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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Example Sentences

In 1870 a new revised version of the Bible, which should receive the benefit of the labors of modern scholars, was decided on.

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

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I venture to say in conclusion: Consult the revised version of the Bible for meaning, but read the old one for style.

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I believe few people realise what an immense addition has been made to the literary patrimony of the English reader by the Revised Version of the Bible, and such other presentations of the sacred Scriptures as this Revised Version has made possible.

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Now let me make the assertion straight out—There is no word in the original language of the Bible that at all justifies the use of either of these words in the meaning that we have attached to it—and therefore the Revised Version of the Bible has practically swept them all away.

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