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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]
The NIV Study Bible is a study Bible originally published by Zondervan in 1985 that uses the New International Version (NIV). Revisions include one in 1995, a full revision in 2002, an update in October 2008 for the 30th anniversary of the NIV, another update in 2011 (with the text updated to the 2011 edition of the NIV), and a fully revised update in 2020 named "Fully Revised Edition". [1]
In late 2008, Zondervan (the Evangelical Christian publisher of the NIV and TNIV Bible and a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins) acquired Bible Gateway from Gospel Communications. [5] The sale of the site came after two years of continued financial difficulties on the part of the donation-driven GospelCom ministry. [6]
In 2008, Zondervan released the TNIV Reference Bible. University teacher Rick Mansfield stated in an online review of a preview copy that it is "the edition of the TNIV I wish I had been using from the very beginning." [21] With the 2011 release of an updated version of the NIV, both the TNIV and the 1984 NIV have been discontinued. [22]
The World English Bible (WEB) is an English translation of the Bible freely shared online. [5] The translation work began in 1994 [ 4 ] and was deemed complete in 2020. [ 2 ] Created by Michael Paul Johnson with help from volunteers, [ 1 ] [ 6 ] the WEB is an updated revision of the American Standard Version from 1901.
In July 2008, the NLT gained the No. 1 spot in unit sales, unseating the NIV for the first time in over two decades. [13] According to the Christian Booksellers Association (as of March 2014), the NLT is the second most popular Bible translation based on unit sales, and the fourth most popular based on sales numbers. [14]