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The following line chart places various English translations along a continuum between
word-for-word translation at one end and paraphrase at the other. Categorizing English Bible translations is difficult,
and it must be recognized that relative placements are valid only in a very general sense. All of the word-for-word translations
sometimes render passages very dynamically, and all of the thought-for-thought translations are very literal in some passages.
CEV
Contemporary English Version
ESV
English Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
MSG
The Message (Eugene Peterson)
NAB
New American Bible (Catholic)
NASB
New American Standard Bible
NIV
New International Version
NJB
New Jerusalem Bible (Catholic)
NKJV
New King James Version
NLT
New Living Translation
NRSV
New Revised Standard Version
TLB
The Living Bible (Kenneth Taylor)
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