Changes

The '''New International Version''' (NIV) is a translation of the [[Bible]].  Written in modern and simple English, the NIV has been promoted widely among the evangelical community and has supplanted the [[King James Version]] as the bestselling English translation.   

The '''New International Version''' (NIV) is a translation of the [[Bible]].  Written in modern and simple English, the NIV has been promoted widely among the evangelical community and has supplanted the [[King James Version]] as the bestselling English translation.

 

But the NIV has a slight [[liberal]] bias that makes it worth doublechecking other translations, such as the more literal [[English Standard Version]] (ESV).  For example, the NIV translates into "gospel" only 5 times in the [[Gospel of Mark]], while the ESV translates into that strong term 8 times in that gospel. The NIV avoids using the strong term "unborn" in Psalms 78:6; where the ESV says "the children yet unborn" (implying those developing in the womb), the NIV says the weaker "even the children yet to be born."  The NIV also attempts gender neutral language where the original text does not support that (see below).

== History of Translation ==

== History of Translation ==