Wycliffe Bible Translators work so that every one of the 7 billion people in the world will be able to access the Bible in whichever of the 6,000+ languages it is they understand best. At present, more than 2,000 languages, spoken by 350 million people, don’t have a single of the 31,000+ verses in the Bible.
If you’re anything like me, big numbers like these sound impressive but have very little actual meaning. I can neither picture 7,000,000,000 people nor imagine 6,000 languages. I’d only get an understanding of 31,000 verses by flicking through a Bible.
Visuals can help. Wycliffe Global Alliance has published a series of statistics graphics, like the one above, to help make big numbers easier to understand. Head over to wycliffe.net to see more.
When they put it like this, it’s clear that those numbers are too big. You can do something about it, by getting involved with Bible translation by praying, giving, going or telling others.
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