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16-866: A team of 13 translators worked on the translation, with forty additional scholars reviewing the translation work. The team was designed to be cross-denominational. In 2011, both the 1984 edition of the NIV and the TNIV were discontinued, following the release of a revised and updated version of the NIV. The translation took more than a decade to complete; 13 evangelical scholars worked on the translation: Ronald F. Youngblood , Kenneth L. Barker , John H. Stek , Donald H. Madvig , R. T. France , Gordon Fee , Karen H. Jobes , Walter Liefeld, Douglas J. Moo , Bruce K. Waltke , Larry L. Walker, Herbert M. Wolf and Martin Selman. Forty other scholars, many of them experts on specific books of

32-774: A 'Statement of Concern' opposing the TNIV. The Presbyterian Church in America and the Southern Baptist Convention passed resolutions opposing the TNIV and other inclusive-language translations. Evangelical scholars and various public figures critical of inclusive-language translations include John F. MacArthur , J. I. Packer , Jack T. Chick , Gail Riplinger , James Dobson , Jerry Falwell , Texe Marrs , Wayne Grudem , Peter Ruckman , D. James Kennedy , Josh McDowell , R. Albert Mohler, Jr. , John Piper , Pat Robertson , R.C. Sproul , and Joni Eareckson Tada . Grudem, Wayne (2005). Why Is My Choice of

48-606: A Bible Translation so Important? . Louisville: Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. ISBN   9780977396801 . Poythress, Vern S. ; Grudem, Wayne A. (2005). The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy . Nashville: Broadman & Holman. ISBN   9780805431933 . Ronald F. Youngblood Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

64-693: A passage. For example, in the NIV, Psalm 26:3 reads, "For your love is ever before me, / and I walk continually in your truth". The TNIV reads, "For I have always been mindful of your unfailing love / and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness". There are several changes in this one verse, but of special note is the TNIV's translation of the Hebrew word ’emet . The TNIV translators took this word to mean more than simple honesty in Psalm 26:3, referring more specifically to reliability or trustworthiness. Examples of other changes are "truly I tell you" becomes "I tell you

80-485: Is changed to "middle of the night or toward daybreak" in the TNIV. The TNIV translators have, at times, opted for more traditional Anglo-Saxon or poetic renderings than those found in the NIV. For example, "the heavens" is sometimes chosen to replace "the sky", as is the case in Isaiah 50:3: "I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth its covering". At times the TNIV offers a different or nuanced understanding of

96-749: The New Living Translation , the New Century Version , and the Contemporary English Version . In the TNIV some original Greek text references to οἱ Ἰουδαίοι (transliterated hoi ioudaioi ), are changed from the original English translation of "the Jews" to "Jewish leaders" or simply "they" (such as in John 18:36). This change has been called for by Jewish leaders as a way of avoiding misunderstanding in

112-660: The Amplified Bible. However, the 1611 Authorized King James Version also renders this passage as "children" rather than "sons." Masculine references to God , such as "Father" and "Son," are not modified from the literal translation in the TNIV. Under 30% of the changes in the TNIV involve the use of inclusive language. The TNIV's approach to gender inclusive language is similar to the New International Version Inclusive Language Edition , New Revised Standard Version ,

128-519: The Bible, reviewed the translation teams' work. They came from a range of Evangelical denominational backgrounds. The intent of the TNIV translators was to produce an accurate and readable translation in contemporary English. The Committee on Bible Translation wanted to build a new version on the heritage of the NIV and, like its predecessor, create a balanced mediating version–one that would fall in-between

144-660: The Free Methodist Church of North America had a varied response from it "constitutes no threat" to "most accurate ever." Evangelical scholars and pastoral leaders supporting the project include Mark L. Strauss , Tremper Longman , John Ortberg , Adam Hamilton , Craig Blomberg, Darrell Bock , Don Carson , Peter Furler , Bill Hybels , Ben Witherington III , Lee Strobel , Philip Yancey , Dan Kimball , Terri Blackstock , Erwin McManus , Ted Haggard and others. In June 2002, over 100 evangelical leaders signed

160-726: The Gospel of John. A number of evangelical scholars agree with this change. The TNIV is not alone among English Bible versions in following recent biblical scholarship on this matter. Denominations supportive of the TNIV include the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), which officially endorsed the TNIV as an acceptable translation for use, the Evangelical Covenant Church and the Free Methodist Church of North America . Scholars from

176-603: The Greek merely transliterates the Hebrew name. Other notable changes are that "Christ" has regularly been rendered as "Messiah", and "saints" has often been replaced with terms such as "God's people" or "believers". Among other differences from the NIV, the TNIV uses gender-neutral language to refer to people. Two examples of this kind of translation decision are found in Genesis and Matthew: Genesis 1:27 reads, "So God created human beings in his own image." Older translations use

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192-705: The Psalms the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome were all consulted for the Old Testament . The Dead Sea Scrolls were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed inconsistent. The United Bible Societies Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament text was used for the New Testament . Approximately 7% of the text was changed from the most recent (1984) version of the NIV. According to Craig Blomberg

208-405: The TNIV moves in a "more literal direction three times more often than not". Mark L. Strauss has stated that the majority of changes are "based on advances in biblical scholarship, linguistics, and archaeology". In Matthew 1:18, where the NIV says that Mary was "with child", the TNIV simply says Mary was "pregnant". In Luke 12:38, the phrase "second or third watch of the night" employed in the NIV

224-874: The most literal translation and the most free; between word-for-word ( Formal Equivalence ) and thought-for-thought ( Dynamic Equivalence ). For translation a wide range of manuscripts were reviewed. The Masoretic text , the Dead Sea Scrolls , the Samaritan Pentateuch , the Greek Septuagint or (LXX), the Aquila , Symmachus and Theodotion , the Latin Vulgate , the Syriac Peshitta , the Aramaic Targums , and for

240-481: The truth;" "fellow workers" become "coworkers;" "the Jews", particularly in John's Gospel, often becomes "Jewish leaders" when the context makes the statement's real meaning apparent; and "miracles", especially in John, become the more literal "signs", "miraculous signs", or "works". The word for "Spirit", where there is a good chance it means the Holy Spirit, is now capitalized. "Peter" is now rendered "Cephas" when

256-567: The word "man" to translate the word אָדָם ( ’adam ) employed in the Hebrew language, the same word used as the proper name of the first man married to the first woman, Eve . Matthew 5:9 reads: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Here, the Greek word huioi is translated "children" rather than "sons" as found in other modern English translations such as the Revised Standard Version , New American Standard Bible , New King James Version , and

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