Comparing Bible Translations

The following line chart places various English translations along a continuum between word‑for‑word translation at one end and paraphrased at the other. Categorizing English Bible translations is difficult and it must be recognized that relative placements are valid only in a very general sense. All of the word‑for‑word translations sometimes render passages very dynamically, and all of the thought‑for‑thought translations are very literal in some passages.