Read and search the NLT Bible online. The translators of the New Living Translation set out to render the message of the original texts of Scripture into clear, contemporary English.

The Living Bible is a paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments. Its purpose is to say as exactly as possible what the writers of the Scriptures meant, and to say it simply, expanding where necessary for a clear understanding by the modern reader.

The Living Bible (TLB or LB) is a personal paraphrase, not a translation, of the Bible in English by Kenneth N. Taylor and first published in 1971. Taylor used the American Standard Version of 1901 as his base text.

2022年1月4日 · First published in 1971, The Living Bible (TLB) is a version of the Bible created by Kenneth N. Taylor, the founder of Tyndale House, a major Christian publishing company. The Living Bible is not a translation of the Bible; it is a paraphrase.

The Living Bible is a paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments. Its purpose is to say as exactly as possible what the writers of the Scriptures meant, and to say it simply, expanding where necessary for a clear understanding by the modern reader.

The Living Bible is a compilation of the Scripture paraphrases previously published by Tyndale House Publishers under the following titles: Living Letters, 1962; Living Prophecies, 1965; Living Gospels, 1966; Living Psalms and Proverbs, 1967; Living Lessons of Life and Love, 1968; Living Books of Moses, 1969; Living History of Israel, 1970.

The Living Bible is Kenneth Taylor's interpretive paraphrase of the Bible. Taylor created this paraphrase as a help for those who wanted to read the Bible to children without having to stop and explain many things.

The Living Bible is a true paraphrase, since the translator, Kenneth Taylor, worked from an existing English text, the American Standard Version. The Living Bible is very free, and while I don't call it a cultural translation, it does occasionally translate cultural terms and references.