American Standard Version be known by its present name, the American Standard Version. Because of its prominence in seminaries, it was in America sometimes simply called the "Standard Bible". The American Standard Version, which was also known as The American Revision of 1901, is rooted in the work begun in 1870 to revise the Authorized Version/King James Bible of 1611. This revision project eventually produced the Revised Version (RV). An invitation was extended to American religious leaders for scholars to work on the RV project. In 1871, thirty scholars were chosen by Philip Schaff. The denominations represented on the American committee were the
The Living Bible of "The Living Bible". After many years of work, the result was an entirely new translation of the Bible. It was published in 1996 as the "Holy Bible:" New Living Translation (NLT). Measurements quoted in this version are converted into metric and in the British version of "The Living Bible" money sums are converted into pound sterling. At 1 Samuel 24:3, The Living Bible has "Saul went into the cave to go to the bathroom", using a contemporary North American euphemism where the original Hebrew (also a euphemism) literally translates as "to cover his feet". In the British edition of