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1 Enoch (Ethiopic Book of Enoch)

Credit
Text of the EOTC printed Bible, encoded by the Beta maṣāḥǝft project
Based on
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church printed edition of Ge'ez 1 Enoch
License
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Beta maṣāḥǝft, Universität Hamburg). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license. This is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church printed-Bible edition; the file's license note places no extra restriction on it. A separate scholarly edition in the same file (non-commercial use only) is not used.
Source
https://github.com/BetaMasaheft/Works/blob/ff9d4981eba2084c4914ca840ff323d85cbd2a1d/1001-2000/LIT1340EnochE.xml

Book of Jubilees (Ge'ez)

Credit
Text of the EOTC printed Bible, encoded by the Beta maṣāḥǝft project
Based on
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church printed edition of Ge'ez Jubilees
License
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Beta maṣāḥǝft, Universität Hamburg). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license. This is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church printed-Bible edition; the file's license note places no extra restriction on it. A separate scholarly edition in the same file (non-commercial use only) is not used.
Source
https://github.com/BetaMasaheft/Works/blob/ff9d4981eba2084c4914ca840ff323d85cbd2a1d/1001-2000/LIT1697Jubilees.xml

1 Clement (Epistle to the Corinthians)

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1271/tlg001

2 Clement

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1271/tlg002

Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1311/tlg001

Epistle of Barnabas

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1216/tlg001

Letters of Ignatius of Antioch (the seven genuine letters)

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1443/tlg001

Letters of Ignatius: longer recension (interpolated and spurious letters)

Credit
Greek text edited by Francis Xavier Funk and Francis Diekamp
Based on
Print edition: Francis Xavier Funk and Francis Diekamp, longer (interpolated) recension including spurious letters (Tübingen: H. Laupp, 1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1913
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1443/tlg002

Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1912
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1622/tlg001

Shepherd of Hermas

Credit
Greek text edited by Kirsopp Lake (Loeb Classical Library, The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2)
Based on
Print edition: Kirsopp Lake, The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2 (Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin
Year
1917
License
CC BY-SA 4.0: Perseus Digital Library / Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek). Attribution required; derivatives must stay under the same license.
Source
https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/First1KGreek/tree/03776b39f4047c5cff06f5296fae4b2bae4b08fb/data/tlg1419/tlg001

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Shared under CC BY 4.0. We changed the text only by reformatting it into a database. Where a source offers more than one reading (the STEPBible word-by-word texts), we show a single reading and say which in that text’s description. The STEPBible Greek dictionary is Abbott-Smith’s lexicon as edited by STEPBible; its Hebrew brief lexicon is not used.

Greek New Testament, word by word (STEPBible TAGNT)

Credit
STEPBible.org, based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge
Based on
Nestlé-Aland text (NA27/NA28) as used by most modern translators. Words found only in the Textus Receptus or other editions are not shown here.
License
CC BY 4.0: STEPBible.org, based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge (https://github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data). Attribution required. Used here in a database and reader; the underlying data is not redistributed.
Source
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SBL Greek New Testament

Credit
Michael W. Holmes (editor), Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software
Based on
Critical edition drawn from the Greek manuscript tradition
Year
2010
License
CC BY 4.0: SBLGNT © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software
Source
https://github.com/LogosBible/SBLGNT

Hebrew Old Testament, word by word (STEPBible TAHOT)

Credit
STEPBible.org, based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge
Based on
Westminster Leningrad Codex as used by translators: follows the Qere where the codex has a Ketiv, restores Jos 21:36–37 and Neh 7:67b, which are missing in Leningrad; words reconstructed from the Septuagint are left out. Verse numbers follow English Bibles (NRSV), which differ from the Hebrew numbering in places.
License
CC BY 4.0: STEPBible.org, based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge (https://github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data). Attribution required. Used here in a database and reader; the underlying data is not redistributed.
Source
https://github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data

Public domain

No copyright restrictions apply, and we credit the sources as a courtesy. Footnotes and typesetting markup were removed, but the words are unchanged. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org; we show it unaltered. The English 1 Enoch was digitized by Project Gutenberg (eBook #77935) from scans supplied by the Internet Archive and proofread by Distributed Proofreaders. It is in the public domain in the United States; see the Project Gutenberg License. Charles’s footnotes and section headings are omitted here.

Smith–Van Dyck Arabic Bible (فان دايك)

Credit
Eli Smith and Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck
Year
1865
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=arb-vd

Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)

Credit
Union Version translation committees
Year
1919
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=cmn-cu89s

Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)

Credit
Union Version translation committees
Year
1919
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=cmn-cu89t

Kralice Bible (1613)

Year
1613
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=ces1613

Petrus Canisius Bible, 1939 (De Heilige Schrift)

Credit
Petrus Canisius translation
Year
1939
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=nld1939

Berean Standard Bible

Credit
Berean Bible translation committee (BSB Publishing, LLC)
Based on
Hebrew Masoretic Text; Nestle-Aland / UBS Greek
License
Public Domain
Source
https://ebible.org/find/show.php?id=engbsb

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

Based on
Latin Vulgate
Year
1899
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=engDRA

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

Credit
Jewish Publication Society of America
Year
1917
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=engjps

King James Version with Apocrypha

Credit
Translators appointed by King James I
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=eng-kjv

The Book of Enoch (R. H. Charles, 1917)

Credit
R. H. Charles (translator), with an introduction by W. O. E. Oesterley; Translations of Early Documents, Series I: Palestinian Jewish Texts (Pre-Rabbinic)
Based on
Translated from the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) text as critically edited by Charles, with Greek and Aramaic fragments
Year
1917
License
Public domain: Project Gutenberg eBook #77935, translation by R. H. Charles, S.P.C.K., London, 1917. Charles's footnotes, section headings and bold/italic typography are not reproduced; his editorial brackets are kept.
Source
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77935

World English Bible

Credit
eBible.org volunteers (Michael Paul Johnson)
Based on
Hebrew Masoretic Text; Greek Majority Text
License
Public Domain (the name 'World English Bible' is a trademark of eBible.org)
Source
https://ebible.org/find/show.php?id=engwebp

Londona Biblio (Esperanto, 1910)

Year
1910
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=epo

Louis Segond 1910

Credit
Louis Segond
Year
1910
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=fraLSG

Lutherbibel 1912

Credit
Martin Luther; 1912 revision
Year
1912
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=deu1912

Greek New Testament: 1904 Patriarchal Text (Byzantine)

Based on
1904 Patriarchal Greek New Testament, with 20 corrections from later editions
Year
1904
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=grcbyz

Greek New Testament: Byzantine Text (Robinson–Pierpont 2018)

Based on
Byzantine Text form, Robinson–Pierpont 2018 edition. The eBible digital edition is supplied without accents or breathing marks.
Year
2018
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=grcmt

Greek New Testament: Textus Receptus

Based on
Textus Receptus (the eBible edition carries manuscript annotations by Adam Boyd, which are not reproduced here)
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=grctr

Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)

Credit
Compiled by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton
Based on
Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus base)
License
Public Domain
Source
https://ebible.org/find/show.php?id=grcbrent

Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=grclxx

Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)

Year
1868
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=haw1868

Hebrew Old Testament (Masoretic Text)

Based on
Masoretic Text (Leningrad tradition)
License
Public Domain
Source
https://ebible.org/find/show.php?id=hbo

Westminster Leningrad Codex (Hebrew Old Testament)

Based on
Leningrad Codex (B19A), 1008 CE
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=hboWLC

Diodati Bibbia 1885

Credit
Giovanni Diodati; 1885 edition
Year
1885
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=ita1885

Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=jpnm

Korean Bible, 1910 (한국어 성경)

Year
1910
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=kor

Clementine Vulgate, 1598

Credit
Jerome; Clementine edition
Based on
Latin Vulgate, Clementine edition (eBible.org notes the Glossa Ordinaria, Migne 1880 edition)
Year
1598
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=latVUC

Old Persian Version (ترجمه قدیم)

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=pesOPV

Bíblia Portuguesa Mundial (Brazilian Portuguese)

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=porbrbsl

Cornilescu Bible (1924), Cyrillic script

Credit
Dumitru Cornilescu
Year
1924
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=ron1924

Synodal Translation (Синодальный перевод)

Credit
Russian Holy Synod
Year
1876
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=russyn

Daničić–Karadžić Bible (1868), Cyrillic

Credit
Đura Daničić and Vuk Karadžić
Year
1868
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=srp1868

Reina-Valera 1909

Credit
Casiodoro de Reina (1569), revised by Cipriano de Valera; 1909 revision
Year
1909
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=spaRV1909

Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=swh1850

Freedom Bible (Thai)

License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=thafb

Tongan Bible, Revised West Version

Credit
James Baxley (translation); digital edition by Michael Johnson
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=ton

Kulish and Puluj Bible (1905)

Credit
Panteleimon Kulish and Ivan Puluj
Year
1905
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=ukr1871

Vietnamese Bible (1923 translation)

Year
1923
License
Public Domain, per eBible.org's copyright page for this translation
Source
https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=vie1934