The Bible has been translated into its 800th language, with the second 400 taking just 1.5% as long to complete as the first 400, Wycliffe Bible Translators have announced.
The latest milestone means an estimated 6.2 billion around the world can now read Scripture in their own language, 500 million more than in 2020. The landmark 800 figure also points to an ongoing remarkable upward trend in translation efforts, with the number of languages which have the whole Bible translated having doubled since 1998, with the first 400 taking 1,900 years to complete, and the next 400 just 28.
The increasing speed of Bible translation appears to have been largely aided by technological developments, with computers, and generators which power them in more remote areas, proving to be crucial tools in speeding the process along.
