About the Open Translation Bible

The world's first open-source Bible, launched in July 2025. Making Scripture freely accessible to everyone, everywhere.

What is the OTB?

The Open Translation Bible (OTB) is the world's first open source Bible and was launched in July 2025. We are openbible.uk.

The Open Translation Bible is not to be confused with other organisations or websites possessing similar sounding names. We are unaffiliated to any other organisation.

The OTB is released under the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, making it free to read, share, and adapt.

License

CC BY-SA 4.0CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Free to read and share
  • Free to adapt and build upon
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Attribution required
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A Unique Translation

We cross-referenced over 1.3 million verses in English to ensure the English OTB is dissimilar to all existing translations. In fact, only 18 of our verses are directly the same as any other versions.

1.3M+

Verses cross-referenced

Only 18

Verses identical to other versions

Available in 13 Languages

LanguageCodeLaunchPDF
🇬🇧English (British)en-GBJuly 2025📖 Download
🇮🇳हिन्दीhi-INJuly 2025📖 Download
🇮🇷فارسیfa-IRJuly 2025📖 Download
🇫🇷Françaisfr-FRDecember 2025📖 Download
🇳🇴Norsk Bokmålnb-NODecember 2025📖 Download
🇩🇪Deutschde-DEDecember 2025📖 Download
🇪🇬العربيةar-EGDecember 2025📖 Download
🇯🇵日本語ja-JPDecember 2025📖 Download
🇧🇷Portuguêspt-BRDecember 2025📖 Download
🇪🇸Españoles-ESDecember 2025📖 Download
🇨🇳简体中文zh-CNDecember 2025📖 Download
🇮🇩Bahasa Indonesiaid-IDDecember 2025📖 Download
🇸🇴Soomaaliso-SODecember 2025📖 Download

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