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New International Version

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The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible. The complete translation was first published in 1978 and revised in 1984. The translation took over ten years and involved 100 scholars from six English speaking countries representing over 20 different Protestant denominations. The translation is especially popular among American Evangelicals, and it has become the most popular modern English translation of the Bible, having sold 150 million copies worldwide.

The NIV has sometimes been criticized for sacrificing literalness more than would have been needed for achieving readability. Non-Protestants notice a decidedly Protestant bias in it.


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