NET Bible

The NET Bible, or New English Translation, was among the first major translations conceived for the internet age, drafted by a team of biblical scholars and released for free access online from the outset. Beta forms of the text circulated on the web and drew reader feedback before the first formal edition appeared in print, a working method without close precedent among modern English versions. It is a fresh translation rather than a revision of an earlier version, prepared from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek and working from modern critical texts, and it follows a mediating philosophy between formal and functional approaches. The complete Bible is covered, with deuterocanonical material also available. It is best known, however, for its unusually extensive translator notes—tens of thousands of them—which document textual and translation decisions and make the reasoning behind the rendering visible to readers.