Version Descriptions and Information

American Standard Version
First published in 1901, the American Standard Version was produced originally as a revision to the Revised Version of the original KJV (which was published in 1611). The American Standard Version is considered to be a very accurate version. 

Contemporary English Version
The Contemporary English Version has been described as a "user-friendly" translation that can be read aloud without stumbling, heard without misunderstanding, and listened to with enjoyment and appreciation, because the language is contemporary and the style is lucid and lyrical .For more information about the CEV, visit www.americanbible.org

Darby's New Translation 
Published in 1871 as a response to the increased need for new and accurate English translations of the Bible, John Nelson Darby's New Translation is a trusted, scholarly work. More than 125 years after its introduction, Darby's translation is still considered by many to be one of the most accurate English translations of the Bible

Good News Bible ( also known as Todays English Version, TEV)
This translation does not follow the traditional vocabulary and style found in the historic English Bible versions; rather, it attempts in this century to set forth the biblical content and message in the standard, everyday, natural form of English. For more information about the TEV, visit www.americanbible.org

Greek New Testament with GRAMCORD Lite
Greek text is the Nestle-Aland 27th Edition Greek NT (N27) in the GRAMCORD morphologically tagged GNT database. The Greek New Testament, edited by Kurt Aland, Matthew Black, Carlo M.Martini, Bruce M. Metzger, and Allen Wikgren, Fourth Revised Edition, ©1966, 1968, 1975 by United Bible Societies, 1983,1994 by the DeutscheBibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.

King James Version  (KJV)
The King James Version (KJV) was written in 1611, translated from the Textus Receptus - the "text received by all".  The KJV contains the "thee's" and "thou's" that many people identify with the Bible.  This Bible delivers God's Word with authority, clarity and reverence.

King James Version with Strong's numbers. Includes Tense, Voice, Mood (TVM) and Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries.

Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

(Green Translation)

This Bible is translated literally from Green's Interlinear Greek-Hebrew-English Bible, which shows the English equivalent below the original Greek and Hebrew text.  This is an all-English translation from the English interlinear text, translated literally from the Greek and Hebrew

For more information, visit www.chrlitworld.com or   www.cet.com/~voice/bible.htm  

 

La Biblia de las Americas 
 A new translation of the Scriptures from the original languages.  Completed in 1986 by a team of Latin American evangelical Bible scholars , La Biblia de las Americas presents the word of God in a clear and flowing style while strictly adhering to the Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek directly into modern Spanish.

For more information visit  www.Lockman.org  


Modern King James Version 

(Green Translation) 
[In comparison to the LITV], the MKJV flows more smoothly when reading, and yet retains the faithfulness to the original languages. In many places, in terms of individual words chosen the NKJV is actually more accurate. However, in regular reading and studying, in terms of sentence structures, verb tenses, and assemblage of phrases, the MKJV reflects an accurate rendering of God's message. www.chrlitworld.com or   www.cet.com/~voice/bible.htm  


New American Standard Bible-- updated 1995 NASB
Recognizing the values of the American Standard Version, The Lockman Foundation felt an urgency to preserve these and other lasting values of the ASV by incorporating recent discoveries of Hebrew and Greek textual sources, and by rendering this version into more current English. Therefore, in 1995 a new translation project was launched, based on the time-honored principles of translation of the ASV and KJV. The result is the New American Standard Bible®.  For more information visit The Lockman Foundation.

New American Standard Bible with Strong's Numbers
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance lists every significant word in the Bible and references each word to the original Hebrew and Greek languages used by the writers. The concordance was first published in 1890 by Dr. James Strong. His life's work was to provide students of the Bible with an accurate and functional tool to understand the language of God. He and others worked on the list over a period of 35 years without the aid of technology as we know it today. Dr. Strong's work has stood the test of time and is still recognized as one of the essential aids to studying the Bible by people all over the world.

We have embedded the updated 1995 NASB database with dictionary reference numbers based on Strong's system. The text is from the NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, as published by the Lockman Foundation. This will be a separate product, not an upgrade to the standard NASB

New King James Version (NKJV) 
The New King James Version presents the beauty and accuracy of the King James Version in contemporary, readable style. This Bible delivers God's word with all the authority, clarity and reverence of the original King James Version -- updated only to make grammar and context meaningful to modern readers.  For more information visit: www.NelsonBibles.com 

New Living Translation (NLT)
1996 saw the completion of Dr. Taylor's and Tyndale's revision of The Living Bible. The New Living Translation took nearly eight years to complete and involved the work of more than 90 respected scholars from various theological backgrounds and denominations. In keeping with Dr. Taylor's vision of Scriptures that "every plowboy" can read, the New Living Translation is "exegetically accurate and idiomatically powerful." Most significant, the New Living Translation is not a paraphrase but a thought-for-thought translation.

New Revised Standard Version (NSRV)
For more information about the NRSV, visit the National Council of Churches at www.ncccusa.org

Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje, 2000 (NTLH)
This is the revised text of the Brazilian Portuguese common language translation. The complete Bible text was first launched in 1988. The revised text has come out in 2000.

Este é o texto revisado da tradução em linguagem popular feita em Português brasileiro. O texto completo da Bíblia foi lançado pela primeira vez em 1988. O texto revisado saiu em 2000.

Revista e Atualizada (RA)  Tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida
Revista e Atualizada - 2a. Edição, 1993:

This is the revised and updated text of the classical Portuguese translation of João Ferreira de Almeida. This revision, used by most Evangelical Christians in Brazil, dates from 1993.

Este é o texto revisado e atualizado da tradução clássica em língua Portuguesa feita por João Ferreira de Almeida. Esta revisão, usada pela maioria dos cristãos evangélicos no Brasil, foi lançada em 1993.

Reina-Valera
 Most Spanish speaking Christians rely on one version of the Bible, the Reina-Valera, which was first published in 1569, forty-two years before the King James Version. For more information about this version please visit  www.sbamericana.org 

Revised Standard Version (RSV)
For more information about the RSV, visit the National Council of Churches at www.ncccusa.org


Today's English Version (TEV) also known as the Good News Bible
This translation does not follow the traditional vocabulary and style found in the historic English Bible versions; rather, it attempts in this century to set forth the biblical content and message in the standard, everyday, natural form of English. For more information about the TEV, visit www.americanbible.org

 

The Living Bible (TLB)

Tyndale House is one of the most respected names in Bible publishing and is perhaps
best known for creating history with the publication of the 40 million copy best-selling
Living Bible in 1971. The Living Bible was the first Bible for millions of young people who have since become today's leaders in the church, corporations and communities around the world.

Young's Literal Translation 
Young's Literal Translation is respected as an accurate text.  Robert Young, a 19th century Scottish scholar, is also known for producing Young's Analytical Concordance of the Holy Bible.