New International Version | NIV
The New International Version (NIV) is one of the best-selling contemporary translations because it seeks to combine textual accuracy with stylistic readability. It is widely used by churches and Bible...
The Message | MSG
The Message was written by Eugene Petersen to address the needs of Christians who struggled to understand and connect with the language of the Bible. His New Testament rendition was published in 1993 and...
New American Standard Bible | NASB
The goal of the Lockman Foundation in producing this word-for-word (literal) translation has been to preserve the vocabulary and verb tenses of the Hebrew and Greek texts as precisely as possible while...
New International Readers Version | NIrV
The New International Reader’s Version is based on the New International Version (NIV) but with sentences and words made even shorter and simpler for ease of understanding. The NIrV also has abundant...
King James Version | KJV
The King James Bible was commissioned by King James I in 1604 and given to the public in 1611. It was a revision and advance of the English versions that had gone before it, pursuing not only accuracy...
New Revised Standard Version | NRSV
The New Revised Standard Version was produced in 1989 by the National Council of Churches with the aim of updating the Revised Standard Version. Main revisions include modernizing archaic language, making...
Holman Christian Standard Bible | HCSB
The Holman Christian Standard Bible has gained wide support among conservative evangelicals for its commitment to accurately representing the biblical text in very plain English. On the spectrum between...
New King James Version | NKJV
The New King James Version was produced by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 1982. The committee of 130 biblical scholars, pastors, and laypeople sought to retain much of the beauty and style of the well-loved...
English Standard Version | ESV
First released in 2001, the English Standard Version (ESV) is a unique bible translation in that it is a word-for-word translation yet maintains the stylistic and readable qualities that literal translations...
New Living Translation | NLT
The New Living Translation, published by Tyndale Charitable Trust in 1996, is a revision and reworking of the Living Bible. The translators’ goal in producing the NLT, a thought-for-thought (dynamic...
Amplified Bible | AB
The aim of the Amplified Bible is to bring the greatest meaning and understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek words to an English-speaking audience. To accomplish this, the translators of this version...
