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World English Bible USA (Classic, Yahweh) - WEB or WEBUS
World English Bible USA (Updated, LORD) - WEBU
World English Bible British Edition (LORD) - WEBBE
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The World English Bible (WEB) is a Public Domain (no copyright) Modern English translation of the Holy Bible. That means that you may freely copy it in any form, including electronic and print formats. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible first published in 1901, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and a combination of the original ASV source text choices and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. The companion Deuterocanon/Apocrypha is derived from the Revised Version Apocrypha and the Brenton translation of the Septuagint into English. The World English Bible classic is currently completed and the text is stable. No changes will be made except correcting verified typos or significant errors. The World English Bible Updated is still open to well-justified language updates. The original World English Bible in American English updated the ASV "Jehovah" to "Yahweh". The British Edition, Catholic Edition, and World English Bible Updated shifted to using "LORD", or when used with Lord from "Adonai", "GOD" (all caps) for Yahweh, aligning with tradition. Footnotes make it clear where this was done so that no information was lost. For more information, please see the World English Bible Frequently Asked Questions and the legal and status page.
The World English Bible British Edition is the same as the classic World English Bible, except (1) God's Proper Name in the Old Testament is translated "LORD" or "GOD" (all capitals) instead of "Yahweh", and (2) British spelling instead of American spelling is used. We avoid words and phrases that have different meaning in these two dialects, and use punctuation acceptable for both.
The Ecumenical (standard), Protestant, and Catholic editions are all the same except for the selection of which books are included and their order of presentation. The standard Ecumenical edition contains all of the books of the Bible used by a large variety of Christian denominations, arranged in the order of the canonical Old Testament of 39 books, a collection of Deuterocanon/Apocrypha books, then the 27 books of the New Testament. The Protestant editions just omit the middle section, leaving only the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. The Catholic edition presents the books in the traditional Catholic book order, using only the Esther and Daniel with additions translated from the Greek Septuagint, and omits books not recognized as canonical or deuterocanonical by the Roman Catholic Church. It also uses "LORD" or "GOD" in place of "Yahweh", in deference to common Catholic practice in worship services. The Catholic edition is currently only available with U. S. A. spelling.
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