Holy Scriptures (Inspired Version)

A distinctive large-scale revision of the King James Version produced within the Latter Day Saint movement, this work is generally known as the Inspired Version or the Holy Scriptures. In scope it is a complete revision of the Bible, working in English rather than from the original languages, and taking the King James Version as its base text and predecessor translation. Its governing approach is theological revision rather than linguistic translation, which places it in the category of revelatory revision or adaptation rather than translation in the conventional sense. Among its distinguishing characteristics is that it was not translated from Hebrew or Greek; it instead incorporates expansions, omissions, and alterations that are presented as inspired revision. It occupies a particular place in the history of the English Bible, standing apart from the tradition of scholarly retranslation from ancient manuscripts, and it is used chiefly within the Latter Day Saint tradition from which it arose.