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 chapter and section headings as well as indications when a passage is quoted elsewhere in the Bible. It is a thought-for-thought (dynamic equivalence) translation.

According to the NIrV website, “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 International Reader’s Version easy to read and understand.” It is especially appreciated by younger readers or non-native English speakers.

The NIrV is produced by the International Bible Society.

What does it sound like?

John 3:16-17 God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

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