The Pentateuch
Historical Books
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Tobit
- Judith
- Esther
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
Wisdom Books
- Job
- Psalms (partial)
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
- Wisdom
- Sirach
Major and Minor Prophets
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Baruch
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
The Gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Pauline Epistles
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
Other Epistles
- Hebrews
- James
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Jude
Apocalypse
- Book of Revelation
Introductory Notes
The framework for the Worldwide Catholic Version (WCV) was the Catholic Public Domain Version. The WCV is in the public domain.
Various Aramaic/Syriac, Hebrew, Greek and Latin manuscripts were consulted in this work. This is an ongoing project which began on 5 June 2024.
Updates
• 2 December 2024. Psalms 60 through 64 added.
• 1 December 2024. The books of Micah, Ruth and 1 Samuel have been added. Adjustments were made to the following verses according to the Aramaic: Lev. 10:17; Deut. 33:8.
• 15 July 2024. The name “Yahweh” was included where the Tetragrammaton יהוה appears in the ancient Hebrew text. This also follows the example of other Catholic translations such as the Jerusalem Bible (1966) and the New Jerusalem Bible (1985, 1987). The divine name also appears in certain New Testament passages in the original Aramaic manuscripts as ܡܵܪܝܵܐ meaning “Lord Yahweh”. The divine name appears more than 200 times in the Aramaic New Testament.
• 23 August 2024. Additional adjustments to the text to conform to British spelling and grammatical syntax. Other updates included changing “Lord” to “our Lord” in various verses where this is confirmed by the Aramaic.
• 28 August 2024. Psalms 18 through 40 added.
• 15 September 2024. Psalms 41 through 59, and the books of Joshua and Judges added.
The Numbering of the Psalms
| Hebrew numbering | Greek numbering |
|---|---|
| 1–8 | 1–8 |
| 9–10 | 9 |
| 11–113 | 10–112 |
| 114–115 | 113 |
| 116 | 114–115 |
| 117–146 | 116–145 |
| 147 | 146–147 |
| 148–150 | 148–150 |
