Friday, February 11, 2022

BASIS for BIBLE versions

 

Psalm 73:25

King James Version

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? 

and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.


Which Bible version are you reading?

What made you study it?

Here are the translators, and their basis for deciding to have their own translations.

21ST CENTURY KING JAMES VERSION (KJ21)

AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION (ASV)

AMPLIFIED BIBLE (AMP)

AMPLIFIED BIBLE, CLASSIC EDITION (AMPC)

BRG BIBLE (BRG)

CHRISTIAN STANDARD BIBLE (CSB)

COMMON ENGLISH BIBLE (CEB)

COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE (CJB)

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION (CEV)

DARBY TRANSLATION (DARBY)

DISCIPLES’ LITERAL NEW TESTAMENT (DLNT)

DOUAY-RHEIMS 1899 AMERICAN EDITION (DRA)

EASY-TO-READ VERSION (ERV)

EVANGELICAL HERITAGE VERSION (EHV)

ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV)

ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION ANGLICISED (ESVUK)

EXPANDED BIBLE (EXB)

1599 GENEVA BIBLE (GNV)

GOD’S WORD TRANSLATION (GW)

GOOD NEWS TRANSLATION (GNT)

HOLMAN CHRISTIAN STANDARD BIBLE (HCSB)

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BIBLE (ICB)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD VERSION (ISV)

J.B. PHILLIPS NEW TESTAMENT (PHILLIPS)

JUBILEE BIBLE 2000 (JUB)

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

AUTHORIZED (KING JAMES) VERSION (AKJV)

LEXHAM ENGLISH BIBLE (LEB)

LIVING BIBLE (TLB)

THE MESSAGE (MSG)

MODERN ENGLISH VERSION (MEV)

MOUNCE REVERSE INTERLINEAR NEW TESTAMENT (MOUNCE)

NAMES OF GOD BIBLE (NOG)

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE (REVISED EDITION) (NABRE)

NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE (NASB)

NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE 1995 (NASB1995)

NEW CATHOLIC BIBLE (NCB)

NEW CENTURY VERSION (NCV)

NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION (NET)

NEW INTERNATIONAL READER'S VERSION (NIRV)

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION - UK (NIVUK)

NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV)

NEW LIFE VERSION (NLV)

NEW LIVING TRANSLATION (NLT)

NEW MATTHEW BIBLE (NMB)

NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION (NRSV)

NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION, ANGLICISED (NRSVA)

NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION, ANGLICISED CATHOLIC EDITION (NRSVACE)

NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION CATHOLIC EDITION (NRSVCE)

NEW TESTAMENT FOR EVERYONE (NTE)

ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE (OJB)

THE PASSION TRANSLATION (TPT)

REVISED GENEVA TRANSLATION (RGT)

REVISED STANDARD VERSION (RSV)

REVISED STANDARD VERSION CATHOLIC EDITION (RSVCE)

TREE OF LIFE VERSION (TLV)

THE VOICE (VOICE)

WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (WEB)

WORLDWIDE ENGLISH (NEW TESTAMENT) (WE)

WYCLIFFE BIBLE (WYC)

YOUNG'S LITERAL TRANSLATION (YLT)


To view SAMPLES of comparative translations:

BIBLE versions

The WORKMAN's RESPONSIBILITY


Related material:

WORD of GOD


(Translation source: Bible Gateway

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