English Revised Version

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The English Revised Version is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Bible that modernized its language and textual basis, influencing later translations such as the American Standard Version.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
English-language Bible
abbreviation RV
alsoKnownAs Revised Version
authorizedBy Church of England
Convocation of Canterbury
Convocation of York
basedOn King James Version
completeBiblePublicationYear 1885
contains Apocrypha (in some editions)
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
denominationalUse Anglican
Protestant
editorialLeadershipNewTestament Brooke Foss Westcott
Fenton John Anthony Hort
editorialLeadershipOldTestament Charles John Ellicott
Samuel Rolles Driver
followedBy American Standard Version
Revised Standard Version (indirectly)
genre religious text
influenced 20th-century English Bible translations
American Standard Version
Revised Version with Apocrypha editions
language English
liturgicalUse used in some Anglican churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
newTestamentPublicationYear 1881
notableFeature incorporates readings from newly available Greek manuscripts
retains much of the King James Version style
updates archaic vocabulary and grammar
uses marginal notes for alternative readings
oldTestamentPublicationYear 1885
precededBy King James Version
publicationPeriod late 19th century
publisherRegion Britain
linked to: Great Britain
purpose to modernize archaic English of the King James Version
to revise the King James Version in light of better manuscripts
religiousTradition Christianity
script Latin alphabet
subject Bible
testamentCoverage New Testament
Old Testament
textualBasisNewTestament Textus Receptus (consulted)
linked to: Textus Receptus

Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
textualBasisOldTestament Masoretic Text
translationPhilosophy formal equivalence
translationType committee translation

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American Standard Version derivedFrom English Revised Version
Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament influenced English Revised Version New Testament
linked to: English Revised Version
The New Testament in the Original Greek influenced English Revised Version of the Bible
linked to: English Revised Version
Revised Version of the Bible alsoKnownAs English Revised Version
ASV derivedFrom English Revised Version
American Revision Committee basedOn English Revised Version
American Standard Revision Committee influencedBy English Revised Version committee
linked to: English Revised Version