Bible Translations & Licensing
Attribution & rights-holder notices for every translation servedLast updated: May 24, 2026
Our policy in one paragraph
Sabbati only self-hosts Bible translations that are in the public domain or distributed under an open license (Creative Commons or similar) that permits redistribution. Any translation whose rights are restricted is either delegated to a licensed third-party API or removed from the platform. Each translation below is shown with its full copyright notice, license, and original source so rights-holders, researchers, and partners can independently verify compliance.
If you are a rights-holder and believe a translation here is incorrectly attributed, please contact [email protected] — we will respond within 72 hours.
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Public Domain
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Open License (CC etc.)
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Verification Pending
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Not served
Public Domain
| Code | Name | Lang | Year | License | Attribution / Source |
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| CHR | Biblia Cherokee | chr | — | Public Domain |
Cherokee Bible — Public Domain.
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| CZE | Bible Kralická (Tcheco) | cs | — | Public Domain |
Bible Kralická — Public Domain.
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| DAN | Bíblia Dinamarquesa | da | — | Public Domain |
Dansk Bibel — pre-1929 Danish translation tradition. Public Domain.
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| LUT | Lutherbibel 1912 | de | — | Public Domain |
Lutherbibel (1912) — Public Domain.
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| ASV | American Standard Version | en | 1901 | Public Domain |
American Standard Version (1901) — Public Domain.
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| BBE | Bible in Basic English | en | 1965 | Public Domain |
Bible in Basic English (1965) — Released to the Public Domain by Cambridge Press.
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| DARBY | Darby Bible | en | 1890 | Public Domain |
Darby Bible (1890) — Public Domain.
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| DRA | Douay-Rheims 1899 | en | 1899 | Public Domain |
Douay-Rheims American Edition (1899) — Public Domain.
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| GNV | Geneva Bible 1599 | en | 1599 | Public Domain |
Geneva Bible (1599) — Public Domain.
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| KJV | King James Version | en | 1611 | Public Domain (US) / Crown copyright (UK) |
King James Version (1611) — Public Domain in the United States. In the United Kingdom the text is under perpetual Crown copyright; outside the UK it is treated as Public Domain.
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| KJV-S | KJV Strong's | en | 1769 | Public Domain |
King James Version with Strong's Numbers (1769 base) — Public Domain. Strong's Concordance numbering is also Public Domain.
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| WEB | World English Bible | en | — | Public Domain |
World English Bible — Public Domain dedication. Source: eBible.org/web
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| WEBBE | World English Bible British Edition | en | 2000 | Public Domain |
World English Bible British Edition — Public Domain. Source: eBible.org/webbe
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| WEBSTR | Noah Webster Bible | en | 1833 | Public Domain |
Noah Webster Bible (1833) — Public Domain.
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| WMB | World Messianic Bible | en | 2009 | Public Domain |
World Messianic Bible — Public Domain. Source: eBible.org/wmb
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| WMBB | World Messianic Bible British Edition | en | 2009 | Public Domain |
World Messianic Bible British Edition — Public Domain. Source: eBible.org/wmbb
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| YLT | Young's Literal Translation | en | 1898 | Public Domain |
Young's Literal Translation (1898) — Public Domain.
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| RV1909 | Reina Valera 1909 | es | 1909 | Public Domain |
Reina-Valera (1909) — Public Domain. Source: eBible.org/details.php?id=spaRV1909
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| FIN | Bíblia Finlandesa | fi | — | Public Domain |
Kirkkoraamattu 1933/1938 (Finnish Bible Society) — Public Domain.
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| OST | Bible Ostervald | fr | — | Public Domain |
Bible Ostervald (1744 edition) — Public Domain.
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| LXX | Septuaginta (Swete) | grc | — | Public Domain |
Septuagint (Swete, 1909) — Public Domain.
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| HEB | Bíblia Hebraica (Leningrado) | he | — | Public Domain |
Hebrew Bible (Leningrad Codex) — Public Domain.
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| HRV | Bíblia Croata | hr | — | Public Domain |
Sveta Biblija (Ivan Šarić, 1941-42) — Public Domain per eBible.org distribution.
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| HUN | Bíblia Károli (Húngaro) | hu | — | Public Domain |
Bible Károli — Public Domain.
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| RIV | Bibbia Riveduta | it | — | Public Domain |
Bibbia Riveduta (1924) — Public Domain.
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| JPN | Biblia Japonesa | ja | — | Public Domain |
Kōgo-yaku 口語訳 (Japanese Colloquial, NT 1954 / OT 1955, Japan Bible Society) — copyright expired 2006 under Japan's 50-year rule. Public Domain.
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| VUL | Vulgata Clementina | la | — | Public Domain |
Vulgata Clementina — Public Domain.
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| MRI | Biblia Maori | mi | — | Public Domain |
Te Paipera Tapu (Maori Bible) — Public Domain.
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| DUT | Statenvertaling (Holandês) | nl | — | Public Domain |
Statenvertaling — Public Domain.
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| NOR | Bíblia Norueguesa | no | — | Public Domain |
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930 (Bokmål) — Public Domain.
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| POL | Bíblia Gdańska (Polonês) | pl | — | Public Domain |
Biblia Gdańska — Public Domain.
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| SYN | Biblia Sinodal (Russo) | ru | — | Public Domain |
Russian Synodal Bible (1876) — Public Domain.
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| SWE | Bíblia Sueca | sv | — | Public Domain |
Svenska Bibeln 1917 (Gustav V Bibel) — Public Domain.
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| ADB | Ang Dating Biblia | tl | 1905 | Public Domain |
Ang Dating Biblia (1905) — Public Domain.
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| TGL | Biblia Tagalog (Filipinas) | tl | — | Public Domain |
Ang Dating Biblia (Tagalog, 1905, Philippine Bible Society) — Public Domain.
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| VIE | Biblia Vietnamita | vi | — | Public Domain |
Kinh Thánh Tiếng Việt 1925/1934 (Cadman translation) — Public Domain since 2019 (NT) and 2021 (OT).
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| CUV | Chinese Union Version (Traditional) | zh | — | Public Domain |
Chinese Union Version, Traditional script — Public Domain.
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| CUVS | Chinese Union Version (Simplified) | zh | — | Public Domain |
Chinese Union Version, Simplified script — Public Domain.
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Open License (CC / similar)
| Code | Name | Lang | Year | License | Attribution / Source |
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| ARB | New Arabic Version (Nav) | ar | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
New Arabic Version / Ketab El Hayat (NAV) — © Biblica, Inc. 1988/1997/2012. Open edition under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| BEN | IRV Bengali | bn | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Indian Revised Version (IRV) Bengali 2019 — Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| LSV | Literal Standard Version | en | 2020 | Public Domain dedication / Open license |
Literal Standard Version (2020) — © Covenant Press. Distributed under an open license.
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| OEBCW | Open English Bible Commonwealth | en | 2010 | CC0 (Public Domain dedication) |
Open English Bible — Commonwealth Edition. Released under CC0 (Public Domain dedication).
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| OEBUS | Open English Bible US Edition | en | 2010 | CC0 (Public Domain dedication) |
Open English Bible — US Edition. Released under CC0 (Public Domain dedication).
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| T4T | Translation for Translators | en | 2008 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Translation for Translators (2008) — © Wycliffe Associates. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| ULB | Unlocked Literal Bible | en | 2015 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Unlocked Literal Bible — © unfoldingWord. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| BES | Biblia en Español Sencillo | es | — | CC BY 4.0 |
La Biblia en Español Sencillo — © AudioBiblia.org / Irma Flores (2018-19). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
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| VBL | Versión Biblia Libre | es | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Versión Biblia Libre — © Jonathan Gallagher and Shelly Barrios de Avila. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| HCV | Hindi Contemporary Version | hi | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Hindi Contemporary Version — © Biblica, Inc. 2016/2019. Open edition under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 via open.bible.
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| HIN | Hindi Indian Revised Version 2019 | hi | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Indian Revised Version (IRV) Hindi 2019 — Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| IND | Terjemahan Sederhana Indonesia | id | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Terjemahan Sederhana Indonesia (TSI) — © Yayasan Albata. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| BLIVRE | Bíblia Livre | pt-br | 2018 | CC BY 4.0 |
Bíblia Livre — © 2018 Diego Santos, Mario Sérgio e Marco Teles. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (Brasil). Source: eBible.org/details.php?id=porbr2018
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| SWA | Biblia Swahili | sw | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu (Kiswahili Contemporary Version) — © Biblica, Inc. 1984-2015. Open edition under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| THA | Biblia Tailandesa | th | — | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
Thai KJV — © Philip Pope, 2003. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0. Sabbati hosts this for free non-commercial reading; Pro tier does not gate this translation.
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| URD | IRV Urdu 2019 | ur | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Indian Revised Version (IRV) Urdu 2019 — Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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| YOR | Biblica Open Yoruba | yo | — | Open license |
Biblica Open Yoruba — © Biblica, distributed under an open license.
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Verification pending
| Code | Name | Lang | Year | License | Attribution / Source |
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| KOR | Biblia Coreana | ko | — | Gray area (likely OK in practice) |
Korean Revised Version 1961 (KRV) — Korean Bible Society nominally holds rights, but the translation is widely distributed freely on YouVersion and other platforms. Treated as effectively public domain in most jurisdictions.
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| LAV | Bíblia Letã | lv | — | Likely Public Domain (verifying) |
Latvian Bible — text sample suggests Glück 1689/1694 translation (Public Domain) but could be the 1965 Latvian Bible Society revision (copyrighted). One-chapter verification still pending.
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Not served
| Code | Name | Lang | Year | License | Attribution / Source |
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| BUL | Bíblia Búlgara | bg | — | (not served — © Veren) |
Veren's Contemporary Bulgarian Bible (Верен, 2000-2001) — © Veren Ltd. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. Old URLs redirect to the English WEB Bible.
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| PDT | Palabra de Dios para Ti | es | — | (not served — © Bible League) |
Palabra de Dios para Ti — © Bible League International. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. Old URLs (/bible/PDT/…) now 301-redirect to RV1909.
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| ARC | Almeida Revista e Corrigida | pt-br | 1995 | (not served — © SBB) |
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 1995 — © Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. Old URLs (/bible/ARC/…) now 301-redirect to BLIVRE.
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| RON | Bíblia Română (Romeno) | ro | — | (not served — © BFBS / IBS Romania) |
Biblia Cornilescu 1924 — © British and Foreign Bible Society + Interconfessional Bible Society of Romania. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. No public-domain modern Romanian Bible exists; old URLs redirect to the English WEB Bible.
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| SQI | Bíblia Albanesa | sq | — | (not served — © ABS Albania) |
Bibla Shqip 1994 (ALBB) — © Shoqëria Biblike Ndërkonfesionale e Shqipërisë. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. Old URLs redirect to the English WEB Bible.
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| TUR | Bíblia Turca | tr | — | (not served — © Translation Trust) |
Kutsal Kitap Yeni Çeviri (2001-2008) — © Translation Trust. Not served on Sabbati since 2026-05-24 pending an explicit redistribution license. No modern public-domain Turkish Bible exists; old URLs redirect to the English WEB Bible.
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Notes
- Public Domain entries are translations whose copyright has expired in the publication jurisdiction (BHG Abroad Investments and Services LLC, United States) or have been explicitly dedicated to the public domain by their copyright holder.
- Open License entries are distributed under terms (Creative Commons Attribution, CC BY-SA, CC0, etc.) that explicitly permit redistribution. The exact license is noted per translation.
- Verification Pending entries are translations we are still tracking down a definitive copyright statement for. They remain available while we verify; if we cannot confirm a redistributable license they will be moved to Not served.
- Not served entries are no longer hosted. Old URLs redirect permanently (HTTP 301) to a license-clean equivalent.
How to request a new translation
If you represent a Bible Society, publisher, or translation team and would like to make a copyrighted translation available on Sabbati under an explicit license, contact [email protected]. We are particularly interested in modern Brazilian Portuguese (ARC / ARA / NVI / NTLH) and modern Spanish (NVI / DHH / NTV) translations whose publishers would consider a free-for-readers license.