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English Translations

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
Our preferred modern translation, the text used as the basis for our Ignatius Study Bible.
Another on-line edition:
- RSV Catholic Edition.
* Note: These on-line editions include several books listed as "apocrypha" that are not recognized as divinely inspired and canonical by the Catholic Church. These seven books are considered a part of the Catholic Bible: Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus (also called Sirach), and Baruch.

RSV Search
Search by word or phrase.

New American Bible (NAB)
The translation of Scripture used in the Church's lectionary. From the United States bishops.

NAB Search
Not as convenient as it could be, but the best New American Bible search currently available.

Douay-Rheims
The first translation of the entire Bible into English, made from St. Jerome's edition of the Vulgate, and published in 1609-1610. 
- Douay-Rheims Bible
- Search the Douay-Rheims Bible


Latin Translations

New Vulgate (Latin)
Also referred to by its Latin name, Nova Vulgata, this is the modern revision, approved by Pope John Paul II in 1979, of St. Jerome's 4th-century "common translation" (versio vulgata in Latin). The Pope's apostolic letter, Scripturum Thesaurus, gives a concise history of the Vulgate and its central importance in the Church's liturgy. For Jerome's version: Vulgate or Vulgate.

Parallel Latin-English Psalter
Combines the Latin text of the Vulgate's Book of Psalms with the English text of the Book of Psalms from the Douay translation.

Latin Lexicon
Find definitions of Latin words and their derivatives. For less complex word studies, try here.

English to Latin Word Search
Allows you to search for an English word in a dictionary of classical Latin. For less complex word studies, try here (be sure to change search option to "English") or here.

Latin Words in Context
Find instances of one or more words appearing in Latin texts. Useful in searching for Latin idioms and phrases. Have a Latin word that you're having a hard time finding in the dictionary? Morphological Analyses for Inflected Latin Words gives you dictionary entries from which it could be derived.


Greek Texts and Languages 

Greek New Testament
Below are links to more specialized on-line versions of the New Testament in its original language, as well as Greek study aids. To start: Browse the Greek New Testament.

Interlinear Greek New Testament
For every verse, this site provides a very thorough presentation of four Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, along with the Vulgate, the Douay-Rheims, and several other English translations.

Westcott-Hort Text Edition
An 1881 edition that was the first significant new manuscript of the ancient texts in three hundred years.

Greek New Testament for Beginners
A superb resource. Gives word-by-word translation of the entire Greek New Testament, including parsings, pronunciations,  and Strong's Concordance number for each word.

The Septuagint
"Septuagint" means "seventy" and is also referred to as the "LXX Edition" because of an ancient Jewish tradition that claimed it was a translation produced by 70 scholars in 70 days. This is the collection of Jewish Scriptures in Greek translation that was current during Jesus' time and is the source for many of the New Testament's quotations of the Old. Includes all 39 books of the Old Testament and seven books not in the Hebrew Old Testament, known as "Old Testament Apocrypha." The translation was probably made in Alexandria, Egypt, circa 250 b.c. You can also find the Septuagint here and here.

Septuagint Quotations in the New Testament
A very helpful guide by R. Grant Jones, an Orthodox scholar. Provides all quotations in the order in which they appear in the New Testament. Click on the Old Testament source to compare the Greek of the New Testament with the original Septuagint Greek and with the Hebrew Masoretic text. For more in-depth study, see:
- Instances where the New Testament quotes the Septuagint against the Hebrew
- Instances where the New Testament follows the Hebrew meaning against the Septuagint
- The Septuagint in Early Christian Writings

Biblical Greek Lexicon
Enables you to find any Greek word used in the New Testament by Greek or English word or by number in Strong's Concordance to the Bible. Other sources:
- Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
- Perseus Greek

For students with more advanced training in Greek:
- Search the Greek New Testament
- Morphological Analyses of Inflected Greek Words.

Elementary New Testament Greek
A good place to begin. For another on-line tutorial that will get you started reading the New Testament:
- Little Greek 101


Hebrew Texts and Language

Hebrew Old Testament
Also referred to as the Hebrew Bible or the Tanak, a Hebrew word formed from the three divisions of the Old Testament - the Torah (The first five books of the Bible, called "The Law" or the "Teaching" or the "Pentateuch of Moses"), the Nevi'im ("The Prophets," which for the Jews also includes Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel and 1-2 Kings, books that the Church calls "historical") and the Ketuvim ("The Writings," which includes Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Lamentations and Ecclesiastes, as well as books considered "historical" by the Church: Ruth, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, 1-2 Chronicles, and Daniel.)

Hebrew-English Bible
According to the Masoretic Text and the Jewish Publication Society 1917 Edition. Of related interest:
- Hebrew Bible (no English)

Weekly Synagogue Readings
Provides the Hebrew and English for the regular public Torah readings and festiveals and other special days. Also includes a good introduction to the use of the Scriptures in Jewish worship. Of related interest:
- Current Jewish Calendar
- Jewish Calendar Tools

Recordings of the Hebrew Bible
Mp3 recordings of every book of the Hebrew Bible. Available for downloading or listening on line.

Biblical Hebrew Lexicon
Enables you to find any Hebrew word used in the Old Testament by Hebrew or English word or by number in Strong's Concordance to the Bible. Another source:
- Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon.

On-Line Hebrew Tutorial
A good place to begin.


Other Languages and Resources

The Net Bible
A new on-line English translation, featuring thousands of text-critical and philological annocations. For reading only, with no search programs. The notes are what is valuable about this site.

All-In-One Bible Resources Search Page
Excellent site by Mark Goodacre of the University of Birmingham.

Bibles in Other Languages
Useful and well-organized directory of Bibles in over 140 different languages, in print, audio and on-line. Other useful translation search engines:
- The Unbound Bible
- Bible Search Engine
- On-Line Bibles
- Compare Multiple Bible Versions
- Blue Letter Bible

Babel Fish Translation
To make rough translations between a variety of modern languages. Emphasis on "rough."  But can be very useful.