Online Bible Versions
Explore the most popular versions of the Bible. Here is a quick summary of each version so that you can find which one best suits you.
The Message®
Why was The Message written? The best answer to that question comes from Eugene Peterson himself: "While I was teaching a class on Galatians, I began to realize that the adults in my class weren't feeling the vitality and directness that I sensed as I read and studied the New Testament in its ori... more »
English Standard Version®
Preface to the English Standard Version The Bible “This Book [is] the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is Wisdom; this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.” With these words the Moderator of the Church of Scotland hands a Bible to the new monarch i... more »
New Living Translation®
The goal of any Bible translation is to convey the meaning of the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts as accurately as possible to the modern reader. The New Living Translation is based on the most recent scholarship in the theory of translation. The challenge for the translators was to create a text ... more »
New King James Version®
Commissioned in 1975 by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 130 respected Bible scholars, church leaders, and lay Christians worked for seven years to create a completely new, modern translation of Scripture, yet one that would retain the purity and stylistic beauty of the original King James. With unyield... more »
New American Standard Bible®
Background & History Since its completion in 1971, the New American Standard Bible has been widely embraced as the most literally accurate English translation from the original languages. Millions of people, students, scholars, pastors, missionaries, and laypersons alike, trust the NASB, learn... more »
King James Version
THE HOLY BIBLE, King James Version 1611 a.d. Version In the Public Domain It took many years for the 1611 Version to overtake the Geneva Bible in popularity with the people, but eventually the King James Version became the Bible of the English people. It became the most printed book in... more »
Amplified Bible®
PREFACE TO THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE In 1958 The Lockman Foundation and Zondervan Publishing House issued the first edition of the Amplified New Testament after more than 20,000 hours of research and prayerful study. Some four years later the first of two Old Testament volumes appeared (the ... more »
Holman Christian Standard Bible®
Introduction to the Holman Christian Standard Bible® The Bible is God’s revelation to man. It is the only book that gives us accurate information about God, man’s need, and God’s provision for that need. It provides us with guidance for life and tells us how to receive eternal life. The Bible ca... more »
American Standard Version®
The Revised Version, Standard American Edition of the Bible, more commonly known as the American Standard Version (ASV), is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901. It was originally best known by its full name, but soon came to have other names, such as the American Revised Version,... more »
New International Readers Version®
About the NIrV Bible Translation God has always spoken so people would know what he meant. When God first gave the Bible to his people, he used their languages. They could understand what they read. God wants us to understand the Bible today, too. So we have worked hard to make the New Interna... more »
New International Version 2011®
Version Information The New International Version (NIV) is a completely original translation of the Bible developed by more than one hundred scholars working from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. The initial vision for the project was provided by a single individual – an... more »
Douay Rheims Bible
Douay Rheims Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church. The New Testament was published in Reims (... more »
Contemporary English Version
The CEV is a meaning-based (or functional equivalent) translation done in a contemporary style using common language. It was designed to be understood when read and heard out loud, not just when it is read silently. It is one of the best Bibles for children and youth, as well as for new Bible rea... more »
Good News Translation
The GNT (also known as Today's English Version or Good News Bible) was one of the first meaning-based (or functional equivalent) translations of the Bible into English. It was originally published in 1976, then it was revised in 1992. The GNT presents the message of the Bible in a level of Englis... more »
Good News Translation Catholic Edition
The GNTCE (also known as Today's English Version or Good News Bible) with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha was one of the first meaning-based (or functional equivalent) translations of the Bible into English. It was originally published in 1976, then it was revised in 1992. The GNT presents the messag... more »
New International Version (Anglicised)
The New International Version (NIV) is a translation made by more than one hundred scholars working from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. It was conceived in 1965 when, after several years of study by committees from the Christian Reformed Church and the National Association o... more »
개역개정판 New Korean Revised Version
This revised version is the authorized liturgical Bible that has been published in 1998 after 15 years of hard work by the Revision Committee consisting of scholars commissioned by 17 church denomin ations and collecting the feedback from more than 1,600 church leaders in Korea. The revisers foll... more »
새번역 Revised New Korean Standard Version
This new translation finally published after ten years of translation work by 6 Korean language scholars and 16 theologians commissioned by each Protestant denomination, and consultation with 980 church leaders. The translation committee sought to take a middle road by adopting merits of literal ... more »
공동번역 Korean Common Translation
This is an interconfessional translation by both the Protestant and the Catholic scholars. The principle the committee was to come up with a translation for the unchurched, and to refrain from using terms that are owned by only the Protestant or the Catholic church. For their translation, they ad... more »
日本のリビングバイブル
聖書のこの聖書翻訳は、日本語のためのものです。この翻訳言語は、カジュアルスタイルを使用して、意味ベースの翻訳哲学に適用されます。それは聖書の言語から翻訳され、1977年に完成しました。 This Biblica translation of the Bible is for the Japanese language. This translation uses an informal language style and applies a meaning-based translation philosophy. It is translated from the biblic... more »
한국어 생활 성서
신약 성경이 성경 번역은 한국어입니다. 이 비공식적인 언어 사용에 번역 스타일은 의미 기반의 번역 철학에 적용됩니다. 그것은 성경의 언어로 번역됩니다. This Biblica translation of the New Testament is for the Korean language. This translation uses a informal language style and applies a meaning-based translation philosophy. It is translated from the biblical ... more »
Nova Versão Internacional
Esta tradução da Bíblia da Bíblia é para o dialeto brasileiro da língua Português, que é usado principalmente no Brasil. Esta tradução usar um estilo de linguagem semi-formal e Aplica-se a filosofia baseada em significado de tradução. Ela é traduzida das línguas bíblicas e foi concluída em Abril ... more »
修中國聯盟版本
修中国联盟的传统版本是1919年中国联盟版本的更新，提供现代化，更新语言的许多实例，同时仍保留了广受欢迎的和合本圣经的准确性。在制作的RCUV二十七年，是一个期待已久的圣经翻译和欢迎，至今已有近30 carefuly由来自世界各地的学者和圣经翻译修改。The traditional version of the Revised Chinese Union is an update of the 1919 Chinese Union Version, providing numerous instances of modern, updated language while still r... more »
中国当代圣经
这“圣经”的主要翻译为中文，普通话的语言，这主要是在中国。估计有8.73亿人讲这种语言为母语。翻译用当代风格和语言应用意义为基础的翻译理念。从原文（希伯来文，亚兰文和希腊），它被翻译为A级或以上的普通观众的七年级教育。它是在2010年10月完成。 This major translation of the Bible is for the Chinese, Putonghua language, which is primarily used in China. An estimated 873,000,000 people speak this language as their... more »
Dios Habla Hoy
Dios Habla Hoy (God Speaks Today) is the Spanish version of the Good News Bible, modern and easy to understand. It was translated directly from the same reliable Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts as those used in translating the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) and Today's English Version (TEV). more »
La Biblia de las Americas®
LA BIBLIA DE LAS AMERICAS es una traduccio`n fiel de las Sagradas Escrituras Esta versi`on es producto de la intensa labor y dedicacio`n de un considerable nu`mero de eruditos de distintas denominaciones cristianas, representantes de varios pai`ses de Hispanoame`rica, de Espan~a y de los Estad... more »
La Nueva Versión Internacional®
En vista de la extraordinaria acogida que el mundo de habla Inglés dio a la Nueva Biblia Internacional (NIV), Biblica aceptó gustosamente la petición de las puntuaciones de los creyentes y las iglesias para realizar traducciones de la Biblia a otros idiomas, siguiendo los mismos parámetros exegét... more »
Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy®
La Nueva Biblia Latinoamamericana de Hoy, traducida de los originales (Hebreo, Arameo, y Griego) y basada en La Biblia de las Américas, fue introducida en mayo del 2005. Es una versión de la Biblia en un Español moderno, fácil de leer, y literal. La NBLH usa la forma de Ustedes en Español y incor... more »
Reina Valera 1960
The Reina-Valera is a Spanish translation of the Bible, first published in 1569 in Basel, Switzerland. The text underwent revision in 1862, 1909, 1960 and 1995. The 1909 edition is essentially the equivalent of the English King James Version, while the 1960 edition is the equivalent of the Engli... more »
Traduccion en Lenguaje Actual
TRADUCCIÓN EN LENGUAJE ACTUAL Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas ha tomado en cuenta el cambio que sufre el idioma con el paso del tiempo y ha realizado la Traducción en lenguaje actual, que conserva la belleza literaria adaptada al mundo actual. Se ha traducido de tal manera que su mensaje sea equiva... more »
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