THE LIBRARY / ASV

American Standard Version

Language: English
First published: 1901
Translators / editors: American Revision Committee

66 books available in this edition.

About this translation

Cover of an American Standard Version Bible — Photograph by JoBrLa, 2007. Released into the public domain by its author. Image source · Public domain

The American Standard Version was published in 1901. It grew out of the work of American scholars involved in the nineteenth-century revision of the King James Bible.

The ASV favors close attention to the wording and structure of its source languages. One recognizable feature is its use of 'Jehovah' for the divine name in many Old Testament passages.

Its language remains more formal than contemporary English, but its translation work influenced several later English Bibles. The ASV text is in the public domain.