New International Version

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New International Version
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AbbreviationNIV
NT published1973
Complete Bible
published		October 27, 1978
Textual basis
Translation typeDynamic equivalence[3]
Reading level7.8[4]
Version revision1984, 2011
PublisherBiblica[a]
CopyrightThe Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.

Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Copies printed450,000,000[5]
Religious affiliationEvangelical[3]
Websitewww.thenivbible.com
Genesis 1:1–3
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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The New International Version (NIV) is a translation of the Bible into contemporary English. Published by Biblica, the complete NIV was released on October 27, 1978[6] with a minor revision in 1984 and a major revision in 2011. The NIV relies on recently-published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.[1][2]

Biblica claims that "the NIV delivers the very best combination of accuracy and readability."[7] As of March 2013, over 450 million printed copies of the translation had been distributed.[5] The NIV is the best-selling translation in the United States.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Preface". Biblia. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021. For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. ... The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions—the Greek Septuagint, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, the Latin Vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, the Aramaic Targums, and for the Psalms, the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome.
  2. ^ a b "Preface". Biblia. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021. The Greek text used in translating the New Testament is an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament.
  3. ^ a b "Bible Translation Spectrum". Logos Bible Software Wiki. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "The New International Reader's Version: What, Who, and Why". International Society of Bible Collectors. April 2000. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Menzie, Nicola (March 26, 2013). "NIV More Popular Than KJV, NLT Bibles; 11 Million Copies Sold Worldwide". The Christian Post. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Chandler, Russell (October 7, 1978). "10 Years' Labor Produces Newest Bible— Translation's Sponsors Aim at Accuracy, Clarity, Dignity". Los Angeles Times. p. I-27. All Bible readers do, according to the sponsoers of the New International Version Bible, a 10-year project scheduled for official publication Oct. 27.
  7. ^ "About the NIV Bible Translation". Biblica. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "ECPA Bible Translation Bestsellers, Best of 2021". Christian Book Expo. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "Christian Book Expo: ECPA Bible Translations Bestsellers, August 2023". christianbookexpo.com. Retrieved May 7, 2024.


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