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The New International Version (NIV) is a translation made by more
than one hundred scholars working from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic, and
Greek texts. It was conceived in 1965 when, after several years of study by
committees from the Christian Reformed Church and the National Association of
Evangelicals, a trans-denominational and international group of scholars met at
Palos Heights, Illinois, and agreed on the need for a new translation in
contemporary English. Their conclusion was endorsed by a large number of church
leaders who met in Chicago in 1966. Responsibility for the version was
delegated to a self-governing body of fifteen Biblical scholars, the Committee
on Bible Translation, and in 1967, the New York Bible Society (now Biblica)
generously undertook the financial sponsorship of the project.
The translation of each book was assigned to a team of scholars,
and the work was thoroughly reviewed and revised at various stages by three
separate committees.The Committee submitted the developing version to stylistic
consultants who made invaluable suggestions. Samples of the translation were
tested for clarity and ease of reading by various groups of people. In short,
perhaps no other translation has been made by a more thorough process of review
and revision.
The Committee held to certain goals for the NIV: that it be an
Accurate, Beautiful, Clear, and Dignified translation suitable for public and
private reading, teaching, preaching, memorizing, and liturgical use. The
translators were united in their commitment to the authority and infallibility
of the Bible as God's Word in written form. They agreed that faithful
communication of the meaning of the original writers demands frequent
modifications in sentence structure (resulting in a
"thought-for-thought" translation) and constant regard for the
contextual meanings of words.
In 1973 the New Testament was published. The Committee carefully
reviewed suggestions for revisions and adopted a number of them, which they
incorporated into the first printing of the entire Bible in 1978. Additional
changes were made in 1983.
The NIV text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic
or audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without express
written permission of the publisher, providing the verses do not amount to a
complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five
percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted.
When the NIV is quoted in works that exercise the above fair use
clause, notice of copyright must appear on the title or copyright page or
opening screen of the work (whichever is appropriate) as follows:
Scripture
taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of
Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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not be altered or modified in any form but must remain in their original
context. These Scriptures may not be sold or otherwise offered for sale--to
include online banner ads that encapsulate linkages to these Scriptures for the
purpose of selling online ad space. These Scriptures are free for all online
use. These Scriptures are not public domain. These Scriptures are not shareware
and may not be duplicated.
When quotations from the NIV text are used in non-salable media
such as church bulletins, orders of service, posters, transparencies or similar
media, a complete copyright notice is not required, but the initial NIV must
appear at the end of each quotation.
Any commentary or other Biblical reference work produced for
commercial sale that uses the New International Version must obtain written
permission for the use of the NIV text.
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