who translated the niv version of the bible
The NIV began in 1956 with the formation of a small committee to study the value of producing a translation in the common language of the American people . The project was formally started after a meeting in 1965 at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights , Illinois , of the Christian Reformed Church , National Association of Evangelicals , and a group of international scholars . The initial `` Committee on Bible Translation '' consisted of E. Leslie Carlson , Edmund Clowney , Ralph Earle , Jr. , Burton L. Goddard , R. Laird Harris , Earl S. Kalland , Kenneth Kantzer , Robert H. Mounce , Charles F. Pfeiffer , Charles Caldwell Ryrie , Francis R. Steele , John H. Stek , J.C. Wenger , Stephen W. Paine , and Marten Woudstra . The New York Bible Society ( now Biblica ) was selected to do the translation . The New Testament was released in 1973 and the full Bible in 1978 .