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Revised Standard Version

[ri-vahyzd stan-derd- vur-zhuhn] / rɪˈvaɪzd ˈstæn dərd ˌvɜr ʒən /


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The text is based on the New Revised Standard Version, described as “a modern English translation with a strong literal tradition.”

From Washington Times Oct. 18, 2023

The original Revised Standard Version was 1,400 pages; the abbreviated one, about 800.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2015

Pulling from the shelf my old college copy of the Oxford New Revised Standard Version, I looked up I Corinthians 13 and read it over a few times.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2012

While the words in the King James Bible might be a bit confusing because it is not written in modern English, the New Revised Standard Version is a good substitute here.

From Newsweek

The suggested readings, billed as "provisional, experimental and responsible," are based on the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, which will have its own, considerably less radical, degendered language in a forthcoming edition.

From Time Magazine Archive




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