- Louis Segond
Louis Segond (
October 3 1810 –June 18 1885 ), was a Swiss theologian who translated theBible into French from the original texts in Hebrew and Greek.He was born in Plainpalais, near Geneva. After studying theology in
Geneva ,Strasbourg andBonn , he waspastor of the Geneva National Church inChêne-Bougeries , then from 1872, Professor of Old Testament in Geneva.The translation of the
Old Testament , commissioned by the "Vénérable Compagnie des Pasteurs de Genève", was published in two volumes in 1871 (Meusel has 1874 as the publication date), followed by theNew Testament , translated as a private venture, in 1880.The text was then reviewed by experts. The result is the 1910 revisionthat is now freely available on Internet.
External links
* [http://vargenau.free.fr/bible-segond/ Unabridged book-by-book 1910 revision of Segond's translation of the Bible] vargenau.free.fr
* [http://www.awmach.org/framesets/bibles.html Various options for downloading or searching] www.awmach.org
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