<P> After a number of French Bible translations in the Middle Ages , the first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp , Belgium . This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan . This Bible , in turn , became the basis of the first French Catholic Bible , published at Leuven in 1550 , the work of Nicholas de Leuze and François de Larben . Finally , the Bible de Port - Royal , prepared by Antoine Lemaistre and his brother Louis Isaac Lemaistre , finished in 1695 , achieved broad acceptance among both Catholics and Protestants . Jean - Frédéric Ostervald 's version ( 1724 ) also enjoyed widespread popularity . </P>
<P> After a number of French Bible translations in the Middle Ages , the first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp , Belgium . This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan . This Bible , in turn , became the basis of the first French Catholic Bible , published at Leuven in 1550 , the work of Nicholas de Leuze and François de Larben . Finally , the Bible de Port - Royal , prepared by Antoine Lemaistre and his brother Louis Isaac Lemaistre , finished in 1695 , achieved broad acceptance among both Catholics and Protestants . Jean - Frédéric Ostervald 's version ( 1724 ) also enjoyed widespread popularity . </P>
when was the bible first translated into french
when was the bible first translated into french
1530
1530