Amplified Bible

The Amplified Bible is a distinctive study-oriented translation that places alternative meanings and explanatory expansions directly within the text itself, rather than confining them to footnotes or margins. Covering the complete Bible, it works from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with a base text drawn from the original languages together with an ASV heritage; its predecessor and base translation is the American Standard Version, one of the principal English revisions in the line descending from the King James tradition. Its translation philosophy pairs a formal base with bracketed semantic expansion, placing it in the category of expanded translation. The resulting wording, marked by brackets and parentheses, sets it apart from ordinary continuous translations, though it is not merely a paraphrase. It has been used chiefly as a supplementary reference for readers without access to the original languages, alongside more conventional versions.