Geneva Bible (GNV) , 1560 first edition
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English Protestant exiles in Geneva, led by William Whittingham · 1560; most reprints carry the 1599 text · public domain
Edition 1599 text , current1560 first edition , historical
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English Protestant exiles in Geneva: a team led by William Whittingham, assisted by Miles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, John Knox and Thomas Sampson. The 1599 text is public domain; Tolle Lege Press publishes a modern-spelling edition
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Geneva Bible
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GNV
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Translated from Greek and Hebrew manuscripts with a revision of William Tyndale's New Testament, as Bible Gateway describes it; no statement of method (word-for-word or thought-for-thought) is published
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Hebrew manuscripts, as Bible Gateway describes it; no printed edition is named
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Greek manuscripts and a revision of Tyndale's New Testament, as Bible Gateway describes it; the printed Greek editions used are not named on the pages checked. The text carries the Received Text readings, for example Acts 8:37 and the longer 1 John 5:7 in the main text
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66 books in the 1599 text at eBible.org and in the Tolle Lege edition on Bible Gateway; neither includes the Apocrypha
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The 1599 text is public domain; eBible.org hosts it with no copyright restrictions. The 2006 Tolle Lege Press modern-spelling edition on Bible Gateway is copyrighted, all rights reserved, with brief quotations allowed
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New Testament 1557; complete Bible 1560; the 1599 edition is the text most reprints carry; Tolle Lege Press released its modern-spelling edition of the 1599 text in 2006
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| Fact | Value | Source · fetched |
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| Made by | English Protestant exiles in Geneva: a team led by William Whittingham, assisted by Miles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, John Knox and Thomas Sampson. The 1599 text is public domain; Tolle Lege Press publishes a modern-spelling edition | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
| Translation philosophy | Translated from Greek and Hebrew manuscripts with a revision of William Tyndale's New Testament, as Bible Gateway describes it; no statement of method (word-for-word or thought-for-thought) is published | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, Old Testament | Hebrew manuscripts, as Bible Gateway describes it; no printed edition is named | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, New Testament | Greek manuscripts and a revision of Tyndale's New Testament, as Bible Gateway describes it; the printed Greek editions used are not named on the pages checked. The text carries the Received Text readings, for example Acts 8:37 and the longer 1 John 5:7 in the main text | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
| Canon | 66 books in the 1599 text at eBible.org and in the Tolle Lege edition on Bible Gateway; neither includes the Apocrypha | Geneva Bible 1599 at eBible.org, contents · Verification pending |
| Reading grade level | No published figure | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Gender language | Not published | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Committee | A team led by William Whittingham with Miles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, John Knox and Thomas Sampson; the marginal notes were written by Reformation leaders including John Calvin | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
| Verses in footnotes | None; the Received Text verses are in the main text, for example Acts 8:37 and the longer 1 John 5:7 in the 1599 text at eBible.org. The margins of the 1599 edition carry the Reformers' study notes, kept in the Tolle Lege Press edition on Bible Gateway | Geneva Bible 1599 at eBible.org, 1 John 5 · Verification pending |
| Licence | The 1599 text is public domain; eBible.org hosts it with no copyright restrictions. The 2006 Tolle Lege Press modern-spelling edition on Bible Gateway is copyrighted, all rights reserved, with brief quotations allowed | Geneva Bible 1599 at eBible.org, copyright page · Verification pending |
| First published | New Testament 1557; complete Bible 1560; the 1599 edition is the text most reprints carry; Tolle Lege Press released its modern-spelling edition of the 1599 text in 2006 | Bible Gateway, 1599 Geneva Bible version information · Verification pending |
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Which text do most printings carry?
The 1599 edition. Tolle Lege Press reprints it with modern spelling and the original notes and cross references; eBible.org hosts it in the original spelling. The 1560 first edition is reprinted in facsimile for study.
What are the notes?
Marginal study notes written by Reformation leaders, including John Calvin, to explain and interpret the text for the ordinary reader. Bible Gateway calls it history’s first study Bible. The notes are part of the edition, not of the translation.
Is it word for word?
The translators published no statement of method. Bible Gateway describes a translation from Greek and Hebrew manuscripts with a revision of Tyndale’s New Testament. The literal-to-idiomatic meter shows where readers place its feel.
Are verses missing?
No. The Received Text verses, such as Acts 8:37 and the longer 1 John 5:7, are in the main text, as in the KJV. Translations from an eclectic Greek text place some of them in footnotes; the guide on textual basis describes both positions.
Is it approved for Catholic use?
No. It has no imprimatur, and its notes were written by Protestant Reformers. The hosted texts have the 66-book canon.