What is Meaning-Based Translation?
A meaning-focused translation digs into the text and context of the original language to bring the meaning of text to light.
Read MoreThe goal of any Bible translation is to convey the meaning and content of the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts as accurately as possible to contemporary readers. The challenge for our translators was to create a text that would communicate as clearly and powerfully to today’s readers as the original texts did to readers and listeners in the ancient biblical world. The resulting translation is easy to read and understand, while also accurately communicating the meaning and content of the original biblical texts. The NLT is a general-purpose text especially good for study, devotional reading, and reading aloud in worship services.
“We believe that the New Living Translation—which combines the latest biblical sholarship with a clear, dynamic writing style—will communicate God’s word powerfully to all who read it. We publish it with the prayer that God will use it to speak his timeless truth to the church and the world in a fresh, new way.”
The Publisher's Statement
“We believe that the New Living Translation—which combines the latest biblical sholarship with a clear, dynamic writing style—will communicate God’s word powerfully to all who read it. We publish it with the prayer that God will use it to speak his timeless truth to the church and the world in a fresh, new way.”
The Publisher's Statement
Written to Be Spoken
The NLT speaks right to the heart and minds of listeners because they immediately understand its message without having to process technical biblical language.
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