Thou shall not have so many damned bibles

Abbreviation: CEB

OT published: 2011
NT published: 2010
Complete Bible published: 2011


Genesis 1:1-3
World’s creation in seven days

1 When God began to create the heavens and the earth— 2 the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters— 3 God said, “Let there be light.” And so light appeared.


John 3:16

16 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.

Abbreviation: MOUNCE

Published: 2011


John 3:16
16
For this is how God loved · the world
gar houtōs theos agapaō ho ho kosmos:

he gave his one and only Son · that everyone who
didōmi ho monogenēs hyios ho hina pas ho

believes in him should not perish but have
pisteuō eis autos mē apollymi alla echō

eternal life
aiōnios zōē.

Abbreviation: LEB

OT published: 2011
NT published: 2010
Complete Bible Published: 2011


Genesis 1:1-3
The Creation

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth— 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light.


John 3:16
God’s Love for the World

16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

Abbreviation: EXB

Published: 2009


Genesis 1:1-3
The Beginning of the World

1 ·In the beginning [or In the beginning when] God created [ this Hebrew verb is used only when God is the one creating] the ·sky [heavens] and the earth. 2 ·The [or…the] earth ·had no form and was empty [or was a formless void]. Darkness covered the ·ocean [deep], and ·God’s Spirit [or a mighty wind] was ·moving [hovering] over the water.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.


John 3:16

16 “[ For] God loved the world so much that he gave his ·one and only [only; unique; only begotten; 1:14, 18] Son so that whoever believes in him may not ·be lost [ perish], but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: HCSB

NT published: 1999
Complete Bible published: 2003


Genesis 1:1-3
The Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.


John 3:16

16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: MSG

Published: 2002


Genesis 1:1-5
Heaven and Earth

1 1-2 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.

3-5 God spoke: “Light!”
And light appeared.
God saw that light was good
and separated light from dark.
God named the light Day,
he named the dark Night.
It was evening, it was morning—
Day One.


John 3:16-18

16-18 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

Abbreviation: ESV

Published: 2001


Genesis 1:1-3
The Creation of the World

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.


John 3:16
For God So Loved the World

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: JUB

Published: 2000


Genesis 1:1-3

1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was without order, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: CJB

Published: 1998


Genesis 1:1-3
Parashah 1: B’resheet (In the beginning) 1:1–6:8

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was unformed and void, darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.


John 3:16

16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed.

Abbreviation: CEV

OT published: 1995
NT published: 1991
Complete Bible published: 1995


Genesis 1:1-3
The Story of Creation

1 In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.
2 The earth was barren,
with no form of life;
it was under a roaring ocean
covered with darkness.
But the Spirit of God
was moving over the water.

The First Day

3 God said, “I command light to shine!” And light started shining.


John 3:16

16 God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

Abbreviation: GW

Published: 1995


Genesis 1:1-3
The Creation

1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.


John 3:16

16 God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

Abbreviation: KJ21

Complete Bible published: 1994


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.


John 3:16

16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Abbreviation: ERV

Complete Bible published: 1987


Genesis 1:1-3
The Beginning of the World

1 God created the sky and the earth. At first, 2 the earth was completely empty. There was nothing on the earth. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit moved over the water.

The First Day—Light

3 Then God said, “Let there be light!” And light began to shine.


John 3:16

16 Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: GNB (or GNT/TEV)

A.K.A: Today's English Version

Published: 1976


Genesis 1:1-3
The Story of Creation

1 In the beginning, when God created the universe, 2 the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. 3 Then God commanded, “Let there be light”—and light appeared.


John 3:16

16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: TLB

Published: 1971


Genesis 1:1-3

1 When God began creating the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was a shapeless, chaotic mass,* with the Spirit of God brooding over the dark vapors.*
3 Then God said, “Let there be light.” And light appeared.


John 3:16

16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: AMP

1st publication: 1965


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

Abbreviation: PHILLIPS

NT published: 1962


John 3:16 (John 3:10-21)

10-21 “So you are a teacher of Israel,” said Jesus, “and you do not recognise such things? I assure you that we are talking about something we really know and we are witnessing to something we have actually observed, yet men like you will not accept our evidence. Yet if I have spoken to you about things which happen on this earth and you will not believe me, what chance is there that you will believe me if I tell you about what happens in Heaven? No one has ever been up to Heaven except the Son of Man who came down from Heaven. The Son of Man must be lifted above the heads of men—as Moses lifted up that serpent in the desert—so that any man who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that every one who believes in him shall not be lost, but should have eternal life. You must understand that God has not sent his Son into the world to pass sentence upon it, but to save it—through him. Any man who believes in him is not judged at all. It is the one who will not believe who stands already condemned, because he will not believe in the character of God’s only Son. This is the judgment—that light has entered the world and men have preferred darkness to light because their deeds are evil. Anybody who does wrong hates the light and keeps away from it, for fear his deeds may be exposed. But anybody who is living by the truth will come to the light to make it plain that all he has done has been done through God.”

Abbreviation: KNOX

Published: 1950


Genesis 1:1-3

1 God, at the beginning of time, created heaven and earth. 2 Earth was still an empty waste, and darkness hung over the deep; but already, over its waters, stirred the breath of God. 3 Then God said, Let there be light; and the light began.


John 3:16

16 God so loved the world, that he gave up his only-begotten Son, so that those who believe in him may not perish, but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: ASV

OT published: 1901
NT published: 1900


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Abbreviation: DRA


1st translation of NT published: 1582
OT and revisions/reprints published: 1609-19th century
Last English version published: 1899


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
3 And God said: Be light made. And light was made.


John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

Abbreviation: DBY

OT published: 1890
NT published: 1867
Complete bible published: 1890


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

Abbreviation: KJV
A.K.A: Authorized Version (AV)
A.K.A: King James Bible (KJB)

Published: 1611


Genesis 1:1-3

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Abbreviation: GNV

NT published: 1557
Complete Bible published: 1560


Genesis 1:1-3
The First Book of Moses, called Genesis

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the waters.
3 Then God said, Let there be light: And there was light.


John 3:16

16 For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.