POPULAR HOLY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS                                  By JCShook 5/20/2021
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       47 prominent, well-known bible translations, editions and revisions in English.
       Includes a few older standbys. For the most part, they are available today.
Abbr   TRANSLATION NAME                    Publishing Introductions     Roots / Textual Basis
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ASV    American Standard Version           1901                         English RV 1885
AMP    Amplified Bible                     1954-1965, 1987              ASV 1901
AHB    Amplified Holy Bible                1987, 2015                   AMP, ASV 1901
BBE    Bible in Basic English (1000 word)  1941, 1949, 1965             Hebrew/Greek
CSB    Christian Standard Bible            2017, 2020                   HCSB, NA/BH
CEB    Common English Bible                2010, 2011                   NA/BH
CEV    Contemporary English Version        1991, 1995                   ABS, Original langs.
DRB    Douay-Rheims Bible (aka DRV)        1582, 1609                   Latin Vulgate
ESV    English Standard Version            2001, 2007, 2011, 2016       Revised Std Ver 1971
GW     God's Word (Translation)            1995                         NA/BH
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GNB    Good News Bible (aka TEV)           1966-1976, 1979              ABS, NA27
GNT    Good News Translation               1992                         ABS, GNB/TEV
HCSB   Holman Christian Standard Version   1999, 2004, 2009             NA/BH
ISV    International Standard Version      2011                         NA/BH/DS
JB     Jerusalem Bible, The                1966, 1967, 1968             MT/ST/LV
JSB    Jewish Study Bible 2ed, The         1917, 1985, 2004, 2014       JPS Tanakh, MT
KJV    King James Version (aka AV)         1611, 1769                   Bishop's Bible
KJVer  King James Version (easy reader)    2001                         KJV
LEB    Lexham English Bible                2010, 2011                   SB
TLB    Living Bible, The                   1971                         KJV/ASV
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MLB    Modern Language Bible (Berkeley V.) 1945, 1959, 1969, 1984       Original languages
NAB    New American Bible                  1970, 1986, 1991, 2010       Confraternity Bible
NASB   New American Standard Bible         1963, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 Amer Std Ver 1901
NCB    New Catholic Bible                  2019                         Original languages
NCV    New Century Version                 1978, 1986, 1991             UB/BH/ST
NEB    New English Bible                   1961, 1970                   ERV/BH
NET    New English Translation (NET Bible) 1996, 2005, 2006, 2017       BH/ST/NA27
NIrV   New International Reader's Version  1994, 1995, 1996             New Int'l Ver 1984
NIV    New International Version           1973, 1978, 1984, 2011       NA/BH/MT/DS
NJB    New Jerusalem Bible                 1966, 1985                   Jers. Bible, NT25
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NKJV   New King James Version              1979, 1980, 1982             KJV, TR/MT
NLV    New Life Version (850 word vocab.)  1969, 1986                   Other translations
NLT    New Living Translation              1996, 2004, 2007, 2015       TLB, UB/NA/BH/ST
NSRV   New Revised Standard Version        1989                         RSV, BH/DS/ST
NWT    New World Translation               1950, 1961, 1984, 2013       Original languages
REB    Revised English Bible               1989                         New English Bible
RNJB   Revised New Jerusalem Bible         1966, 1985, 2018, 2019       NJB/JB, BH/ST/NA27
RSV    Revised Standard Version            1946, 1952, 1971             BH/ST/DS/NA
TNK    Tanakh (Tora, Nevi'im, Ketuvim)     1985                         JPS, MT/ST
JPS    The Holy Scriptures                 1917, 1945, 1955             JPS, MT/ST
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MSG    The Message (Bible)                 1993, 2002, 2005, 2018       Original languages
PHI    The Phillips Translation of the NT  1956                         NA
TV     The Voice                           2008, 2011, 2012             Original languages
TEV    Today's English Version (aka GNB)   1966-1976, 1979              ABS, NA27
TNIV   Today's New International Version   2002, 2005                   New Int'l Ver 1984
WEB    World English Bible                 2000                         ASV, BM/BH/DS
YLT    Young's Literal Translation         1862, 1898                   TR/BM
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Six newer bible translations may be possible additions to the list above:
LVS    Literal Standard Version             2020
RNJB   Revised New Jerusalem Bible, The     2019
THB    Hebrew Bible, The (Alter)            2019
TPT    Passion Translation, The             2017
MEV    Modern English Version               2017
EXB    Expanded Bible, The                  2009, 2011
Recently released bibles have no established track record. We'll monitor their progress.
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Below is a list of 13 complete English bible translations, each made by only 1 or 2
translaters that are not on the above list of 50. In chronological order.

Abbr TRANSLATION NAME                                   Authors         Release Dates          Roots / Basis
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DAR  Holy Scriptures: A New Trans. from the Orig. Lang. J.N. Darby      1867, 1872, 1884, 1890 Original languages
EBR  Emphasized Bible, The                              J.B. Rotherham  1872, 1878, 1897, 1902 WH/BH
MRB  Modern Reader's Version, The                       R.G. Moulton    1895, 1917             ERV
FHB  Holy Bible in Modern English, The                  F. Fenton       1903                   Original languages
MNT  Holy Bible, A New Translation, The                 J. Moffatt      1913, 1922, 1926, 1935 Original languages
G&S  The Bible: An American Translation                 Goodspeed/Smith 1923, 1927, 1935, 1939 Original languages
PES  Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts, The   G.M. Lamsa      1933                   Peshitta
KNX  Holy Bible A Trans. fron the Latin Vulgate, The    R. Knox         1945, 1949, 1955       Latin, Heb, Greek
HNB  Holy Name Bible, The                               A.B. Traina     1950, 1963             Hebrew, Aram, Grk
AAT  Holy Bible, An American Translation, The           W.F. Beck       1962, 1976             Original languages
TLB  Living Bible, The                                  K.N. Taylor     1963, 1971             ASV, KJV, Greek
STB  Bible in Living English, The                       S.T. Byington   1972                   Original languages
CJB  Complete Jewish Bible                              D.H. Stern      1998                   Greek/MT
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Original language source texts:
BH = Biblica Hebraica hebrew text        SB = SBL Greek New Testament
BM = Byzantine Majority text             ST = Septuagint OT greek text
DS = Dead Sea Scrolls                    TR = Textus Receptus greek text
MT = Masoretic OT hebrew text            UB = United Bible Societies greek text
NA = Nestle Aland greek text             LV = Latin Vulgate
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The 66 different bibles (47+6+13) on the 3 lists above constitute the lion's share (80%+)
of bibles bought by and being read by people in the US. Wikipedia asserts that 450 million
copies the NIV have been sold worldwide.
See Reception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Version

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