The Holy Bible Living Bible Edition

PREFACE

In this wonderful day of many new translations and revitjons we can greet another new one with either dread or joy. Dread that "people will become confused" or joy that some will understand more perfectly what the Bible is talking about. We choose the way of joy. For each new presentation of God's Word will find its circle, large or small, of those to whom it will minister strength and blessing.

This book, though arriving late on the current translation scene, has been under way for many years. It has undergone several major manuscript revisions and has been under the careful scrutiny of a team of Greek and Hebrew experts to check content, and of English crítics for style. Their many suggestions have been largely followed, though none of those consulted feris entirely satisfied with the present result. This, therefore, continues to be a tentative edition. Further suggestions as to both renderings and style will be gladly considered as future printings are called for.