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More than two centuries before the King James Version came into existence, Oxford professor and theologian John Wycliffe undertook the first-ever English translation of Scripture. The hand-printed "Early Version" of the Wycliffe Bible, which first appeared in 1382, offered a literal translation of the Latin Vulgate.
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Wycliffe's Bible

Wycliffe's Bible

Book by John Purvey and John Wycliffe
Wycliffe's Bible or Wycliffite Bibles or Wycliffian Bibles are names given for a sequence of Middle English Bible translations believed to have been made under the direction or instigation of English theologian John Wycliffe of the University of... Wikipedia
Original language: Middle English
Abbreviation: WYC
Complete Bible published: 1382
Derived from: Latin Vulgate
Online as: Wycliffe Bible at Wikisource

Translation is an inexact science. A single word can often be rendered several ways (as the "Wycliffe" versions themselves amply demonstrate). Therefore these ...
While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project.
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