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The New International Version (NIV)
More than 60 years after the vision was cast — and more than 600 million copies later — the New International Version (NIV) is the most widely read Bible translation in contemporary English. That's because the NIV delivers the very best combination of accuracy and readability. It's true to God's Word and true to the reader.
There are plenty of things to wrestle with in the Bible. Your translation shouldn't be one of them.
THE NIV IS ACCURATE
The NIV translators are united by their conviction that the Bible is God's inspired Word. That, along with their years of studying biblical languages, helps them to capture subtle nuances and the depth of meaning in the Bible.
THE NIV IS CLEAR
If the first recipients understood God's Word when they heard it, so should you. That's the driving force behind the NIV's commitment to clarity. The Bible should be every bit as clear to you as it was to its original audience.
THE NIV IS BEAUTIFUL
Bible reading isn't just a solo exercise; it's meant to be a shared experience. That's why the NIV translators prioritize literary beauty, resulting in a Bible translation that's suitable for public reading and use in churches.
THE NIV IS TRUSTWORTHY
The NIV is translated by an independent, self-governing team of Bible scholars. No publisher, commercial or otherwise (not even us!), can tell them how to translate God's Word. The translators come from dozens of denominations and churches, and they can only make changes to the text if 70% of the committee agrees — safeguarding against theological bias.
The #1 Bible for kids. The Adventure Bible takes you on a fun, exciting journey through God's Word. Along the way you'll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly, you'll grow closer in your relationship with God.
Here's a quick tour through the features:
- Life in Bible Times---Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days
- Words to Treasure---Highlights great verses to memorize
- Did You Know?---Interesting facts help you understand God's Word and the life of faith
- People in Bible Times---Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible
- Live It ---Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life
- Twenty full-color pages---games, a scavenger hunt, and other Bible fun, with a jungle safari theme
- Book introductions with useful facts about each book of the Bible
- Dictionary/concordance for looking up tricky words
- Color map section to help locate places in the Bible
- Complete text of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible.
Ready for Adventure? Dive into the #1 Bible for Kids
The NIrV Adventure Bible(R) for Early Readers takes you on a fun, exciting journey through God's Word. Along the way you'll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly, you'll grow closer in your relationship with God.
Here's a quick tour through the features:
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Life in Bible Times - Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days
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People in Bible Times - Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible
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Let's Live It - Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life
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Did You Know? - Interesting facts help you understand God's Word
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Words to Treasure - Great verses to memorize
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Twenty special pages - Games and other Bible fun, all with a jungle safari theme
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Book introductions, a dictionary, and color maps
Includes the complete New International Reader's Version (NIrV), perfect for children learning to read and explore the Bible for the first time on their own.
For games and activities, visit www.AdventureBible.com.
The bestselling NIV Teen Study Bible keeps up with today's teen, to help them keep up with God!
Today's teens are moving fast, but God is moving faster! The NIV Teen Study Bible will help them keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world--and in their life. This NIV Bible for teens will also help them discover the eternal truths of God's Word and apply them to the issues they face every day, including offering biblical advice about dealing with everything from friends, family, and school to problems like bullying and depression. As teens navigate their hectic and sometimes stressful lives, this study Bible will help them to deepen and understand their faith while reassuring them that God is always with them and they are never alone.
With over 3.5 million copies sold, the NIV Teen Study Bible continues to be a teen's top resource for discovering the foundational truths of the Bible.
Features:
- Complete text of the readable, accurate and clear New International Version (NIV)
- "We Believe" features unpack the Apostles' Creed to reveal the biblical foundation of faith
- "Panorama" features keep the big picture of each book of the Bible in view
- Topical indexes help with in-depth Bible study
- Book introductions provide an overview for each book of the Bible
- Bible Promises highlight Bible verses worth memorizing
- Q & A's test your Bible knowledge
- 4 Full-color pages including a presentation page, plus information about the Apostles' Creed
- 8-page color map section
- Biblical advice about friends, family, school, and other issues
- Colorful printed page edges
- Leathersoft cover lays flat when open
- 8.8-point type size
The NIV Bible for Teen Girls, designed specifically for girls ages 13 to 18, is for real teenage girls with real lives. Packed with daily readings, highlighted promises of God, challenging insights, smart advice, and open discussion about the realities of life, this Bible is designed to help teen girls grow in faith, hope, and love. The NIV Bible for Teen Girls is as sincere about your walk with God as you are, helping you discover his will for all areas of your life, including relating to your family, dealing with friends, work, sports, guys, and so much more.
Features include:
- Daily readings for teen girls by popular Christian female authors (Annie Downs, Bekah Hamrick Martin, Christine Caine, Crystal Kirgiss, Bethany Hamilton, Nicole Weider, Elsa Kok Colopy, Denise Van Eck and more)
- Character profiles of women in the Bible
- Book introductions for each book of the Bible
- Highlighted promises of God: verses worth remembering
- A concordance for help in finding verses
- The complete text of the bestselling New International Version (NIV) of the Bible
- 8.5-point type size
Discover How You Can Apply the Bible to Your Life Today
Impacting more than 30 million lives over 30 years, the Life Application(R) Study Bible is the #1-selling study Bible of our generation. Now, it has been thoroughly updated and expanded to be even more helpful and relevant for your life and today's world.
With a fresh, new interior page design and comprehensively updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you better understand God's Word and provide you with practical ways to apply it to your life every day. The Life Application Study Bible--It's how to do life
Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. Survey the big picture of each book through overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines, and grasp difficult concepts using in-text maps, charts, and diagrams.
Features: (Enhanced, updated, and with new content added throughout)
- Over 10,000 Life Application notes and other features
- Over 100 personality profiles
- Introductions and overviews for each book of the Bible
- In-text maps, charts, and diagrams
- Dictionary/concordance
- Side-column cross-reference system
- Subject index to notes, charts, maps, and profiles
- Words of Jesus in red
- Two-color page design
- 16 pages of full-color maps
- Presentation page
- Single-column format
- 8.5-point type size
- Full text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV)
Discover How You Can Apply the Bible to Your Life Today
Impacting more than 30 million lives over 30 years, the Life Application(R) Study Bible is the #1-selling study Bible of our generation. Now, it has been thoroughly updated and expanded to be even more helpful and relevant for your life and today's world.
With a fresh, new interior page design and comprehensively updated study notes and features, this Bible will help you better understand God's Word and provide you with practical ways to apply it to your life every day. The Life Application Study Bible--It's how to do life
Study the stories and teachings of the Bible with verse-by-verse commentary. Gain wisdom from people in the Bible by exploring their accomplishments and learning from their mistakes. Survey the big picture of each book through overviews, vital statistics, outlines, and timelines, and grasp difficult concepts using in-text maps, charts, and diagrams.
Features: (Enhanced, updated, and with new content added throughout)
- Over 10,000 Life Application notes and other features
- Over 100 personality profiles
- Introductions and overviews for each book of the Bible
- In-text maps, charts, and diagrams
- Dictionary/concordance
- Side-column cross-reference system
- Subject index to notes, charts, maps, and profiles
- Words of Jesus in red
- Two-color page design
- 16 pages of full-color maps
- Presentation page
- Single-column format
- 8.5-point type size
- Full text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV)
Bible Discovery Starts Here
Do you want to spend more time in God's Word, but you're not sure where to begin? The Bible's depth can seem overwhelming, but within the pages of Scripture you will find words of peace, hope, and love waiting for you. Sometimes the hardest part of beginning is knowing where to start. The NIV Starting Place Study Bible guides you through Scripture, so you can understand God's love for you and build a relationship with the Savior who longs to know you personally.
Features:
- Full text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV)
- 88 Bible Characters: Explore the lives of the Bible's most fascinating personalities
- 282 Q&A: Get answers to your most perplexing questions
- 146 Context Notes: In-depth articles on the cultural and historical context of Scripture
- 138 Bible Truths: Core Christian beliefs and their basis in Scripture
- Book Introductions provide a helpful overview
- Over 6,000 Bottom of the page study notes explain the text, verse-by-verse
- Exclusive NIV Zondervan Comfort Print(R) typeface
The NIV Lucado Encouraging Word Bible is designed to encourage believers along their journey with the Lord. Max Lucado's warm, conversational style ensures that the marginal notes, short articles, and various study tools meet you where you are, providing encouragement and insight. This Bible will strengthen you as you follow the included reading plan and incorporate this Bible into your daily devotional life. The 30-day study guide will help you jumpstart this practice. This Bible will help you as a believer, and with Pastor Lucado's gentle yet powerful notes, it's a beautiful gift for your non-believing friends and family who could use some encouragement with Scripture.
Features include:
- Fully redesigned and expanded Bible from Max Lucado (based on the Life Lessons Bible)
- 98 new "People of the Word" articles encourage believers through the lessons learned by people throughout the Bible
- 691 "For Your Journey" marginal notes mix masterful storytelling with biblical context to lead you into a deeper walk with the Lord
- 115 "Jesus Through the Bible," and "Growing in Christ" articles provide both inspiration and practical lessons to build you up
- 30-day personal or group Bible study enriches your knowledge of the Bible
- "God Cares for You" and "Growing Up Spiritually" verses are subject-specific and provide another resource in your study of the Bible
- "Where to turn when . . . " Scripture reference list means you can always find a biblical answer to the challenges you face
- Dotted margin space for journaling or taking notes
- Bible book introductions contain a brief outline of the book and an introduction written by Max Lucado
- Bible reading plan
- Full-color maps
- Clear and readable NIV Comfort Print(R) 9-point type size
The NIV Thinline Bible captures the depth and beauty of the Bible, in a take-anywhere size. With a new custom typeface, this Bible delivers a more pleasant reading experience, making it even easier to understand God's Word. Measuring less than an inch thick, it is perfect to take to work, travel, church, and Bible study for on the go access to God's word.
- The full text of the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV) translation
- Clear, readable 9-point print size
- Less than one inch thick
- Words of Christ in red
- Double-column format
- Presentation page
- Ribbon marker
NIV in Comparison to Other Translations
Endorsements
"I wanted to personally thank you for your work translating the Bible. I've used the NIV for my personal devotion in God's word since it came out years ago. It's also the primary translation I use in preaching. There are so many heroes in the faith that often go unnoticed to the general public. Even though many people may not know your name, your work is impacting their lives on earth and eternity in heaven. I'm one of the many blessed by your work. Thank you for using your gifts to bring God's word to life in today's generation."
Craig Groeschel (Pastor of LifeChurch)
"The NIV communicates the message of the original authors of Scripture better than any translation I'm aware of. This is THE translation for our generation."
Andy Stanley (Founder, North Point Ministries)
"The NIV has been my go-to Bible in the pulpit ever since it came out. I still use the '78 version that my father gave me. It reads aloud easily and can be clearly understood by any audience. It also puts familiar passages in a fresh light. I feel at home in its pages. I celebrate the 50th anniversary of the commissioning of the NIV."
Anne Graham Lotz (Author and Evangelist)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the committee on Bible Translation (CBT)?The CBT was formed in 1965 to create a modern English Bible translation from the oldest and most reliable biblical manuscripts available. Since then, the committee has continued to meet each year to monitor developments in biblical scholarship and English usage and to reflect these developments in periodic updates to the text. The committee represents the very best in evangelical biblical scholarship. The members – a self-perpetuating, independent body of 15 – are drawn from various denominations and some of the finest academic institutions in the world.
- What are the CBT translation guiding principles?The chief goal of every update to the NIV is to ensure that the text reflects the latest and best biblical scholarship and established shifts in English idiom and usage. The 2011 NIV update represents our latest effort as a committee to articulate God's unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it if they had been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today. This is the reading experience that the NIV seeks to recreate. Our aim is to translate the NIV in such a way as to provide the optimum combination of transparency to the original documents and ease of understanding in every verse.
- How does the CBT work? Explain the translation process.Members of the committee work individually – each in their own particular areas of specialty – as well as in small groups and as a full committee. In addition to considering proposals from within the committee, we also solicit and receive input from Bible scholars, ministers, missionaries and lay-people. Every proposal is evaluated with many leading to revisions to the text, while others are tabled for discussion at future meetings for potential inclusion in later updates. And changes are not made easily. At least 70 percent of the committee members present at the time of the voting are required to agree before the text can be altered. This ensures that no individual, indeed not even a large group of individuals, can hold sway in the committee.
- What manuscripts were used when translating the NIV?The translators of the NIV have used the Old Testament and New Testament texts that are widely accepted among modern scholars as giving us the best possible access to what God inspired in the original documents.
For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text, as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The NIV translators have sometimes used variants of the Hebrew Masoretic tradition or other ancient versions, where these seemed to provide a superior text than the Masoretic tradition. These are all noted in footnotes.
The translators have used the accepted Greek New Testament text, as printed in the Nestle-Aland and United Bible Societies' Greek New Testaments. Here also the translators have occasionally accepted a variant printed in these editions. Footnotes usually indicate the options in each case.
The translators have used the accepted Greek New Testament text, as printed in the Nestle-Aland and United Bible Societies' Greek New Testaments. Here also the translators have occasionally accepted a variant printed in these editions. Footnotes usually indicate the options in each case. - What are the differences between the NIV 1984 and the updated NIV 2011?All the changes in the updated text are attributable to at least one of the following factors: changes in English, progress in scholarship and concern for clarity. About 95% of the text of the updated NIV remains exactly the same as the 1984 text it replaces, based on the number of word changes.
- Why are there updates made to the NIV?The original NIV charter requires us to constantly monitor developments in biblical scholarship and changes in English usage and to reflect these changes in periodic updates to the text. Without these periodic updates the NIV would be unable to maintain the priorities that have drawn people to it over the years: providing the optimum blend of transparency to the original text and ease of understanding for a broad audience. In the latest update in 2011, about 95% of the text remains exactly the same as the 1984 NIV that it replaces, based on the number of word changes.
