The first complete English-language Bible, is printed in Antwerp, Belgium on October 4, 1535 by Miles Coverdale, who relied in Tyndale's (1525), original, New and Old Testament translations and added the remaining old Testament mostly translated from German (Luther) and Latin sources.
Tyndale’s and Coverdale's translations were the primary source for many later versions, including the King James Version.
Bible Translations Overview:
Tyndale: (1525), (Provided the New Testament and the Old Testament from Genesis to 2 Chronicles, translated directly from Hebrew and Greek. Tyndale was arrested in 1535 and executed for heresy in 1536.
Myles Coverdale: (1535), Provided the remaining Old Testament (Ezra to Malachi) and the Apocrypha, largely translated from German (Luther) and Latin sources. Coverdale died from natural sources on January 20, 1569.
John Rogers: (1537), Compiled the existing translations, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew," adding marginal notes and prefaces. Rogers was executed as a heretic in 1555.
