THE LIBRARY / GENEVA
Geneva Bible
- Language
- English
- First published
- 1560
- Translators / editors
- English Protestant scholars in Geneva, including William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, and Thomas Sampson
66 books available in this edition.
About this translation
The complete Geneva Bible appeared in 1560, produced by English Protestant exiles in Geneva. It became widely used for private reading and study in the English-speaking world.
Its numbered verses, cross-references, explanatory notes, and practical format made it especially useful to readers studying a passage closely. Its annotations also reflected the religious outlook of its translators.
The Geneva Bible remained influential alongside later English versions and was familiar to many early English-speaking settlers in North America.