Translations:German/3/en

Famous word-by-word translations

  • Luther-Übersetzung ("LUT"): Probably Germany's most famous translation. Used in many Protestant churches in the revision from 1984. But the language is kind of archaic and sounds weird to those who didn't grow up with it.
  • Elberfelder Übersetzung ("ELB"): Considered to be the most accurate German translation and for that reason fairly common. But because of that it's hard to really grasp the meaning of some passages.
  • Schlachter