Unlocked Literal Bible ULB

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Language
English
Tradition
Protestant — An open-licensed update of the ASV made by the Door43 (unfoldingWord-related) evangelical mission community as a source text for translators.
Church approval
No — None.
Old Testament source
Masoretic Hebrew — ASV-based update.
New Testament source
Critical text — ASV-based update; exact Greek base SOURCE NOT VERIFIED.
Canon
Protestant (66 books)
Style
Formal (word for word)
Year
2017.
Translators
Door43 World Missions Community (contributors listed incl. graduates of evangelical seminaries)
Reading level
'Form-centric' literal English for translators.
Verse numbering
English (KJV-style)
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 — Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Text source
eBible.org (engULB)

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An openly licensed, literal update of the ASV prepared as a tool for Bible translators. It keeps close to the word order of the originals.

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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).

Publisher's statement

Unlocked Literal Bible
The Holy Bible in English, Unlocked Literal Bible translation
copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community
Language: English
Translation by: Door43 World Missions Community
Contributor: 'Alrick G. Headley, M.Div., Th.M.', 'Adam W. Nagelvoort, M.Div. Academic
Ministries, Columbia International University', 'Dave Statezni, BA Orig langs.,
M.Div. Fuller Theological Seminary', 'Bram van den Heuvel, M.A.', 'C. Harry
Harriss, M.Div.', 'David Trombold, M. Div.', 'Elizabeth Oakes, BA in Religious
Studies, Linguistics', 'George "Drew" Curley, M.Div., PhD, Professor of Biblical
Languages', Hendrik "Henry" de Vries, 'Henry Whitney, BA Linguistics', 'Jesse
Griffin, BA Biblical Studies, MA Biblical Languages', 'James N. Pohlig, M.Div.,
MA in Linguistics, D. Litt. in Biblical Languages', 'Larry T Brooks, M.Div.,
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary', 'Larry Sallee, D.Min.', 'Paul M Fahnestock,
M.Div. Reformed Theological Seminary, D. Min. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary',
'Perry Oakes, PhD in Old Testament, MA in Linguistics', 'Peter Smircich, BA Philosophy',
'Susan Quigley, MA in Linguistics', 'Thomas Warren, M.Div., Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School, D.Min, Reformed Theological Seminary', 'Timothy Neu, Ph.D.
Biblical Studies', 'Ward Pyles, M.Div., Western Baptist Theological Seminary',
David Trombold, Dean Ropp, Gene Mullen, James Vigen, Leonard Smith, Nicholas Alsop,
Michael Francis
This is an open-licensed update of the ASV, intended to provide a 'form-centric' understanding of the Bible. It increases the translator's understanding of the lexical and grammatical composition of the underlying text by adhering closely to the word order and structure of the originals.
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