English Literal Standard Version (ENGLSV)

Overview

The Literal Standard Version (LSV) is a modern, literal English translation of the Bible, a registered copyright of Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition (© 2020). Editorial work was led by Covenant Press translators in collaboration with the Covenant Christian Coalition. The LSV uses caesura marks to set off poetic lines, transliterates the divine name as YHWH, and renders verb tenses with a literalism modelled on Young's Literal Translation. It carries a permissive copyright: all non-commercial use is permitted as long as the text is unaltered, and citations within English works for commercial use and resale are allowed so long as they do not constitute the entirety of any book of the Bible or more than 1,000 verses total. Translations of the LSV into other languages, for either commercial or non-commercial use, do not require permission from Covenant Press, provided the translation cites the LSV and is titled accordingly; other commercial use and resale require written permission. The English text is released under CC BY-NC-ND and translations under CC BY-SA. Citations must include either "Literal Standard Version" or "LSV."

Language and People

English (ISO 639-3: eng) is spoken by approximately 379,000,000 people. [Glottolog: stan1293]

Publishing and Organizations

Translation type: New.

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