Revised Version of the Bible

American  

noun

1. a recension of the Authorized Version, prepared by British and American scholars, the Old Testament being published in 1885, and the New Testament in 1881.

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Revised Version of the Bible

The Revised Version of the Bible has again another translation, a rather unhappy compromise.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

Let each scholar be provided with a cheap tablet, a well-bound blank book of two hundred pages, a small Bible Dictionary of recognized merit, and a copy of the American Revised Version of the Bible.

From A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible Second Edition by Chapman, J. Wilbur

Is the Revised Version of the Bible superior to the Old?

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel