How many more languages does the Bible need to be translated into?

How many more languages does the Bible need to be translated into?

About 2,200 languages remain without a Bible. About 350 million people, mostly in India, China, sub-Saharan Africa and Papua New Guinea, speak only these languages. Working on this “to-do” list are about 6,600 career and short-term missionaries with training in the Bible and linguistics.

What does the Bible say about learning different languages?

To speak someone else’s language is to reach into their heart and their part of the world. It is a way of being Christ to them. Second, we are told in Genesis 1 and 2 to care for creation. When we study other languages we gain insight into the world that God has given us and that he has commanded us to care for.

What was the original language according to the Bible?

Hebrew
Scholars generally recognize three languages as original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

What did Jesus say about language?

Jesus promised that his followers would receive the “gift” of tongues (Mark 16:17). “They shall speak with new tongues.” The word “new” suggests a newness of quality, not chronological newness (Greek word “kainos”).

What the Bible says about using foul language?

29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. 30 And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit.

How many languages do not have a full copy of the Bible?

While this is wonderful and has provided numerous people with access to at least part of the Bible, there are still over 5,000 languages that do not have a full copy of the Bible. As of 2020, there are over 6,500 languages spoken around the world.

How many times does a word appear in each version of Bible?

The grammar, structure, and style of those languages are very different from English, and a literal word-for-word translation is not possible. Therefore, the number of times a particular word appears is usually different for each version of the Bible.

What does the Bible say about speaking in one language?

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?

What does the Bible say about languages without meaning?

1 Corinthians 14:10-11 There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning. If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me. Ezra 4:7