About the New Living Translation

The New Living Translation of the Bible was first published in 1996. It quickly became one of the most popular translations in the English-speaking world. While the NLT’s influence was rapidly growing, the Bible Translation Committee determined that an additional investment in scholarly review and text refinement could make it even better.

So shortly after the publication of the first edition, the committee began an eight-year process to increase the NLT's precision without sacrificing its clarity.

The result is an all-purpose text especially good for study, devotional reading, and reading aloud in public worship. The goal of any Bible translation is to convey the meaning of the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts as accurately as possible to contemporary readers. The challenge for our translators was to create a text that would communicate as clearly and powerfully to today's readers as the original texts did to readers and listeners in biblical times.

The NLT second edition set the standard for excellence in Bible translation, while maintaining the warmth, clarity, and living language that are the hallmarks of the New Living Translation.


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ENDORSEMENTS

The NLT second edition communicates the truth of the Gospel in a clear, understandable way that can help bring spiritual seeking people across the line of faith.
--Bill Hybels, Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois

I loved the New Living Translation when it first came out because it made the Word of God more accessible. We made it our pew Bible at Grace Pointe. Now that it’s even better for study, I am anticipating an even greater impact on our congregation!
--K. John Bell, Grace Pointe Church, Naperville and Plainfield, Illinois

I would say without question, that the accuracy of the New Living Translation and the scholarship that has gone into it has been impressive, and I can trust it.
--Walt Kallestad, Community Church of Joy, Glendale, Arizona

NLT Translation Team:

PENTATEUCH Daniel I. Block, Senior Translator, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Genesis Allan Ross, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University Gordon Wenham, University of Gloucester Exodus Robert Bergen, Hannibal-LaGrange College Daniel I. Block, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Eugene Carpenter, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana Leviticus David Baker, Ashland Theological Seminary Victor Hamilton, Asbury College Kenneth Mathews, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University Numbers Dale A. Brueggemann, Assemblies of God, Division of Foreign Missions R. K. Harrison (deceased), Wycliffe College Paul R. House, Wheaton College Gerald L. Mattingly, Johnson Bible College Deuteronomy J. Gordon McConville, University of Gloucester Eugene H. Merrill, Dallas Theological Seminary John A. Thompson (deceased), University of Melbourne HISTORICAL BOOKS Barry J. Beitzel, Senior Translator, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Joshua, Judges Carl E. Armerding, Schloss Mittersill Study Centre Barry J. Beitzel, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Lawson Stone, Asbury Theological Seminary 1 & 2 Samuel Robert Gordon, Cambridge University V. Philips Long, Regent College J. Robert Vannoy, Biblical Theological Seminary 1 & 2 Kings Bill T. Arnold, Asbury Theological Seminary William H. Barnes, North Central University Frederic W. Bush, Fuller Theological Seminary 1 & 2 Chronicles Raymond B. Dillard (deceased), Westminster Theological Seminary David A. Dorsey, Evangelical School of Theology Terry Eves, Erskine College WISDOM BOOKS Tremper Longman III, Senior Translator, Westmont College Job August Konkel, Providence Theological Seminary Tremper Longman III, Westmont College Al Wolters, Redeemer College Psalms 1-75 Mark D. Futato, Reformed Theological Seminary Douglas Green, Westminster Theological Seminary Richard Pratt, Reformed Theological Seminary Psalms 76-150 David M. Howard Jr., Bethel Theological Seminary Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Willem VanGemeren, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Proverbs Ted Hildebrandt, Gordon College Richard Schultz, Wheaton College Raymond C. Van Leeuwen, Eastern College Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs Daniel C. Fredericks, Belhaven College David Hubbard (deceased), Fuller Theological Seminary Tremper Longman III, Westmont College PROPHETS John N. Oswalt, Senior Translator, Wesley Biblical Seminary Isaiah John N. Oswalt, Wesley Biblical Seminary Gary Smith, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary John Walton, Wheaton College Jeremiah, Lamentations G. Herbert Livingston, Asbury Theological Seminary Elmer A. Martens, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary

Ezekiel Daniel I. Block, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary David H. Engelhard, Calvin Theological Seminary David Thompson, Asbury Theological Seminary Daniel, Haggai – Malachi Joyce Baldwin Caine (deceased), Trinity College, Bristol Douglas Gropp, Catholic University of America Roy Hayden, Oral Roberts School of Theology Andrew Hill, Wheaton College Tremper Longman III, Westmont College Hosea - Zephaniah Joseph Coleson, Nazarene Theological Seminary Roy Hayden, Oral Roberts School of Theology Andrew Hill, Wheaton College Richard Patterson, Liberty University GOSPELS AND ACTS Grant R. Osborne, Senior Translator, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Matthew Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary Donald A.Hagner, Fuller Theological Seminary David Turner, Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary Mark Robert Guelich (deceased), Fuller Theological Seminary George Guthrie, Union University Grant R. Osborne, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Luke Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary Scot McKnight, North Park University Robert Stein, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary John Gary M. Burge, Wheaton College Philip W. Comfort, Coastal Carolina University Marianne Meye Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary Acts D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School William J. Larkin, Columbia International University Roger Mohrlang, Whitworth College LETTERS AND REVELATION Norman R. Ericson, Senior Translator, Wheaton College Romans, Galatians Gerald Borchert, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Douglas J. Moo, Wheaton College Thomas R. Schreiner, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1 & 2 Corinthians Joseph Alexanian, Trinity International University Linda Belleville, North Park Theological Seminary Douglas A. Oss, Central Bible College Robert Sloan, Baylor University Ephesians – Philemon Harold W. Hoehner, Dallas Theological Seminary Moises Silva, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Klyne Snodgrass, North Park Theological Seminary 1-3 John, Revelation Greg Beale, Wheaton College Robert Mounce, Whitworth College M. Robert Mulholland Jr., Asbury Theological Seminary SPECIAL REVIEWERS F. F. Bruce (deceased), University of Manchester Kenneth N.Taylor (deceased), Translator, The Living Bible COORDINATING TEAM Mark D. Taylor, Director and Chief Stylist Ronald A. Beers, Executive Director and Stylist Mark R. Norton, Managing Editor and O.T. Coordinating Editor Philip W. Comfort, N.T. Coordinating Editor Daniel W. Taylor, Bethel University, Senior Stylist

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