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At a glance

Language
English
Tradition
Individual translator — Largely the work of one translator, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher; his church affiliation is not stated on the sources checked.
Church approval
No — None.
Old Testament source
Masoretic Hebrew — 'Standard Greek and Hebrew texts' (site); OT completeness: site lists all 39 books, eBible description says NT and Psalms.
New Testament source
Critical text — The Spanish sister edition says it is translated from the standard Nestle-Aland Greek text.
Canon
Protestant (66 books)
Style
Dynamic (thought for thought)
Year
Copyright 2018; site lists version 5.2 (October 2025).
Translators
Dr. Jonathan Gallagher (Free Bible Ministry)
Reading level
Contemporary plain English.
Verse numbering
English (KJV-style)
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 — Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Text source
eBible.org (engfbv)

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A plain modern-English translation by Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, openly licensed for reuse. It aims to be easy to understand, translating meaning rather than word order.

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Books in this edition (66 books)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Not in this edition: Tobit, Judith, Esther (Greek), Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras (4 Ezra), Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, Odes, Daniel (Greek)

Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).

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The New Testament and Psalms in the Free Bible Version translation in American English
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Language: English
Dialect: American
Translation by: Dr. Jonathan Gallagher
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2026-10-17

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