Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

Green's Literal Translation, also known as the Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, is an influential one-man rendering of Scripture that emphasizes close grammatical correspondence to the Hebrew and Greek. Covering the complete Bible, it is a fresh translation made from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek sources according to a very literal, formal-equivalence philosophy, in which the ordering and construction of the original languages are followed closely rather than smoothed into idiomatic English. It stands in the long tradition of literal English versions reaching back to the Reformation era, and belongs to a smaller category of modern Bibles produced chiefly by a single translator rather than by committee. The work is also associated with Green's Hebrew-English-Greek interlinear edition, and it has been used mainly as a study tool, where readers consult it alongside other versions to observe the wording and structure underlying the text.