About this Edition

The 1587 Geneva Bible represents a pinnacle of Elizabethan typography and Reformed scholarship. This digital edition preserves the original archaic spellings and syntax of the Christopher Barker quarto.

Primary Source

Bible. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament: Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, and Conferred with the Best Translations in Diuers Languages. London: Imprinted by Christopher Barker.

Reference Catalogue

Herbert, A. S. Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible, 1525-1961. London: British and Foreign Bible Society; New York: American Bible Society, 1968. See entry for 1587, page 102. View on Archive.org

Digital Source

Bible text provided by the 1587 Geneva Bible, sourced from the gratis-bible project (gratis-bible/bible).

Encoding: OSIS 2.1.1 XML Format
Last Updated: 2010-02-26

The digital source for this application is derived from an OSIS (Open Scripture Information Standard) XML file which has been verified against the metadata of the 1587 Barker printing. The text has been cleaned of non-biblical artifacts while preserving original 16th-century syntax and orthography.