How many people around the world don’t have the Bible in their language?
We have access to over 120 versions of the Bible in English, which can make it easy to assume that everybody must have access to some version of the Bible. I used to make that assumption.
One in five
So I was surprised – as many people are – to learn that 1.5 billion people worldwide, that is one in five people, are still waiting for a Bible in their language. This means access to the Bible is more limited than 500 years ago when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door at Wittenberg. There are now more people waiting for the Bible in their language than were on the planet 500 years ago.
