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Modern & readable
NIV
New International Version
Balanced, most widely read
NLT
New Living Translation
Thought-for-thought, very clear
CSB
Christian Standard Bible
Optimal equivalence
GNT
Good News Translation
Simple, plain English
CEV
Contemporary English Version
Easy reading level
NCV
New Century Version
Simplified vocabulary
ERV
Easy-to-Read Version
Clearest for new readers
Literal & study
ESV
English Standard Version
Essentially literal
NASB
New American Standard Bible
Highly literal
LSB
Legacy Standard Bible
Literal, renders YHWH
NRSVue
New Revised Standard (Updated)
Academic standard
RSV
Revised Standard Version
Classic scholarly
NET
New English Translation
Extensive translator notes
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Word-for-word, wooden
Traditional
KJV
King James Version
1611 classic English
NKJV
New King James Version
KJV style, modern words
ASV
American Standard Version
1901 literal classic
GNV
Geneva Bible
1599 Reformation Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Public domain modern ASV
Catholic & Orthodox
NABRE
New American Bible (Revised)
US Catholic lectionary
NJB
New Jerusalem Bible
Literary Catholic
RSV-CE
RSV Catholic Edition
With deuterocanon
DRA
Douay-Rheims
Traditional Catholic, from Vulgate
OSB
Orthodox Study Bible
Septuagint-based Old Testament
Paraphrase & specialty
MSG
The Message
Contemporary paraphrase
TPT
The Passion Translation
Expansive, devotional
AMP
Amplified Bible
Expands word meanings
TLB
The Living Bible
1971 paraphrase
CJB
Complete Jewish Bible
Jewish names and idiom
TS2009
The Scriptures (ISR)
Hebrew names, Messianic
Original & ancient
BHS
Hebrew Bible (Masoretic)
Original Hebrew/Aramaic OT
NA28
Greek New Testament (NA28)
Critical Greek text
LXX
Septuagint
Ancient Greek Old Testament
VUL
Latin Vulgate
Jerome's Latin Bible
Other languages
RVR1960
Reina-Valera 1960 (Español)
Classic Spanish Bible
NVI
Nueva Versión Internacional (Español)
Modern Spanish
LSG
Louis Segond (Français)
Classic French Bible
LUT
Lutherbibel (Deutsch)
Classic German Bible
ARC
Almeida Revista e Corrigida (Português)
Classic Portuguese
CUV
Chinese Union Version (和合本)
Standard Chinese Bible