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Bishops Bible

Bishops’ Bible 1568The Bishops Bible is an English translation of the Bible which was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible that was completed in 1611.-Wikipedia




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Welcome to theWord Bibles!

This website is dedicated to Bible modules for the program theWord, e-Sword, and MySword. Each Bible will have a post dedicated to it, and over time I will be adding evaluations for each Bible. The individual Bibles will be added so that the post will have downloads for all three Bible programs (I am searching and converting them for all three programs).

To search on a specific Bible, use the search function at top right. To search by type of Bible, use the menu at right. Note that as I study these different Bibles, they may move from one category to another as I deem right. Personally I would only recommend Word-for-Word, and besides their translation theory, there are other considerations about using or not using a particular version.

theWord Bible Reading Plans (below)




Wesley’s New Testament 1755

John Wesley New Testament (1755) John Wesley’s translation of the New Testament was published in 1755. He also translated the Old Testament, but this was not published until 1764. Wesley’s translation of the New Testament was meant to correct thousands of errors that were contained within the King James Version, and he consulted the Greek texts directly in order to do this.Description from library.garrett.edu/collections/special.




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