Medieval & Pre‑Reformation

• Wycliffe Bible (1382–1395) First complete English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate.

Reformation Era (1500s)

• Tyndale New Testament (1526) First printed English NT from Greek; foundation of all later translations.
• Coverdale Bible (1535) First complete printed English Bible.
• Matthew Bible (1537) Blend of Tyndale and Coverdale.
• Great Bible (1539) First authorized English Bible for church use.
• Geneva Bible (1560) Popular, study‑note heavy, used by Shakespeare and the Pilgrims.
• Bishops Bible (1568) Official Church of England Bible before the KJV.
• Douay Rheims (1582–1609) Catholic English translation from the Latin Vulgate.

Early Modern Period

• King James Version (KJV) (1611) The most influential English Bible in history.

1700s–1800s

• KJV 1769 Oxford Revision The standardized KJV used today.
• Revised Version (RV) (1881–1885) First major revision based on older Greek manuscripts.

Early 1900s

• American Standard Version (ASV) (1901) American update of the RV; extremely literal.

Mid‑1900s

• Revised Standard Version (RSV) (1946–1952) Modernized ASV; major ecumenical translation.
• New American Standard Bible (NASB) (1960–1971) Ultra‑literal, designed for study.
• New English Bible (NEB) (1970) British translation using contemporary English.

Late 1900s

• New International Version (NIV) (1973–1978) International team; most popular modern translation.
• New King James Version (NKJV) (1982) Modernized KJV language.
• New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) (1989) Academic, ecumenical update of the RSV.
• New Living Translation (NLT) (1996) Meaning‑focused, very readable.
• Contemporary English Version (CEV) (1995) Simple, everyday English.
• Good News Translation (GNT) (1976) Dynamic, easy‑reading translation.

2000s–Present

• English Standard Version (ESV) (2001) Literal, literary, RSV‑based.
• Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) (2004) Introduced “optimal equivalence.”
• NET Bible (2005) Digital‑first, with 60,000+ translator notes.
• Christian Standard Bible (CSB) (2017) Updated HCSB; balanced readability and accuracy.
• NIV 2011 Update Modernized language and scholarship.
• NRSVue (2021) Updated edition of the NRSV.

⭐ In One Sentence

English Bible history spans from Wycliffe’s handwritten manuscripts to a rich modern landscape of literal, dynamic, academic, and digital‑era translations shaped by centuries of scholarship and language evolution.