World English Bible

From SPARK

Summary

WEB - Public Domain Modern English translation of the Holy Bible.

Why create yet another translation?

That is a good question. There are many good English translations of the Holy Bible. Unfortunately, all of them are either (1) archaic (like the KJV and ASV of 1901), or (2) covered by copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted free posting on the Internet or other media (like the NIV and NASB). The Bible in Basic English (BBE) was in the Public Domain in the USA (but not all countries) for a while, but its copyrighted status was restored. (The BBE used a rather restricted subset of English, anyway, limiting its accuracy and readability.) In other words, there is NO OTHER complete translation of the Holy Bible in normal Modern English that can be freely copied (except for some limited “fair use”) without written permission from the publisher and (usually) payment of royalties. This is the vacuum that the World English Bible is filling.

Considerations

• The World English Bible is a Modern English update of the American Standard Version of 1901.

• This translation is in the Public Domain, so feel free to copy, publish (for free or for a price), and use it. You don't need to pay any royalties or even to ask for any additional permission. You already have permission to publish, copy, and distribute the World English Bible as much as you want to in any form (spoken, written, paper, electronic, etc.).

Where to Obtain

The World English Bible is available for download in various formats:

• web.pdf (whole Bible) and webnt.pdf (New Testament, Psalms, amd Proverbs) are Portable Document Format files.

• webtxt.zip contains plain ASCII text

• webusfx.zip contains XML USFX format for conversion to other formats

• websf.zip contains Unified Standard Format Marker files.

• webrtf.zip contains Rich Text Format (import into Open Office Writer or other word processors)