebrew and the hot testomony grow to be written in Greek. The Hebrew textual content of the old testomony grow to be translated into Greek, earlier the time of Christ by using 70 translators.

Answer 9

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew (with a few portions in Aramaic, like Daniel). The New Testament was written in Greek, except for Jesus words which are Aramaic.

You can trust the Bible. God used human beings to physically pen the biblical text. But remember God is the author, they are His words. The Bible is inspired by God. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew. The New Testament was originally written in Greek (with a few portions in aramaic). Learn those languages so you can read it for yourself in it's original. Check out some good commentaries (NIV Application commentary, Anchor Bible Commentary, New International Commentary on the New Testament (also one on OT), New International Greek Testament Commentary).

The Bible is inerrant and infallible. Inerrant means it is incapable of having errors, and infallible means incapable of being false. So this means that God protected the Bible while it was being translated to other languages and other translations.

Answer 10

Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. Because it is written that if any man add to or takes away the understanding of what was written, their names would be blotted out of the Book of Life.