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The purpose of the EasyEnglish Bible is to make the Bible as clear as possible in simple English. We have used a basic vocabulary of 1200 well-known English words. It is a very good Bible for anyone who is learning English or speaks English as a foreign language.

EasyEnglish Website

To help you even more, the EasyEnglish Bible website – www.easyenglish.bible – has Commentaries and Bible Studies to help you understand the message of the Bible and apply it to your life.

Translation Principles

To make the Bible as easy as possible to understand, we have used:

Short sentences
Short paragraphs
Simple grammar

We have avoided things that can be hard to understand, so we have used:

No passive verbs
No idioms
No split infinitives
No rhetorical questions

The EasyEnglish Bible is a “meaning-for-meaning” translation not a “word-for-word” translation.

It expresses the meaning of the original message in the most clear, accurate and natural way possible in simple English.
It changes the order of words if that makes the meaning clearer in English.
It translates the meaning of idioms rather than the literal words.
It uses British spelling, grammar and punctuation.

These translation principles have been developed by Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) and SIL.

EasyEnglish Translation Team

The EasyEnglish Bible has been translated by MissionAssist, which is a Christian charity based in the United Kingdom. MissionAssist is part of the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA) and a member of Global Connections.

The EasyEnglish Bible translation team includes:

Linguistic Checkers - People who check the linguistic consistency of the work. Our linguistic checkers normally have a degree in Linguistics or English (or similar) and a TEFL qualification.
Theological Checkers - People who check the theological accuracy of the work. Our theological checkers have a degree in theology (or a similar qualification).
Style Checkers - People who check drafts and final output for accuracy, consistency and conformance to EasyEnglish principles.

The Base Text

We have used a range of English Bible translations as a base. Where English versions have a different understanding of the original text, we have referred to the Hebrew or Greek text, using the texts published and updated by United Bible Societies (UBS):

Old Testament: Biblia Hebraica “Masoretic Text”
New Testament: The Nestle-Aland “Novum Testamentum Graece”

We also use the resources provided by Wycliffe Bible Translators to help translators and checkers understand the issues involved in translating the original texts.

Copyright Information

The copyright of the EasyEnglish Bible and all other material on this website is owned by MissionAssist.

MissionAssist is a member of the Wycliffe Global Alliance and is based in the UK.

MissionAssist, PO Box 257, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. WR11 9AW

Genesis 50	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Exodus 40	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Leviticus 27	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Numbers 36	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Deuteronomy 34	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Joshua 24	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Judges 21	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ruth 4	1 2 3 4
1 Samuel 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
2 Samuel 24	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 Kings 22	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
2 Kings 25	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 Chronicles 29	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2 Chronicles 36	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ezra 10	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nehemiah 13	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Esther 10	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Job 42	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Psalm 150	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
Proverbs 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Ecclesiastes 12	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Song of Songs 8	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Isaiah 66	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
Jeremiah 52	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Lamentations 5	1 2 3 4 5
Ezekiel 48	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Daniel 12	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hosea 14	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Joel 3	1 2 3
Amos 9	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Obadiah 1	1
Jonah 4	1 2 3 4
Micah 7	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nahum 3	1 2 3
Habakkuk 3	1 2 3
Zephaniah 3	1 2 3
Haggai 2	1 2
Zechariah 14	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Malachi 4	1 2 3 4
Matthew 28	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mark 16	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Luke 24	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
John 21	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Acts 28	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Romans 16	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Corinthians 16	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 Corinthians 13	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Galatians 6	1 2 3 4 5 6
Ephesians 6	1 2 3 4 5 6
Philippians 4	1 2 3 4
Colossians 4	1 2 3 4
1 Thessalonians 5	1 2 3 4 5
2 Thessalonians 3	1 2 3
1 Timothy 6	1 2 3 4 5 6
2 Timothy 4	1 2 3 4
Titus 3	1 2 3
Philemon 1	1
Hebrews 13	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
James 5	1 2 3 4 5
1 Peter 5	1 2 3 4 5
2 Peter 3	1 2 3
1 John 5	1 2 3 4 5
2 John 1	1
3 John 1	1
Jude 1	1
Revelation 22	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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MissionAssist helps mission workers advance the gospel and make scripture accessible wherever they are in the world. It provides services for Christians who have been sent out from their own churches and are working overseas in support of some aspect of Christian mission.

About MissionAssist

MissionAssist comprises a huge network of dedicated volunteers, throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere, helping mission workers advance the gospel and make scripture accessible wherever they are in the world. Working in their own homes, our volunteers provide many practical, academic and administrative services. We provide services for Christians who have been sent out from their own churches and are working overseas in support of some aspect of Christian mission. These services range from the practical to administrative and academic, and are limited only by the fact that everything is done by volunteers working from their own homes. Occasionally, one of our volunteers will travel abroad themselves to carry out a task and fulfil a request for help but this is the exception rather than the rule. To achieve all this, we bring together Christians, mostly based in the UK, who have a wide range of skills, experience and different abilities. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO number 1162807) with a board of trustees and various administrative staff, none of whom receives any salary, up to and including the Chief Executive Officer. We are always on the lookout for more members, including volunteers to help provide and expand our range of services.

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