Darby French Bible (FREJND)
John Nelson Darby, best known in English for his own Bible translation, also produced this French translation in the 19th century, working directly from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek source texts. Like his English version, it favors close, literal fidelity over smooth literary style, beginning at Genesis (FREJND).
The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God.
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity.
About the Darby French Bible (John Nelson Darby) (FREJND) Translation
John Nelson Darby, best known in the English-speaking world for his own English Bible translation, also produced a French translation of the Bible in the 19th century, following the standard 66-book Protestant canon and translating directly from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek source texts. Like his English translation, it aimed for close, literal fidelity to the original languages rather than smooth literary style. More than a century later it remains a widely used public-domain French Bible, valued by French-speaking readers - across France and the large and growing Christian population of Francophone Africa - for its precision. Read the Darby French Bible online here (la Bible Darby en français), verse by verse.
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More than a century later it remains a widely used public-domain French Bible, valued by readers across France and the growing Christian population of Francophone Africa for its precision. Continue through John (FREJND) or Romans (FREJND).
