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The Most Helpful Book in History

The Most Helpful Book in History

The Bible is by far the most widely translated and distributed book. So its wisdom has reached and helped more people than any other publication. Consider these statistics:

BIBLE TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION

  • 96.5% of the world’s population have access to the Bible

  • 3,350 Languages AVAILABLE (IN WHOLE OR IN PART)

  • 5,000,000,000 Estimated number of copies produced, far more than any other book in history

LEARN MORE

VISIT OUR WEBSITE, JW.ORG. THERE YOU CAN

  • Read the Bible online (available in hundreds of languages)

  • Download a copy

  • Get answers to Bible questions

  • Read articles about how the Bible has improved the lives of many people

  • Take an online Bible study course *

  • Request a personal Bible study

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND THE BIBLE

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ACTIVELY SHARE IN THE TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE.

These are some of the Bible translations that we have distributed over the years:

  • The American Standard Version of 1901

  • The Bible in Living English, Byington

  • The Emphatic Diaglott

  • The King James Version

  • Revised Standard Version

  • Tischendorf’s New Testament

NEW WORLD TRANSLATION

  • 180+ Languages AVAILABLE (IN WHOLE OR IN PART)

  • 227 MILLION COPIES OF THE NEW WORLD TRANSLATION PRODUCED SINCE 1950

^ par. 13 Currently available in English and Portuguese. More languages to come.