The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and was completed by John Purvey in 1388.
The first American edition of the Bible was perhaps published some time before 1752.
The Bible has been translated in part or in whole as of 1964 in over 1,200 different languages or dialects.
The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton about A.D. 1228.
The Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in A.D. 1448 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in A.D. 1551.
The Entire Bible divided into Chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560.