Lexham English Bible

  • Year 2012
  • Type Scripture
  • Genre Bible translation
  • Tradition Evangelical / scholarly
  • Original language English

The Lexham English Bible is a digital-native translation of the complete Bible, rendered from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek and designed to expose the connections between English wording and original-language analysis. Its base texts are the BHS Hebrew text together with the SBL Greek New Testament and related critical editions, reflecting the modern practice of translating from critically edited sources rather than from a received printed tradition. Its translation philosophy is formal and transparent, and it is best classified as a fresh translation developed out of an interlinear workflow, taking the Lexham interlinear projects as its predecessor and base. Among its distinctive features, it often preserves formal structures and supplies extensive notes, so that readers may trace the reasoning behind particular renderings. Produced primarily for use within electronic study environments, it belongs to the wave of Bible translations that emerged alongside digital reference and study tools.

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  • OTHER Lexham English Bible (Bible Gateway)
    Lexham English Bible on Bible Gateway: the complete text, free to read online, with search, chapter-by-chapter reading and side-by-side comparison with other versions. The text is used there by permission of its publisher.

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