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World English Bible
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| World English Bible | |
|---|---|
| Full name: | World English Bible |
| Abbreviation: | WEB |
| Complete Bible published: | Not yet |
| Translation type: | modern |
| Publisher: | Rainbow Missions |
| Copyright status: | Public domain (copyright waived) |
| Online address: | http://www.ebible.org/ |
| Genesis 1:1-3 | |
| In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. 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 should not perish, but have eternal life. | |
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| Old English (pre-1066) |
| Middle English (1066-1500) |
| Early Modern English (1500-1800) |
| Modern Christian (1800-) |
| Modern Jewish (1853-) |
| Miscellaneous |
The World English Bible (also known as WEB) is a public domain translation of the Bible that is currently in draft form. It is based on the 1901 American Standard Version, the Greek Majority Text, and the Hebrew Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. The New Testament is considered complete and is available in print.
Work on the World English Bible began in 1997 and was known as the American Standard Version 1997. The World English Bible project was started to produce a modern English Bible version that is not copyrighted, does not use archaic English (such as the KJV), or is not translated in Basic English (such as the Bible In Basic English). The World English Bible follows the American Standard Version's unusual decision to transliterate the Tetragrammaton, but updates "Jehovah" to be "Yahweh".
There are seven passes of editing and proofreading for each book. An initial automated pass updated approximately 1,000 archaic words, phrases and grammatical constructs. The first manual pass was to add quotation marks (the ASV had none) and other punctuation, and to check the translation against the Greek and Hebrew texts where there are significant textual variants or the meaning is unclear.
Although a complete draft version is available, there is still much editing in progress. It was hoped to have a finished version by Christmas 2005. The entire New Testament is now mostly complete, and the Old Testament is complete except for the books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
- Online World English Bible Searchable by verse and keywords
- At Project Gutenberg: Etext No. 8294 (full text), or 8228 to 8293 (by book, Genesis to Revelation)
- Overview (complete text, Index with Glossary, Readme): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8294
- Search for available editions (complete and by book): http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/results?title=World+English+Bible
- At ebible.org: Messianic Edition (WEB:ME), also known as The Hebrew Names Version (HNV)
- At BelieversResource.com: Downloadable World English MP3 Audio Bible
- The Vine uses The World English Bible: http://www.thevine.co.nz/bible/book
- At Grace-Centered Magazine: Searchable World English Bible
- Download and read the WEB on your iPod for Free: WEB-iBible