American Standard Version

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The American Standard Version is an early 20th-century English Bible translation known for its literal rendering of the original texts and its influence on later versions such as the Revised Standard Version.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible version
English Bible translation
alsoKnownAs ASV
Revised Version of the Bible
surface form: American Revision of the Bible

American Standard Version
surface form: Standard American Edition of the Revised Version
basedOn King James Version
commissionedBy American Revision Committee
contains New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
derivedFrom English Revised Version
divineNameRendering YHWH
surface form: Jehovah in the Old Testament
editingBody American Standard Revision Committee
era early 20th century
followedBy New American Standard Bible
Revised Standard Version
genre Bible
hasAbbreviation ASV
influenced English Standard Version
New American Standard Bible
Revised Standard Version
language English
notableFeature conservative, literal style
extensive marginal notes
minimal paraphrasing
use of archaic pronouns in prayer language
notableInfluenceOn 20th-century English Bible translations
orthography American English spelling
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London

New York City
precededBy King James Version
publicationDate 1901
publisher Thomas Nelson (publisher family)
surface form: Thomas Nelson & Sons
religiousTradition Christianity
sourceLanguage Biblical Aramaic
Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew

Koine Greek
subject Bible—Translations into English
targetAudience Protestant readers
textualBasis Masoretic Text
surface form: Masoretic Text (Old Testament)

Textus Receptus
surface form: Textus Receptus (New Testament, partly)
translationPhilosophy literal rendering of original texts
translationType formal equivalence
usedBy Protestant denominations in the United States
scholars
usesDivineName God
surface form: Jehovah

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Revised Standard Version basedOn American Standard Version
Revised Standard Version revisionOf American Standard Version
The Living Bible compiledFrom American Standard Version
RSV derivedFrom American Standard Version
American Standard Version alsoKnownAs American Standard Version
this entity surface form: Standard American Edition of the Revised Version
TLB textBasis American Standard Version