Abbreviations of Bible translations

Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, Being the Version Set Forth, Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised A.D. 1881-1885, Newly Edited by the American Revision Committee A.D. 1901, Standard Edition. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901.

A heavily annotated version by Roman Catholic scholars, notable for its excellent literary quality. A revision called The New Jerusalem Bible appeared in 1985.

The Rock of Biblical Honesty.

Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.

Based on 1901 ASV.

За основу взята American Standard Bible.
Сделаны только незначительные изменения, в основном заменены устаревшие слова.

This is one of the first translations of the Greek text done by Roman Catholics. Spencer had published a translation of the four Gospels in 1898, and had completed a translation of the remainder of the New Testament by the time of his death in 1913. The remainder went unpublished until Callan and McHugh revised Spencer's complete translation for this volume.

The New Testament was a new revision of the 1891 revision of the American Bible Union 1862-1863 version.

A conservative revison of the KJV, in which obsolete words and constructions are replaced with modern equivalents.

An abridgment of the King James Version, w/Apocrypha. This version expands the text with alternative renderings and explanations added in parentheses, brackets, and other typographical devices.

Holy Bible: The New King James Version: Containing the Old and New Testaments.

The Holy Bible: 21st Century King James Version.

Same as KJV but with modern word endings Translater.

Modern English Version, The Holy Bible
Passio (KJV based) Charisma House.

A modern-spelling edition of their 14th century Middle English translation, the first complete English vernacular version < by Terence P. Noble.

Updated 1572 was base text for KJV.

The Holy Scriptures, Translated and Corrected by the Spirit of Revelation, by Joseph Smith, Jr. the Seer. Plano, Illinois: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Stresses literary qualities of the Bible w/Apocrypha.

Based on the King James Version.

Is an update of the KJV.

In this revision of the KJV Whiston adopts the readings of the three earliest (“primitive”) manuscripts which were then known to scholars. The Gospels and Acts are revised according to the Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, the Pauline epistles according to Codex Claromontanus, and the rest according to Codex Alexandrinus. Whiston’s source of information for the readings of these manuscripts was the apparatus of Mill 1707. This Greek-English diglot gave side-by-side the Greek text of Griesbach 1805 and a revision of Thomas Belsham's English version (1808). Also in 1823 Kneeland issued The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament, etc., in one volume. Like Belsham, Kneeland was a Unitarian, and also a Universalist. He changed several verses of Belsham's version according to his own opposition to the doctrine of eternal punishment. He later renounced Christianity altogether, and became a deist. For a discussion of his version see Paul Gutjahr, An American Bible, pages 95-100.

A revision of the KJV by Archbishop Newcome, based on the text of Griesbach 1774. This was the first English version to represent Griesbach’s new critical text. In this revision of the KJV Whiston adopts the readings of the three earliest (“primitive”) manuscripts which were then known to scholars. The Gospels and Acts are revised according to the Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, the Pauline epistles according to Codex Claromontanus, and the rest according to Codex Alexandrinus. Whiston’s source of information for the readings of these manuscripts was the apparatus of Mill 1707.

Second edition, 1844; third edition, 1856; fourth edition, 1859; fifth edition, 1862; seventh edition, 1881. A translation of Griesbach 1805, by a Unitarian. Sharpe also published a light revision of the KJV Old Testament in 1865. A one-volume edition of the complete Bible appeared in the year of his death 1881.

Cone and Wyckoff were Baptists, and founders of the American Bible Union. Their limited revision of the King James Version substitutes 'immerse' for 'baptise'. The Commonly Received Version of the New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with Several Hundred Emendations, edited by Spencer H. Cone and William H. Wyckoff.

A revision of the KJV New Testament. (by Nestle's resultant text) prepared with the assistance of eminent scholars and issued by Samuel Lloyd, a life govenor of the British and foreign Bible Society, as his memorial of the Society's centenary, 1904, with preface by the Bishop of Durham.

The King James text with archaic expressions replaced by modern English. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: the Letchworth version in modern English by T.F. Ford and R.E. Ford.

8 english versions of Genesis from Tydale to KJV.

The Holy Bible: New International Version. Inclusive Language Edition.
NIV Inclusive Language Edition.

The Holy Bible, New International Version: Containing the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Commonwealth spelling.

An open-licensed translation, intended to provide a ‘functional’ understanding of the Bible.

An open-licensed update of the ASV, intended to provide a ‘form-centric’ understanding of the Bible.

The Wisdom Books in Modern Speech.

This version was highly regarded by scholars, and also popular.
Revised edition, New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1935. Reprinted, Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1995.

This version was highly regarded by scholars, and also popular.

An accurate translation of the inspired Word of God in an easily understood modern day English.

A Translation into Modern English. Made from the Original Greek.

A fresh translation in colloquial English. The Gospels were published in 1952, four Prophets (Isaiah 1-39, Hosea, Amos, Micah) in 1963, and a revised New Testament in 1972. Phillips shares some thoughts on his work as translator in his book, Ring of Truth: A Translator's Testimony (New York: MacMillan, 1967. Revised 1978). See also the discussion in Edwin H. Robertson, The New Translations of the Bible (London: S. C. M. Press, 1959), pp. 119-132.

Sacred Name Bible, Updated King James Version.

The first Bible translation by a woman.

A limited revision of the King James Version, in which only the most archaic words and usages are replaced. Lectionary readings from the Revised Common Lectionary are marked with double diamonds. A revised edition with the Apocrypha (but without lectionary markings) appeared in 1998 as the Third Millennium Bible. William D. Prindle was the chief editor for both editions, assisted by Barbara P. Graff, B.A., Florence P. Ronning, B.A., and Mary E. Burkman, B.S.

An evangelical revision of the Revised Standard Version.

Based on 1901 ASV.

English language version that applies Yiddish and Hasidic cultural expressions to the Messianic Bible.

The second volume of this paraphrase of the New Testament was first published as A Paraphrase and Commentary upon all the Epistles of the New Testament in 1700. Whitby was a learned Arminian controversialist, who after 1712 advocated Arian views. His most famous work was an anti-Calvinist treatise entitled A Discourse concerning the True Import of the Words Election and Reprobation, etc. (London: John Wyat, 1710).

Translated by a Jewish scholar to reflect 'the atmosphere of the period in which the documents were written.'.

Translated by a Jewish Christian who is a classics scholar and philosopher.

Based on the Weymouth NT 1909.

The Prophets: Nev'im
Vol 2 of 3 (see JPSA1, JPSA3).

The Writings: Kethubim
Vol 3 of 3 (see JPSA1, JPSA2).

The New JPS Translation according to the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text.

King Henry VIII of England.

The Holy Bible, containing the Authorized Version with twenty thousand emendations.

Textual basis: Westcott and Hort, 1892 revision (NT).

An unofficial Roman Catholic version. Only the New Testament was completed; revised 1948.

Containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the Peshitta, the authorized Bible of the Church of the East.

Translated from the Original Languages, with Critical Use of All the Ancient Sources, by Members of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Sponsored by the Bishops' Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
w/Apocrypha.

The Word Made Fresh
Vol. 3 NT, 2nd print 1977.

Translated, Presented and Commented for the Christian Communities of the Philippines and the Third World; and for Those Who Seek God. Complete Text Translated from Hebrew and Greek. Pastoral Edition.

NT ASV based.

Based on the Rotherham version.

Greg Abrams (Ver. 2.16 2003-2006) © Updated Publishers (free copy & dist.).

The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation
OT 2007, Priests for Equality.

Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Bible.

NET Bible.

Thomson was secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774-1789. Volumes 1-3 present the first English translation of the Septuagint. The Old Testament was reprinted by S. F. Pells in 1904 (London: Skeffington), and revised by C. A. Muses in 1954 (Indian Hills, Colorado: Falcon's Wing).

An American edition was distributed by William Wells of Boston in 1809. A fourth London edition 'with corrections and additions' was printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor in 1817. This Unitarian revision of Newcome's version (1796) provoked much indignation when it appeared.

The Holy Scriptures of the Old Covenant, in a Revised Translation, by the late Rev. Charles Wellbeloved, the Rev. George Vance Smith, B.A., the Rev. John Scott Porter. 3 volumes.

The Hebrew Scriptures, Translated by Samuel Sharpe, Being a Revision of the Authorized English Old Testament, in three volumes.

A Translation of the Old Testament Scriptures from the Original Hebrew
Helen Spurrell.

Translated by a Jewish Christian who is a classics scholar and philosopher.

The New Covenant, commonly called the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: A revision of the version of A.D. 1611.

The New Testament in Greek and English, Containing the Original Text Corrected from the Authority of the most Authentic Manuscripts: and a New Version Form’d agreeably to the Illustrations of the Most Learned Commentators and Critics: with Notes and Various Readings, and a Copious Alphabetical Index. 2 vols.

A literal translation.

Being An Attempt to translate the Sacred Writings with the same Freedom, Spirit, and Elegance, With which other English Translations from the Greek Classics have lately been executed with select Notes, Critical and Explanatory. 2 Vols.

Humbly attempted with a view to assist the unlearned with clearer and more explicit views of the mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth.

Humbly attempted by Nathaniel Scarlett, assisted by men of piety and literature.

With a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory.

A “modern speech” version based on the Westcott & Hort text, with a some attempt to represent the nuances of Greek tenses, as Williams understood them. A slightly revised edition was published by Moody Press in 1950.

A foppish translation by an Episcopal rector, based on the text of Griesbach 1805. Luke 1:41 is translated thus: 'And it happened, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the embryo was joyfully agitated'. Or, a minute revision, and professed translation of the original histories, memoirs, letters, prophecies, and other productions of the Evangelists and Apostles: to which are subjoined a few, generally brief, critical, explanatory and practical notes.

A literal translation of the Nestle text, supplemented with parenthetical comments to clarify the meaning of the words.

The King James Version 'with Semitic names restored to their Hebrew and Aramaic forms.'.

The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Based on the so-called 'Western' readings noted in the Greek Nestle text (4th edition). Other editions appeared, e.g., in 1919 published by by T. Foster Unwin of London under the title, The Adelphi New Testament; and in 1926 under the title, The Western New Testament.

Based on Codex Sinaiticus. The Gospels are presented synoptically in parallel columns.

A fresh translation in colloquial English. The Gospels were published in 1952, four Prophets (Isaiah 1-39, Hosea, Amos, Micah) in 1963, and a revised New Testament in 1972. Phillips shares some thoughts on his work as translator in his book, Ring of Truth: A Translator's Testimony (New York: MacMillan, 1967. Revised 1978). See also the discussion in Edwin H. Robertson, The New Translations of the Bible (London: S. C. M. Press, 1959), pp. 119-132.

A version in modern speech, based on the Nestle text; slightly revised in 1934.

The New Testament translated from the Greek by Robert D. Weekes.

Based on translations from northern Egypt.

Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek.

A translation by a classical scholar. The parts first appeared separately in 1979 and 1982.

A translation from the original Greek into the English of to-day.

The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Translated into English from the Approved Greek Text of the Church of Constantinople and the Church of Greece.

A translation by a classical scholar. The parts first appeared separately in 1979 and 1982.

Based on the Greek text underlying the English Revised Version; 'Plain English' comprises a simplified vocabulary of 1,500 words, and is supplemented by some 170 words explained in a glossary. Reprinted 1963 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans).

The Word of Promise (next generation) New Testament.

An accurate translation of the inspired Word of God in an easily understood modern day English.

Based on the traditional Greek Byzantine text.

A politically correct adaptation of the NRSV which eliminates all 'oppressive' features of the Bible.

Translated by a Jewish scholar to reflect 'the atmosphere of the period in which the documents were written.'.

Updated OT of ASV, NT by Palmer 2011.

The New Testament In Its ORIGINAL ORDER: A Faithful Version
Byzantine Greek 1550.

Jewish aspects of the New Testament are emphasized, with explanatory footnotes for gentile readers. Based on the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament (3rd edition).

A politically correct adaptation of the NRSV which eliminates all 'oppressive' features of the Bible.

The Wilton Translation of the New Testamnet 2014.

New Testament with Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of Songs.

Metrical psalter.

Translated into colloquial English.

The Inspired Letters In Clearest English.

One of the first translations of the Greek text done by a Roman Catholic. The complete New Testament appeared in 1937.

Logos 21st century version of John.

An English version of Tischendorf 1856, by a Unitarian. The manuscript was at the printer when Noyes died in 1868, and it was seen through the press with some editorial alterations by Ezra Abbott.

The Greek New Testament is priceless in its value as it is how God has given us his revelation of the gospel and of Jesus Christ. While a few trusted Greek texts are in print, significant advances have been made in Greek translation studies of the New Testament since a standard text was adopted by academics in 1975. The Greek New Testament, Cambridge Edition has been created under the oversight of editors Dr. Dirk Jongkind (St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge) and Dr. Peter Williams (Tyndale House, Cambridge). Together with their team, they have taken a rigorously philological approach to reevaluating the standard text—reexamining spelling and paragraph decisions as well as allowing more recent discoveries related to scribal habits to inform editorial decisions. Ideal for students, scholars, and pastors alike, and published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, The Greek New Testament, Cambridge Edition is a groundbreaking contribution to biblical scholarship.

The Holy Bible literally and idiomatically translated out of the original languages.

The Holy Bible in Modern English, containing the complete sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, translated into English direct from the original Hebrew, Chaldee and Greek languages.

By means of a restored Greek text, with various readings, conforming, as far as possible, to the inspired autographs, a consistent sublinear based upon a standard English equivalent for each Greek element, and an idiomatic, emphasized English version with notes, which are linked together and correlated for the English reader by means of an English concordance and lexicon and a complementary list of the Greek elements.

English translation of the Bible from the Masoretic and Textus Receptus Hebrew/Greek texts.
A 'Literal' translation with the readability of a NKJV or MKJV.

Based on the World English Bible.

With a Commentary, and Notes Philological, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical. In Four Volumes. To which is Added a History of the Life of the Apostle Paul.

The Greek According to Griesbach; the English upon the basis of the fourth London edition of the Improved Version, with an attempt to further improvement from the translations of Campbell, Wakefield, Scarlett, MacKnight, and Thomson. In Two Volumes. By Abner Kneeland, Minister of the First Independent Church of Christ, called Universalist, in Philadelphia.

A literal translation of the Nestle text, supplemented with parenthetical comments to clarify the meaning of the words.

The King James text with archaic expressions replaced by modern English.

The Letters of St. Paul side-by-side Hebrew and English.

The New Testament Translated from the Greek text of Westcott and Hort.

4 gospels written in poetic form.

A simplified version 'in the spirit of the King James Version'; revised as The King James II Bible, 1971.

The everyday Bible.

The Work of God Children Illustrated Bible.

Simplified English translation.

The New Testament was published in 1967. An interpretive paraphrase of the American Standard Version (1901).

Based on Torrey's reconstruction of hypothetical Aramaic documents underlying the Greek Gospels. Book of Revelation published in 1958.

Revised in 1984 and 2011. The New Testament first appeared in 1973.

A very simple 'dynamic equivalence' version, also published as the International Children's Bible.

The New Testament in Modern English.

Basic English vocabulary of 850 words proposed as an international auxiliary language, with an additional 150 biblical words.

In 1961 Norlie's Simplified New Testament in plain English for Today's Reader was published by Zondervan; reprinted in 1962 as The Children's Simplified New Testament.

Revised with inclusive language in 1992. The New Testament (Good News for Modern Man) appeared in 1966. A paraphrastic version, designed to be easily understood by all.

The New Testament was published in 1967. An interpretive paraphrase of the American Standard Version (1901).

A paraphrastic version, at a fourth grade reading level.

The Family Expositor or a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament; with Critical Notes; and a Practical Improvement of each Section.

With Notes and Instructions designed to aid the earnest Reader in obtaining a clear Understanding of the doctrines, Ordinances, and primitive Assemblies as revealed in these Scriptures. A free translation with moderate interpretation, verging on paraphrase.

Printed in Parallel with the Revised Version with Fuller References by Drs. Scrivener, Moulton & Greenup.

This is a one-volume edition of a translation which was first published in 3 volumes, 1956-59, under the title, Wuest's Expanded translation of the Greek New Testament.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek.

The Holy Bible Douay Rheims Version.

The Common English Version, Corrected by the Final Committee of the American Bible Union.

A heavily annotated version by Roman Catholic scholars, notable for its excellent literary quality. A revision called The New Jerusalem Bible appeared in 1985.

An interfaith version w/Apocrypha.

Eliminates duplications w/Apocrypha.

Translated from DSS documents w/Apocrypha.

The New Testament appeared in 1961.

The New Testament first appeared in 1963. A conservative literal revision of the American Standard Version (1901).

This is one of the first translations of the Greek text done by Roman Catholics. Spencer had published a translation of the four Gospels in 1898, and had completed a translation of the remainder of the New Testament by the time of his death in 1913. The remainder went unpublished until Callan and McHugh revised Spencer's complete translation for this volume. Translated into English from the original Greek by the Very Rev. Francis Aloysius Spencer, O.P.; edited by Charles J. Callan, O.P., and John A. McHugh, O.P.

Part One, The Four Gospels, translated by James A. Kleist, S. J.; Part two, The Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Apocalypse translated by Joseph L. Lilly, C. M. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1954. A modern-language translation with introductions and notes, by two Roman Catholic scholars.

A revamping of Scripture according to the latest rules of political correctness.