BIBLE TRANSLATIONS | ASV

0. Introduction

a) Below is one comparison of twenty-three major Bible translations. Listed with each version is the text basis translators used for the Old and New Testaments, what technique they used to translate, and background information about the version.

1.  Translation (Date originally published, abbreviation)

a) American Standard Version Bible (1901, ASV)

Text basis for Old Testament:  Masoretic Text (Septuagint influence).

Text basis for New Testament:  Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles (1857)

Technique used:  Formal Equivalence (This method attempts to translate the source text WORD-FOR-WORD into another language.)

Owner:  Public Domain

b) Unlike other translations the language used for this version was Elizabethan English. This version never achieved the wide popularity of the KJV or other versions.