The World English Bible: Messianic Edition (WEB:ME)

also known as

The Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The Torah -- The 5 books of Moshe

Nevi'im -- The Prophets

The Twelve Later Prophets

Ketuvim -- The Writings

Besorat HaMashiach -- Good News of the Messiah

Also known as B'rit Hadashah -- The New Covenant

You may have daily readings from the HNV emailed to you.

The Hebrew Names Version is available for download in various formats:

• hnvhtm.zip contains HTML
• hnvbible.zip contains plain ASCII text
• hnvusfx.zip contains XML (USFX)
• hnvnt.pdf contains the New Covenant in Portable Document Format.
• hnv.pdf contains the whole Bible in Portable Document Format.
• hnve-sword.zip contains this translation in e-Sword format.
• hnvosis.zip contains XML Open Scriptural Information Standard (OSIS)
• hnvxml.zip contains XML Scripture Encoding Standard (XSEM)
• hnvgbf.zip contains General Bible Format (from which the other formats are generated)
• hnv_olb.zip contains a one line per verse text format without line breaks or poetry and prose formatting.
• hnvbw.zip contains a format good for importing into BibleWorks.
  

A bound, printed copy of Besorat HaMashiach (the New Covenant + Psalms & Proverbs of the World English Bible: Messianic Edition) is available.

Some Bible study software that uses the World English Bible: Messianic Edition (also known as the Hebrew Names Version):

• The Sword Project (but get a more up-to-date module for it here)
• The Online Bible
• Olive Tree Software BibleReader software for PalmOS, Pocket PC, WinCE

The Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible is an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. The translation and review is currently in progress. If you find any typos or have any comments on this translation, please use the comment form or send email to

This translation is in the Public Domain, so feel free to copy, publish (for free or for a price), and use it.

Look for the meanings of words like cubit, selah, and denarius in the Glossary.

Revision information is in seal.txt.

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