Berkeley Version

Bible translation infobox
translation_title=Berkeley Version
full_name=The Berkeley Version in Modern English
abbreviation=BV
language=English
complete_bible_published=1958
copyright=Copyright by Zondervan Publishing House
genesis_1:1-3=In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness lay upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. God said: Let there be light, and there was light.
john_3:16=For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.|

The Berkeley Version in Modern English Containing the Old and New Testaments, was first published in 1958 by Zondervan Publishing House. The New Testament had appeared in 1945.

According to editor-in-chief, Gerrit Verkuyl: "The conviction that God wants His truth conveyed to His offspring in the language in which they think and live led me to produce the Berkeley Version (BV) of the New Testament. For I grew increasingly aware that the King James Version (AV) is only, in part, the language of our people today."

External links

* [http://www.biblecollectors.org/berkley_version.htm Commentary by Gerrit Verkuyl]