New Living Translation (NLT) , 2015 text
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Tyndale House Publishers, Christian company · Bible Translation Committee · published by Tyndale
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Tyndale House Publishers, a Christian publisher; the copyright is held by the Tyndale House Foundation; 90 scholars worked on the translation
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New Living Translation
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NLT
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"Dynamic equivalence", also called thought-for-thought or meaning-based: the closest natural English equivalent of the original message in meaning and style; literal where that is clear and natural, more dynamic where a literal rendering would be hard to understand or misleading
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Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as printed in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1977)
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UBS Greek New Testament (4th revised edition, 1993) and Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (27th edition, 1993)
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Protestant, 66 books
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Renders adelphoi as "brothers and sisters" where a passage addresses all believers, and uses plural pronouns (they, them) for the masculine singular where the text applies to people in general; masculine nouns and pronouns for God are kept
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Copyright 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Up to 500 verses may be quoted in print or eBook form without written permission if they are under 25 percent of the work and not a complete book
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1996, full Bible; second edition 2004; minor changes in 2007, 2013 and 2015; current text 2015
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| Made by | Tyndale House Publishers, a Christian publisher; the copyright is held by the Tyndale House Foundation; 90 scholars worked on the translation | Tyndale permissions · Verification pending |
| Translation philosophy | "Dynamic equivalence", also called thought-for-thought or meaning-based: the closest natural English equivalent of the original message in meaning and style; literal where that is clear and natural, more dynamic where a literal rendering would be hard to understand or misleading | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, Old Testament | Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as printed in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1977) | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
| Textual basis, New Testament | UBS Greek New Testament (4th revised edition, 1993) and Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (27th edition, 1993) | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
| Canon | Protestant, 66 books | Bible Gateway, NLT book list · Verification pending |
| Reading grade level | No published figure | Publisher pages checked · not published |
| Gender language | Renders adelphoi as "brothers and sisters" where a passage addresses all believers, and uses plural pronouns (they, them) for the masculine singular where the text applies to people in general; masculine nouns and pronouns for God are kept | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
| Committee | Bible Translation Committee: more than 90 scholars from a broad spectrum of evangelical denominations, with English stylists; each book was assigned to three scholars; the team's names are published by Tyndale | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
| Licence and quotation | Copyright 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Up to 500 verses may be quoted in print or eBook form without written permission if they are under 25 percent of the work and not a complete book | Tyndale permissions · Verification pending |
| First published | 1996, full Bible; second edition 2004; minor changes in 2007, 2013 and 2015; current text 2015 | Tyndale, NLT FAQ · Verification pending |
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Is it word for word?
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What text is it based on?
The Masoretic Text as printed in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1977) for the Old Testament, and the UBS Greek New Testament (4th revised edition) with the Nestle-Aland 27th edition for the New Testament.
Are verses missing?
Some verses printed in the KJV appear in footnotes instead of the main text, because the NLT follows a different Greek text. The text is complete by its own textual basis. See the disputes panel.
How does it handle gender language?
Where a passage addresses all believers the Greek “brothers” is rendered “brothers and sisters”, and plural pronouns replace the masculine singular where the text applies to people in general. Language about God is unchanged.
Is it approved for Catholic use?
No. The standard NLT has the 66-book Protestant canon and no imprimatur. Tyndale’s FAQ also refers to an NLT Catholic Edition; check that edition’s own approval before relying on it.
Who translated it?
The Bible Translation Committee, more than 90 scholars from several evangelical denominations working with English stylists, with each book assigned to three scholars. Tyndale publishes the names.