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Although the Open Bible Data project is designed to showcase and make use of open-licenced Biblical materials, many commercial businesses copyright their Bible translations and other materials in order to restrict sites like this from being able to use them. So although we don’t consider their materials to be very useful here (and new, high-quality, open-licenced materials are currently being developed to replace them), we have included some of their verses on a few of our parallel verse pages just for interest and for comparison, so you’ll find their copyright details below.
The (still unfinished) Open English Translation (v0.12) consists of a Readers’ Version and a Literal Version side-by-side. You can read more about the design of the OET at OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible/Design/Overview.
Copyright © 2010-2024 Freely-Given.org.
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Thanks to Freely-Given.org for creating this exciting, radical, new Bible translation which is viewable from OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible. We are very grateful to Dr. Alan Bunning of the Center for New Testament Restoration whose many years of hard work the New Testament part of the OET-LV is adapted from. The Old Testament part of the OET-LV uses the morphology analysis from the work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible team. We’re also grateful to the Biblica Clear Bible team who provide the pronoun referential information as part of their Macula Greek project and also some of the OT glosses as part of their Macula Hebrew project. Also, the Bible translation resources created by unfoldingWord have proven very helpful.
The (still unfinished) Open English Translation Readers’ Version is a new, modern-English easy-to-read translation of the Bible. You can read more about the design of the OET-RV at OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible/Design/ReadersVersion.
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Thanks to Freely-Given.org for creating this exciting, new Bible translation which is viewable from OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible.
The (still unfinished) Open English Translation Literal Version is a tool designed to give a look into what was actually written in the original Hebrew or Greek manuscripts. You can read more about the design of the OET-LV at OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible/Design/LiteralVersion.
Copyright © 2010-2024 Freely-Given.org.
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Thanks to Freely-Given.org for creating this exciting, new Bible translation which is viewable from OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible. We are very grateful to Dr. Alan Bunning of the Center for New Testament Restoration whose many years of hard work this literal New Testament is adapted from. The Old Testament Hebrew text (and the morphology analysis) is adapted from the work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible team. We’re also grateful to the Biblica Clear Bible team who provide the pronoun referential information as part of their Macula Greek project and also some of the OT glosses as part of their Macula Hebrew project.
Note that the OET-LV is VERY literal (even including Hebrew and Greek words that are not normally translated into English) because it’s designed to be used in conjunction with our Readers’ Version.
unfoldingWord® Literal Text (2023) and derived from the 1901 ASV.
Copyright © 2023 by unfoldingWord.
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Thanks to unfoldingWord for creating this Bible translation which is designed to be a tool for Bible translators.
unfoldingWord® Simplified Text (2023). The UST has all passive constructions changed to active forms, and all idioms replaced with their English meanings.
Copyright © 2023 by unfoldingWord.
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Thanks to unfoldingWord for creating this specialised Bible translation which is designed to be a tool for Bible translators.
Berean Standard Bible (2020).
CC0 licence. All uses are freely permitted.
Thanks to John Isett and BibleHub for the BSB.
Berean Literal Bible New Testament (2022).
Copyright © 2022 by Bible Hub. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
The Berean Bible text is free to use in any electronic form to promote the reading, learning, and understanding of the Holy Bible as the Word of God.
Thanks to BibleHub for the BLB.
The AI Critical New Testament (AICNT) is a critical English edition carefully compiled to indicate the text of the earliest manuscripts in contrast to later changes and in reference to Greek critical editions. The AICNT provides readers with a rich source of vital information and leverages AI (GPT-4) to translate with optimal transparency. See the preface at AICNT.org/preface. The site GPT.Bible offers enhanced search and viewing functionality for exploring the AICNT.
Copyright 2023 Integrity Syndicate.
Copyrighted. Used with permission.
Thanks to Theophilus Josiah, founder.
Open English Bible (in progress).
Copyright © 2010-2021 Russell Allen.
Creative Commons Zero licence.
Thanks to Russell Allen and team for generously providing this English translation.
(Holmes) Christian Standard Bible (2017).
Copyright © (coming).
(coming).
New Living Translation (2015).
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
five hundred (500) verses without the express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.
New International Version (2011).
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
The NIV® text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic or audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without the express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.
Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (2006).
Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Text from the Contemporary English Version (CEV) may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic or audio) up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without written permission, providing the verses quoted do not amount to 50% of a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted and the work is available for non-commercial use.
English Standard Version (2001).
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The ESV text may be quoted (in written, visual, or electronic form) up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of the publisher, providing that the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five (25%) percent or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.
New American Standard Bible (1995): A revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) incorporating information from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission.
The text of the New American Standard Bible® may be quoted and/or reprinted up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express written permission of The Lockman Foundation, providing that the verses do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for more than 25% of the total work in which they are quoted.
Legacy Standard Bible (2021): A revision of the 1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB) completed in October 2021.
Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
The text of the LSB® (Legacy Standard Bible®) may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to and inclusive of one thousand (1,000) verses providing the verses do not amount to a complete book of the Bible, nor do the verses quoted account for more than 50% of the total text of the work in which they are quoted, nor may more than 1,000 verses be stored in an electronic retrieval system. (Downloaded from LSBible.org/permission-to-quote-the-lsb/ January 2024)
James Quiggle Translation New Testament (2023).
Translated and published by James D. Quiggle, copyright 2023.
Limited to twenty verses.
The Second Testament: A new translation (2023) by Scot McKnight.
Copyright © 2023 by IVP Academic. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Up to 300 verses may be used.
The First Testament: A new translation (2018) by John Goldingay.
Copyright © 2018 by IVP Academic. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Up to 300 verses may be used.
The Passion Translation (2017) by Brian Simmons.
Scripture quotations marked TPT are from The Passion Translation®. Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2020 by Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ThePassionTranslation.com.
Up to 250 verses may be used.
A few selected verses included here for reference purposes only—this is not a recommended as a reliable Bible translation.
World English Bible (2023).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
World Messianic Bible (2023) also known as the HNV: Hebrew Names Version.
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
New English Translation (2016).
Copyright © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L. L. C..
Free (without their notes).
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Literal Standard Version (2020).
Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Free Bible Version (2018).
Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Thanks to Free Bible Ministry for this translation. Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Text-Critical New Testament: Byzantine Text Version (2022) from their own Byzantine-priority Greek New Testament.
Adam Boyd released the Byzantine Text Version in 2022. It is based on the Robinson-Pierpont third edition (RP2018). Boyd describes it as following the “‘optimal equivalence’ philosophy of translation, employing a literary style that is reminiscent of the Tyndale-King James legacy while flowing smoothly and naturally in modern English.” He added: “On the literal to dynamic scale, I would put it somewhere between ESV and CSB (but closer to ESV).”
Copyright © 2022 Robert Adam Boyd.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Thanks to ByzantineText.com for this work. Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
See key and more information here.
Translation for Translators (2017).
Copyright © 2008-2017 Ellis W. Deibler, Jr..
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License as per here.
Thanks to the late Ellis Deibler for his work in preparing this specialised text to be used as a Bible translation tool. Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Lexham English Bible (2010,2012).
Copyright © 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.
You can give away the Lexham English Bible, but you can’t sell it on its own. If the LEB comprises less than 25% of the content of a larger work, you can sell it as part of that work.
Thanks to Logos Bible Software for supplying a XML file.
New Revised Standard Version (1989).
Copyright © (coming).
(coming).
New King James Version (1979).
Copyright © (coming).
(coming).
Bible in Basic English (1965).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
The Moffatt Translation of the Bible (1922).
Copyright © 1922 James Moffatt.
Copyright expired. Public domain.
Thanks to the OEB team for their USFM transcriptions of Moffat’s work.
Please note that including Moffat’s work on these pages doesn’t mean that we endorse The Documentary Hypothesis or other things that he espoused. However, Moffat wasn’t just a follow the crowd person, so he’s likely to have had at least some good ideas that we all might be able to learn from.
Jewish Publication Society TaNaKH (1917).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
American Standard Version (1901).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Douay-Rheims American Edition (1899).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Youngs Literal Translation (1898).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Darby Translation (1890).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
The English Revised Version (1885) was an officially authorised revision of the King James Bible. (See Wikipedia entry.)
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Webster Bible (1833).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
King James Bible (1611-1769).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Bishops Bible (1568,1602).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to BibleSuperSearch.com for supplying the source file.
Geneva Bible (1557-1560,1599).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Coverdale Bible (1535-1553).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to BibleSuperSearch.com for supplying the source file.
Tyndale New Testament (1526).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Wycliffe Bible (middle-English, 1382).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
The entire English-speaking world is indebted to John Wycliffe for his brave work to make the Bible available in the language of the common people at a time when most priests insisted that the Bible was only valid in Latin.
Luther’s German Bible (1545).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
The entire German-speaking world is indebted to Martin Luther for his brave work to make the Bible available in the language of the common people at a time when most priests insisted that the Bible was only valid in Latin.
Clementine Vulgate Bible (Latin, 1592).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
Statistical Restoration Greek New Testament (2022).
Copyright © 2022 by Alan Bunning.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Grateful thanks to Dr. Alan Bunning who founded the Center for New Testament Restoration and gave around twenty years of his free time (plus a few full-time years at the end) to make this new, high-quality Greek New Testament freely available.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament (2022).
Copyright © 2022 by unfoldingWord.
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Thanks to unfoldingWord for creating this GNT from the Bunnings Heuristic Prototype GNT.
Society for Biblical Literature Greek New Testament (Michael Holmes, 2010).
Copyright © 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Thanks to SBL and Logos Bible Software for supplying this GNT.
Text-Critical Greek New Testament (2010) based on Robinson/Pierpont Byzantine priority GNT (RP2018).
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
NETS is a new translation of the Greek Jewish Scriptures, entitled A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included Under that Title. For more information on this project, see the main NETS webpage.
Copyright © 2007 by the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Inc. All rights reserved.
The text of A New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS) may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio) up to and inclusive of 250 verses without written permission from Oxford University Press, provided that the verses quoted do not account for more than 20% of the work in which they are quoted and provided that a complete book of NETS is not quoted.
Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton’s 1851 translation of the ancient Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
μετάφραση των εβδομήκοντα: Ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (~250 BC) compiled by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton.
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Thanks to eBible.org for supplying the USFM files.
unfoldingWord® Hebrew Bible (2022).
Copyright © 2022 by unfoldingWord.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Thanks to unfoldingWord for creating this HB from the OSHB.
Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary (2023).
Copyright © 2023 by Tyndale House Publishers.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Thanks to Tyndale House Publishers for their generous open-licensing of this Bible dictionary.
Tyndale Open Study Notes (2022).
Copyright © 2022 by Tyndale House Publishers.
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Thanks to Tyndale House Publishers for their generous open-licensing of these Bible study and related notes.
unfoldingWord® Translation Notes (2023).
Copyright © 2022 by unfoldingWord.
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Thanks to unfoldingWord for creating these notes to assist Bible translators.
United Bible Societies open-licenced dictionaries (2023).
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, Copyright © United Bible Societies, 2023. Adapted from Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © 2000-2023 United Bible Societies.
UBS Dictionary of New Testament Greek, Copyright © United Bible Societies, 2023. Adapted from Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Greek: © United Bible Societies 2018-2023, which is adapted from Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains, Eds. J P Louw, Eugene Albert Nida © United Bible Societies 1988, 1989.
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Thanks to UBS for making these available.