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בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ׃ η χαρις του κυριου ιησου μετα μετα παντων

The first and last verse of the Bible, written in their original languages.

Languages of the Bible
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The Bible was originally composed in 3 different languages. Biblical Hebrew (73.6% of the entire Bible), Koine Greek (25.6% of the entire Bible), and Aramaic (less than 1% of the entire Bible).

In the Old Testament, 98.84% of it is composed of Hebrew 1.16% of it is composed of Aramaic. The New Testament on the other hand, is composed completely of Koine Greek.

Aramaic, while ironically the least used language in the Bible, was the most common language among the Jews in Northern Palestine during the time Jesus Christ walked the earth. Only 3 books of the Old Testament use Aramaic in its original script. Those books being Daniel which is the only book to be majority Aramaic, Ezra, and Jeremiah 10:11 is the only verse in that book to be composed of Aramaic.