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What is the Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)?

The Geneva Bible, sometimes known by the sobriquet Breeches Bible, is an early modern English Protestant Bible translation. It is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the Douay-Rheims Bible by 22 years and the King James Version by 51 years.

The Revised Geneva Translation (RGT) is a modern, 21st-century update of the historic 1599 Geneva Bible. Originally developed by actor and audio-producer Steve Cook, it is designed specifically to be read aloud, heard, and memorised while maintaining the original text's cadence and poetry.

Characteristics of the RGT include:

Spoken-Word Focus: The translation modernises 16th-century phrasing and punctuation to ensure it flows naturally when spoken aloud.

Modernised Language: It replaces archaic pronouns (like "thou" and "thee") with modern equivalents (like "you") and replaces confusing pronouns to prevent misinterpretation.

Manuscript Base: Unlike many modern Bibles, it uses the Byzantine text-type (the Textus Receptus) rather than later critical texts.

Formatting: It maintains the Geneva Bible's pioneering line-by-line versification (in which every verse begins on a new line), which greatly aids memorisation.

The Revised Geneva Translation (RGT) was initially published in 2019. It is a 21st-century update of the original 16th-century Geneva Bible.

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