Abbreviations for Bible Versions

English Versions

NET The NET Bible / New English Translation (NT, 1998; First Beta Edition, 2001; Second Beta Edition, 2003; First Edition, 2005)3
TNIV Today's New International Version (NT, 2001)
NLT New Living Translation (1996)
CEV The Contemporary English Version (1995)
NIrV New International Reader's Version (1995)
Message E. H. Peterson, The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language (1993)
NCV New Century Version (1991)
REB Revised English Bible (1989)
NRSV New Revised Standard Version (1989)
NJB New Jerusalem Bible (1985)
NJPS Tanakh (1985), produced by the Jewish Publication Society
NKJV New King James Version (1979)
TEV Today's English Version, also known as Good News for Modern Man (1976)
NIV The New International Version (NT, 1973; OT, 1978)
LB The Living Bible (1971)
NASB New American Standard Bible (1971; update 1995)
NAB The New American Bible (1970)
NEB The New English Bible (1970)
JB Jerusalem Bible (1966)
Amplified The Amplified Bible (1965)
BBE C. K. Ogden, The Bible in Basic English (1965)
JPS The Torah (1962), The Prophets (Nevi'im) (1978), The Writings (Kethuvim) (1982), produced by the Jewish Publication Society
MLB Modern Language Bible: New Berkeley Version (1959; rev. 1969)
Phillips J. B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English (1958)
RSV Revised Standard Version (NT, 1946; OT, 1952)
Knox R. A. Knox, The New Testament in English (1945)
AT The Bible-An American Translation (1927)
Moffatt James Moffatt, A New Translation of the Bible (1926)
TCNT The Twentieth Century New Testament (1898-1901; rev. 1904)
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
RV Revised Version (NT 1881; OT 1885)
YLT Young's Literal Translation (1862; rev. 1898)
KJV (=AV) The King James Version, known in Britain as the Authorized Version (1611)
AV (=KJV) The Authorized Version, known in America as the King James Version (1611)
Douay Douay-Rheims Version, a translation for the Roman Catholic Church (NT 1582; OT 1609-1610)

Ancient Versions

MT Masoretic Text (the traditional rabbinical text of the Hebrew Bible, dating from the medieval period)
LXX Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament, translated between 250-100 B.C.)