Statenvertaling
The Statenvertaling (Dutch: [ˈstaːtə(ɱ)vərˌtaːlɪŋ], States Translation) or Statenbijbel (States Bible) was the first translation of the Bible from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages into Dutch. It was ordered by the Synod of Dordrecht in 1618, financed by the government of the Protestant Dutch Republic and first published in 1637.
| De Statenvertaling | |
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Title page of the original 1637 Statenvertaling. | |
| Full name | BIBLIA, Dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen TESTAMENTS. |
| Other names | Statenbijbel |
| Language | Dutch |
| Complete Bible published | 1637 |
| Apocrypha | Ezra 3, Ezra 4, Book of Tobit, Book of Judith, Book of Wisdom, Sirach, Book of Baruch with Letter of Jeremiah, Additions to Esther, Additions to Daniel, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees |
| Authorship | OT: Johannes Bogerman, Willem Baudartius, Gerson Bucerus NT and apocrypha: Jacobus Rolandus, Hermannus Faukelius, Petrus Cornelisz, Festus Hommius, Antonius Walaeus |
| Revision | Ravesteyneditie, Jongbloededitie, GBS-Bijbel, Statenvertaling-1977, Herziene Statenvertaling |
| Publisher | Machteld Aelbrechtsdochter |
| Copyright | Public domain due to age |
| Religious affiliation | Dutch Reformed Church |
| Webpage | herzienestatenvertaling |
In het begin schiep God de hemel en de aarde. De aarde nu was woest en leeg, en duisternis lag over de watervloed; en de Geest van God zweefde boven het water., En God zei: Laat er licht zijn! En er was licht.
Want zo lief heeft God de wereld gehad, dat Hij Zijn eniggeboren Zoon gegeven heeft, opdat ieder die in Hem gelooft, niet verloren gaat, maar eeuwig leven heeft. | |
The first complete Dutch Bible had been printed in Antwerp in 1526 by Jacob van Liesvelt. Like other existing Dutch Bibles, however, it was merely a translation of other translations. Furthermore, the translation from Martin Luther was widely used, but it had a Lutheran interpretation. At the Synod of Dort in 1618/19, it was therefore deemed necessary to have a new translation accurately based on the original languages. The synod requested the States General of the Netherlands to commission it.