American Standard Version

The American Standard Version (ASV ) with full title The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible ( Alternative title also American Revised Version, Standard American Edition) is an English-language translation of the Bible from the early 20th century, with main distribution in North America. The ASV was first issued in 1901 in the New York publisher Thomas Nelson & Sons. A recent follow- translation is published since 1959 Revision edition of the New American Standard Version. Basis of the ASV is the Revised Version of 1881, a revision of the King James Bible. The ASV is therefore considered as an American equivalent to the British Revised Version.

Features

The divine name YHWH ( the Tetragrammaton ) is applied to the citations in the text of the Old Testament consistently with the form Jehovah instead of the usual form of reproduction in the capitals LORD ( Yahweh ) and GOD as. In the original version of the King James Bible The reason for this change to the current practice of playback in the Preface ( Preface iv ) the translator explains that " ... the American auditors ... the unanimous conviction are that a Jewish superstition, which regarded the Divine Name as too sacred has to be imposed, should no longer dominate in the English or any other version of the Old Testament. " Further more marginal changes from the KJV concern grammatical adjustments to a contemporary modern English, as well as the expression of certain terms such as place of the Holy Ghost by Holy Spirit.

Revisions

The ASV is the basis of four English translations revision.

• The Revised Standard Version, 1971 [ 1946-1952 ]
• The Amplified Bible, 1965
• The New American Standard Bible, 1995 [ 1963-1971 ]
• The Recovery Version, 1999