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English Translations

Modern translations

ESV	English Standard Version 2011 Bible translated by revising the RSV to be more literal
NIV	New International Version 2011 Bible translated to be accurate and easily readable
NET	New English Translation (2005) Bible translated by Dallas Theological Seminary (footnotes are not in the free version)
ASV	American Standard Version (1901) Bible translation called the Revised Version in the UK, with a few hundred American differences
WEB	World English Bible (2012) Bible revised from the ASV into idiomatic English for free use
BBE	1949/1964 Bible in Basic English Bible translated using only 1000 English words; useful for English as a second language
TS1998	The Scriptures 1998 by Institute for Scripture Research Bible translated by South African scholars, using Hebrew order of books and some Hebrew names and vocabulary
DRC	Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision Bible translation of the Latin Vulgate, authorised by the Catholic Church, revised by Challoner, c.1750
Darby	Darby Bible (1889) Bible translation by a Plymouth Brethren Dispensationalist
GodW	GOD'S WORD to the Nations (1995) Bible translation by Lutheran scholars
Roth	The Emphasized Bible by J. B. Rotherham Bible translated to show underlying emphasis in the text, c.1902
JPS	Jewish Publication Society Old Testament (1917) OT translated by Jewish scholars
OJBC	The Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha (1996) NT translated for Jews with many Hebrew names and transliterated words
ISV	International Standard Version NT translation by diverse scholars; OT is not freely available
Comm	The Common Edition: New Testament (1999) NT translation aiming for modern English rather than literal translation
20C	Twentieth Century New Testament (1904) NT translation based on Westcott & Hort's edition by a diverse group of scholars and non-scholars
Weym	Weymouth NT (1912) NT translated into idiomatic English of the day
LO	The Living Oracles NT (1826) NT translation of Griesbach's edition, aiming to omit any Calvinism
Godb	1902 William Baxter Godbey NT NT Tischendorf edition translated by a Wesleyan holiness scholar
Mont	Montgomery New Testament (1924) NT translated by the first woman president of the Northern Baptists, USA
BWE	Bible in Worldwide English NT translated by Annie Cressman in 1969 for those who find English difficult

Older translations

Tynd	William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530) NT and half of OT translation on which the KJV and Geneva Bible were based
Gen	Geneva Bible (1599) Bible translated by Reformed scholars in Geneva about 50 years before the KJV
KJV	King James Version (1769) Bible translation based on Tyndale's translation as finished in the Matthew Bible
Wors	1770 John Worsley NT NT translated into idiomatic English of that time
Lees	1853 Leeser Old Testament OT translated by a Jewish scholar
Noyes	1869 Noyes Translation NT Tischendorf edition translated by a Unitarian scholar

Revisions of older translations

MKJV	Green's Modern King James Version (1993) Bible revised from KJV by modernising English and making it a little more literal, by Jay P. Green
Webs	Webster Bible (1833) Bible revised from KJV by modernising the language
RWebs	Revised Webster Version (1833) Bible revised from the Webster Bible which revised the KJV
UKJV	Updated King James Version (2000) Bible revised from KJV with minor modernisations
AKJV	American King James Version (1999) Bible revised from the KJV, avoiding any doctrinal changes
RNKJ	Restored Name King James Version Bible revised from the KJV using YHWE, Yahushua and other changes
RKJN	Revised King James New Testament (2009) NT revision of the KJV; the complete Bible is now sold as the New King James Version
NHE	New Heart English Bible (2009) Bible based on the ASV with modernisation of language and NT text decisions, by Wayne A. Mitchell
NHJ	New Heart English Bible: Jehovah Edition (2009) Bible revised from NHEB using "Jehovah" instead of "YHWH"
NHM	New Heart English Bible: Messianic Edition (2009) Bible revised from NHEB using Jewish names and vocabulary
WEBB	World English Bible: British Edition (2012) Bible slightly revised from the WEB version for UK English
WEBM	World English Bible: Messianic Edition (2012) Bible slightly revised from the WEB version using Jewish names and vocabulary
HNV	Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible (2012) Bible revised from the WEB by using Jewish names; aka WEB Messianic Edition
OEB	Open English Bible (US Spelling) (2012) NT revision of The Twentieth Century New Testament based on Westcott & Hort's edition; OT being translated
OEBc	Open English Bible (Commonwealth Spelling) (2012) NT revision of OEB with UK+Australian spelling
Jub	English Jubilee 2000 Bible Bible translated from Spanish translation by Casiodoro de Reina (1569) and revised towards the KJV

Literal renditions

LEB	The Lexham English Bible (2012) Bible rendered literally especially for use with Logos software
EMT	English Majority Text Version, 2011 Edition with Greek Explanatory Notes NT translated from the Majority Greek edition
YLT	Young's Literal Translation (1898) Bible rendered attempting to use one English word for each Hebrew or Greek word
LITV	Green's Literal Translation (1993) Bible for accompanying Green's Interlinear Bible
ACV	A Conservative Version Bible revised from the ASV based on Textus Receptus and very literal principles
Diag	The Emphatic Diaglott A literal translation of the Vatican MS B, published by the Watchtower Society, c.1864

English versions of ancient translations

ABEn	Apostolic Bible Polyglot English Text (1996) OT+NT translated from the ancient Greek Septuagint by Charles Van der Pool
AB	The Apostle's Bible (2004) OT+NT revised from the translated Greek Septuagint by Brenton in 1851 by Paul Esposito
Murd	James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta (1852) NT English literal translation of the ancient Peshitto Syriac translation
Eth	The Peshitto Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge (1849) NT English translation of the ancient Peshitto Syriac translation
LXX2	Septuagint in American English 2012 OT+Apocrypha revised from the translated Greek Septuagint by Brenton in 1851

Ancient Versions

Hebrew OT

Transcriptions of ancient Hebrew manuscripts:

Alep	Aleppo Codex OT transcription of the Aleppo Manuscript without pointing or accents
OHB	Open Scriptures Morphological Hebrew Bible (morphology forthcoming) OT transcription of the Leningrad Manuscript with pointing and accents
WLC	Westminster Leningrad Codex OT transcription of the Leningrad Manuscript annotated with corrections of the BHS transcription, with pointing and accents

Greek NT

Editions based on ancient Greek manuscripts:

WHNU	Westcott and Hort (1881) with NA27/UBS4 variants NT in Greek based on the full range of ancient manuscripts, marked with differences in the Nestle-Aland and United Bible Society's editions; without accents
SBLG	The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (2010) NT in Greek based on Westcott and Hort, compared with other texts; with accents
Byz	The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform 2005 NT in Greek compiled by Robinson and Pierpont based on the majority of Greek manuscripts; without accents
Tisch	Tischendorf's Eighth Edition GNT (1869–72) NT in Greek based on Tregelles' edition and a wide range of ancient manuscripts; without accents
TNT	Tregelles' Greek New Testament (1857–79) NT in Greek based on a wide range of ancient manuscripts; with accents
Ant	Antoniades Patriarchal Edition (1904/1912) NT in Greek, based on Byzantine manuscripts and Chrysostom; without accents
Elz	Elzevir Textus Receptus (1624) NT in Greek, substantially reflecting the text used by the KJV; without accents
TR	Textus Receptus (1550/1894) NT in Greek, based on the text of Stephens 1550, with variants of Scrivener 1894; without accents

Septuagint

Ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew OT:

LXX	Septuagint, Morphologically Tagged Rahlf’s (1935) OT in Greek based on the Rahlf's edition of the Septuagint and revised since
ABGk	Apostolic Bible Polyglot Greek Text (1996) Bible in Greek based on Vaticanus B and other manuscripts, ordered to match the Hebrew Bible and coded to an extended Strong's lexicon
ABEn	Apostolic Bible Polyglot English Text (1996) OT+NT translated from the ancient Greek Septuagint by Charles Van der Pool
LXX2	Septuagint in American English 2012 OT+Apocrypha revised from the translated Greek Septuagint by Brenton in 1851
AB	The Apostle's Bible (2004) OT+NT revised from the translated Greek Septuagint by Brenton in 1851 by Paul Esposito

Samaritan Pentateuch

Ancient Samaritan version of the first five books of the OT.

SP	Samaritan Pentateuch From manuscripts transmitted by remnants of the Samaritans
SPMT	Samaritan Pentateuch matched with MT MT tagged to line up with the SP
SPVar	Samaritan Pentateuch Same as SP but without markers for MT words missing in the SP
SPDS	Samaritan Pentateuch variants in Dead Sea Scrolls Variants from manuscripts found in and around Quran that are different to SP
SPE	Samaritan Pentateuch in English Translated in the style of KJV for easy comparison of differences

Peshitta

Ancient Syriac translation of the Hebrew OT and Greek NT:

Pesh	Syriac Peshitta (NT) NT translated from Greek in the early centuries
Murd	James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta (1852) NT English literal translation of the ancient Peshitto Syriac translation
Eth	The Peshitto Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge (1849) NT English translation of the ancient Peshitto Syriac translation

Vulgate

Ancient Latin translation of the Hebrew OT and Greek NT:

VulgJ	Latin Vulgate Bible in Latin, translated from Hebrew & Greek texts by Jerome, AD 405
VulgS	Vulgata Sistina Bible in Latin, based on Jerome’s translation, corrected towards the Greek, 1590
VulgCH	Vulgata Clementis VIII Bible in Latin, Jerome’s translation, edited by Hetzenauer, 1914
VulgCC	Vulgata Clementis VIII Bible in Latin, Jerome’s translation, edited by Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009
VulgCT	Vulgata Clementis VIII Bible in Latin, Jerome’s translation, edited by Alberto Colunga et Laurentio Turrado, 1946
DRC	Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision Bible translation of the Latin Vulgate, authorised by the Catholic Church, revised by Challoner, c.1750

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