Chronology of Major English Bible Translations

Date	Name	Abbreviation	Comments
10th Century AD	West Saxon Gospels	n/a	Earliest surviving English translation. Translated from the Latin version. Contained only the gospels.
11th Century AD	Old English Hexateuch	n/a	Translated from the Latin version. Contained only the Hexateuch, meaning the first six books of the Old Testament (Genesis- Joshua).
11th Century AD	Old English Psalter	n/a	Translated from the Latin version. Contained only the Psalms. Exists in two versions, one in straightforward prose and the other in stylized verse.
14th Century AD	John Wycliffe Bible	WYC	Translated from the Latin Version. First translation of the entire Bible in English.
1526	Tyndale New Testament	Tyndale	Translated by William Tyndale. First translation into English from the Greek text. Contained only the New Testament.
1530	Tyndale Pentateuch	Tyndale	Translated by William Tyndale. First translation into English from the Hebrew text. Contained only the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the Old Testament (Genesis-Deuteronomy).
1531	Tyndale Jonah	Tyndale	Translated by William Tyndale. Translated from the Hebrew text. Contained only the book of Jonah.
1535	Coverdale Bible	Coverdale	Translated by Miles Coverdale. First complete Bible in modern English. New Testament was translated from the Greek text, but the Old Testament from Latin and German translations.
1537	Matthew's Bible	Matthew	Translated by John Rogers under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew." Mostly a composite of the work done by Tyndale and Coverdale with minor edits.
1539	The Great Bible	n/a	Primarily translated by Miles Coverdale. First "authorized version," or version sanctioned by the English Crown. Also known as the "Cranmer Bible" and "Whitchurch's Bible."
1560	The Geneva Bible	GNV	First English Bible translated entirely from the original languages. First English Bible translated by a committee. First English Bible to contain verse numbers. First English Bible to contain study notes.
1568	The Bishop's Bible	Bishop	Second authorized version of the English Bible. Went through several substantial revisions.
1611	The King James Version	KJV	Also known as the "Authorized Version" or AV. Supposed to have used the "Bishop's Bible" as its starting point. Reveals much more influence from the "Geneva Bible" instead. Underwent a substantial revision in 1769, where it took the basic form it has today.
1885	The Revised Version	RV	Used the KJV as its starting point and made changes to bring it in line with later manuscript discoveries and linguistic studies.
1901	American Standard Version	ASV	A substantial revision of the RV. Especially known for its consistent use of the name "Jehovah" rather than the title "the LORD" in the Old Testament.
1952	Revised Standard Version	RSV	An often controversial translation, particularly for its rendering of Messianic passages like Isaiah 7:14 and Genesis 49:10, among others.
1971	New American Standard Bible	NASB	Used the ASV as its starting point. Considered by many to be the most literal and "word for word" of all the major translations. Underwent a notable update in 1995.
1978	New International Version	NIV	Fresh translation not based on a previous version. Underwent significant revisions in 1984 and 2011.
1982	New King James Version	NKJV	Based on the same Greek and Hebrew texts as the KJV, but rendered in 20th century English.
1989	New Revised Standard Version	NRSV	A significant update of the RSV. Often used by scholars but still controversial among many churches for the same reasons as its predecessor.
2001	English Standard Version	ESV	Used the RSV as its starting point. Made significant changes based on further manuscript discoveries and corrected many of the RSV's problematic passages, such as Isaiah 7:14.
2004	Holman Christian Standard	HCSB	Fresh translation not based on any previous version. Especially known for its (somewhat inconsistent) use of the name Yahweh rather than the title "the LORD" in the Old Testament.
2006	New English Translation	NET	Fresh translation not based on any previous version. Especially known for its detailed notes on alternative readings in manuscripts and on how they arrived at their textual choices.
2014	Modern English Version	MEV	A contemporary English translation of the same Greek and Hebrew texts used in the KJV.
2017	Christian Standard Bible	CSB	A substantial revision of the HCSB. In most cases, the revisions brought the CSB closer in wording to other modern translations and away from the distinctive phrasing of the HCSB.