Thursday, April 27, 2017

BIBLE SCRIPTURES WORLDWIDE LANGUAGES

SCRIPTURE EXERT Full report
The full report and the full list of translations completed in 2016 can be found here: www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/translation/global-scripture-access
Status of Bible translation at the end of 2016
The full Bible is now available in 648 languages spoken by nearly 5.16 billion people and a further 1,432 languages spoken by 657 million people have a New Testament. This leaves 434 million people with only some portions of the Bible and a further 253 million people with no Scripture translated in their language at all

United Bible Societies:
United Bible Societies is a global network of Bible Societies working in over 200 countries and territories across the world. Together, they are the world’s biggest translator, publisher and distributor of the Bible.


END EXERT Full report
7,500,693,817
CURRENT WORLD POPULATION (April 27, 2017 10:50am PST)

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17 communities now have their very first Bible, 6 have a New Testament and 7 communities have their first, or additional, portions of Scripture.
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7 Billion (2011) According to the United Nations, world population reached 7 Billion on October 31, 2011. The US Census Bureau made a lower estimate, for which the 7 billion mark was only reached on March 12, 2012.

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