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Global Contemporary English Version

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Preliminary Review

This is a version of the CEV with Americanisms removed. This version uses metric measurements and American spelling. (There is also a UK version of the CEV which uses British spelling.) You can look at my CEV page for some excellent CEV links. The excellent links below, which apply specifically to this version, can also assist your evaluation.

The good:

Claims to be written at a fifth grade reading level

The bad:

Tetragrammaton translated as Lord
No study edition

The rest:

New translation; not a revision of an older translation
Replaces “biblical terminology”, with more descriptive wording (e.g. “grace” is translated as some form of “God treats us much better than we deserve”)

— JEP

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Home Site

No Free Download

No Search Online

Articles

I have discovered no articles about this version available on the internet outside of the GCEV home page. The CEV is nearly identical, and there are several links to articles on that page.

Editions

Recommendation:

Unless you have some specific reason for excluding deutero-canonical texts from your bible, I recommend only the following editions:


Shop	Global Bible for Children	HC	Multi	?	?	?	?	$13.59
Shop	Youth Bible Global Edition with Road Cover	HC	Multi	?	?	?	?	$7.99
Shop	Youth Bible Global Edition with Teen Cover	HC	Color	?	?	?	?	$7.99

* Prices valid on 18 February 2006