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Easy-to-Read Version - HistoryThe Easy-to-Read Version of the Bible, published in 1989 by the World Bible Translation Center-founded in 1973 in Arlington, Texas-was initially prepared to meet the s...

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What is the Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)? I use it a lot and love it because it is easy to read as they say. The Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) is an English translation of the Bible by the World Bible Translation Center (WBTC), a subsidiary of Bible League International. It was originally published as the English Version for the Deaf (EVD) by BakerBooks.

Deaf readers sometimes struggle with reading English because sign language is their first language. The WBTC created a translation to make reading the Bible easier for them. The EVD used simpler vocabulary and shorter sentences. One of the basic ideas that guided the work was that good translation is good communication

In 2004, a major revision was finished. It uses broader vocabulary. The EVD was left unchanged, so it and the ERV now have different texts.

The ERV uses the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1984) as its Old Testament text with some readings from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also, it follows the Septuagint when its readings are considered more accurate. For the New Testament, the ERV uses the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament (4th revised edition, 1993) and Nestle-Aland Novum Testament Graece (27th edition, 1993).

A sample verse is Psalm 147:4 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
4 He counts the stars
and knows each of them by name.

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