American Standard Version


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American Standard Version

n. Abbr. ASV
A revised version of the King James Bible published in the United States in 1901, incorporating renderings preferred by American scholars who had worked on the Revised Version.
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American Standard Version

n
(Bible) a revised version of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible, published by a committee of American scholars in 1901
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(6) When examining the English translation to this Psalms phrase we can see that most of the translations refer to the "mother of children" (New American Standard Bible (1995); King James Bible (n.d.); American King James Version (1999); American Standard Version (1901); Douay-Rheims Bible (n.d.); Old Testament (1885); Webster's Bible Translation; World English Bible) rather than, as in the original "mother of sons" (Darby Bible Translation; Young's Literal Translation).
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"A major departure from the practice of the American Standard Version is the rendering of the Divine Name, the 'Tetragrammaton'.
What does my God look like? What does my God look like? Are you mad to ask me such a silly question? Did I say I see Him? No, I said we speak. I have never met my God but he has told me that I am made in his image. And that makes common sense to me
Would you like the King James Version, the New King James Version, the Revised Standard Version, the New Revised Standard Version, the New International Version, the New English Bible, the Revised English Bible, Today's English Version or the Contemporary English Version, the American Standard Version, the New American Standard Bible, the Jerusalem Bible, the Living Bible or ...
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