Academic Bibles and where to read them

Academic standards

• NRSV (New Revised Standard Version) - “it is ‘as literal as possible’ in adhering to the ancient texts and only ‘as free as necessary’ to make the meaning clear in graceful, understandable English.”
• New Oxford Annotated Bible
  • 5th edition is latest, March 2018 (none online)
  • 4th edition, 2010 on archive.org
  • 3rd edition, 2001 to on archive.org (only to borrow)

Even more literal

• NASB (NAS) - Bible Hub (under NAS) - very literal

Alternate meanings

• AMP Amplified Bible

Interlinear

• Interlinear shows the original Hebrew/Greek and the translation of each word below. Click Interlin when reading any verse on BibleHub.