Lutheran Bible Translators · Scripture Access REsources
Looking for the Bible in Your Language?
Many people want to read or hear Scripture in the language they know best. This page exists to point you to trusted organizations and platforms that make Scripture available in thousands of languages around the world.
Start with These Scripture Resources
The following sites provide access to translated Scripture and Scripture engagement tools. Availability varies by language.
Bible Text and Audio
- YouVersion Bible App
Digital Bible texts in hundreds of languages. Mobile and web access. - Scripture Earth
A global directory of Scripture resources by language. Includes text, audio, and video when available. - Bible Gateway
Search and read the Bible online in many translations and a wide range of languages; includes some audio options. - Stepbible.org
A free Bible study website with many translations and study tools, including interlinear and original-language helps (Greek/Hebrew), word studies, and passage comparison.
- Find.bible
A searchable catalog of Bible versions, languages, countries, and organizations that helps users discover available Scripture texts and related resources worldwide. - Bible.is
Read and listen to the Bible in many languages. Includes audio Scripture for oral learners. - BlueLetterBible.org
A free Bible study website with commentaries, dictionaries, and Greek/Hebrew tools (including interlinear and word-study features) to help users explore the text more deeply.
- WorldBibles.org
A large index of links to Bible and New Testament translations in thousands of languages and formats.
Scripture Engagement and Use
Some communities have Scripture but need help using it in worship, teaching, and daily life.
- Lutheran Heritage Foundation
Provides Lutheran books and teaching materials in many heart languages to support outreach, discipleship, and theological education around the world. - Bible Project
Creates free videos, guides, podcasts, and classes that help people understand the Bible as a unified story and explore its books and themes more deeply. - God Speaks (LBT Devotional Book)
A 30-day Bible reading challenge/devotional designed for individuals, families, and churches, with Scripture, reflections, and stories that highlight how God’s Word shapes us and reaches the world in every language. - Bible Translation Prayer Calendar (LBT)
Join LBT’s prayer partner community and receive a monthly prayer calendar with focused requests for language programs, translators, and Scripture engagement. - Bible Translation Chapels (LBT)
A ready-to-use chapel series for schools with videos, leader guides, and student materials that connect learners to Bible translation and prayer.
- EMDC Guide
A free Scripture engagement guide that helps communities assess what supports or hinders Bible use and choose strategies and resources that fit their context. - Jesus Film Project
Scripture-based films are available in thousands of languages. - Essentially Translatable (LBT Podcast)
Conversations and stories from the Bible translation community—how translation, literacy, and Scripture engagement are bringing God’s Word to life. - Faith Comes By Hearing (Over 2600 languages)
Audio Scripture and listening tools designed for oral cultures. - Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM): Bible Studies
Downloadable and video-based Bible studies for individuals and groups, produced within a Lutheran ministry context.
- The Lutheran Study Bible (Concordia Publishing House)Â
A study Bible with notes written from a Lutheran perspective (based on the ESV text); also available as a mobile app. - Translation Insights and Perspectives – https://tips.translation.bible/
If You Cannot Find the Language You Are Looking For
Not every language has Scripture available yet.
In some cases:
- Translation is still in progress
- Only portions of Scripture exist
- Scripture is available but not yet widely distributed
If you are searching for a language and cannot find it through the resources above, it may be one of the many languages still waiting for translation to begin or continue.
Please reach out to our team if you cannot find a Bible in the language you are looking for, we are happy to assist. Connect with our Program Data & Partnership Coordinator or call us at (660) 225-0810 to get help finding a Bible in the language you are looking for.
How Lutheran Bible Translators Is Connected
Lutheran Bible Translators works with churches and communities to support Bible translation and Scripture use where it does not yet exist.
We do not host all Scripture resources ourselves. Instead, we work alongside global partners so that, over time, Scripture becomes available through many trusted channels.
This page reflects that shared work.
Our ministry strategy
Our organization’s ministry strategy is to listen to local language communities and the church structures that serve them and understand what barriers they are experiencing to Scripture engagement. Based upon what we learn, we work with those communities to sustainably build solutions to remove those barriers and also build within local communities or the church structures that serve them an ongoing capacity to continue to identify barriers to vibrant Scripture engagement and create solutions.
Why Language Matters
People understand Scripture best in the language they use to speak with family, pray, and think.
When Scripture is available in that language:
- Churches teach more clearly
- Faith is shared more naturally
- God’s Word becomes part of daily life
That is why Bible translation and Scripture engagement remain essential.
1B+
People without Scripture in their heart language
<500
First-time translations remaining worldwide
2033
All Access Goals – illumiNations Alliance
1 in 10
Languages have the full Word of God
Learn More or Get Involved
If you want to learn more about Bible translation, pray for communities still waiting for Scripture, or support long-term translation work, Lutheran Bible Translators can help you take that next step.