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 often include synonyms, multiple meanings or explanations of a word to give the reader a better idea of the meaning intended by the original author.

This word-for-word (literal) translation provides much insight for students of the Bible and can be used well in tandem with the New American Standard version. Because of its explanatory and “amplified” nature, it is less conducive to reading and better for the study of individual words and passages.

First published in complete form in 1965, the Amplified Bible is the work of Mrs. Frances Sewart and the Lockman Foundation and is published by Zondervan.

What does it sound like?

John 3:16-17 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

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