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Written by Jonathan Gallagher   

So many different English translations are available that it might seem redundant to add another. A few comments are clearly appropriate.

Some while ago a couple of visitors came to our regular Bible study. They were working on a project that required use of the whole Bible. When they went to the different Bible publishers, they quickly discovered that all modern English versions are subject to copyright. In many cases this is not a problem because permission is readily granted for the use of a few verses without charge. However to use the whole Bible requires a license fee of tens of thousands of dollars.

Added to that is the fact that by reason of the copyright issues, free versions of the Bible on the Internet etc are limited to older versions that are now out of copyright, such as the King James Version. The most recent of these is the ASV of 1901, however this was mainly based on the RV of 1881 so its vocabulary is far from modern, still using thee and thous, shouldest and wouldests, and damsels…

Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 June 2008 17:48 )
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