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Revised Version

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noun

  1. a revision of the Authorized Version of the Bible prepared by two committees of British scholars, the New Testament being published in 1881 and the Old in 1885

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Moffatt Translation, like the recent Goodspeed-Smith "American" Bible, is much more colloquial than the Revised Version of 1901, now being re-revised by a committee Under Dr. Moffatt.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Authorized Version of the Old Testament unicorns are mentioned four times; in the Revised Version the Hebrew word, R'?m, is translated "wild ox."

From Time Magazine Archive

The year before the Protestants began working on the Revised Version, U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or if we adopt the reading of the Revised Version, we shall omit the “in it,” and find here only an exhortation to thanksgiving.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

They are introduced, not to mark words important for my purpose, but simply because they are found in the Revised Version where they indicate, of course, that the corresponding word is wanting in the Greek.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry

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