Amplified Bible (AMP)

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For this update to the Amplified Bible (AMP), the goal of the translation team was to enhance the appeal of the Amplified Bible by refreshing the English and refining the amplifications for relevance and clarity. The result is an Amplified Bible that is easier to read and better than ever to study and understand.

The Amplified Bible of 2015 includes more amplification in the Old Testament and refined amplification in the New Testament. Additionally, the Bible text has been improved to read smoothly with or without amplifications, so that the text may be read either way. The same feel and style of amplification has been maintained, so that those who read the classic Amplified Bible will be able to easily transition to the new text.

The AMP was the first Bible project of The Lockman Foundation. Its goal was to take both word meaning and context into account to accurately translate the original text from one language into another. The AMP does this through the use of explanatory alternate readings and amplifications to assist the reader in understanding what Scripture really says. Multiple English word equivalents to each key Hebrew and Greek word clarify and amplify meanings that may otherwise have been concealed by the traditional translation method. The first edition was published in 1965.

The AMP is based on the American Standard Version of 1901, Rudolph Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica, the Greek text of Westcott and Hort, and the 23rd edition of the Nestle Greek New Testament as well as the best Hebrew and Greek lexicons available at the time. Cognate languages, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other Greek works were also consulted. The Septuagint and other versions were compared for interpretation of textual differences. In completing the Amplified Bible, translators made a determined effort to keep, as far as possible, the familiar wording of the earlier versions, and especially the feeling of the ancient Book.

The Amplified Bible Classic Edition (AMPC) present on Course Bible matches the 1987 printing.

1 John 5

1 Peter 5

1 Thessalonians 5

2 John 1

2 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

2 Peter 3

2 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 3

3 John 1

Habakkuk 1

Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 3

Haggai 1

Haggai 2

James 5

Joel 1

Joel 2

Joel 3

Jude 1

Lamentations 5

Micah 7

Nahum 1

Nahum 2

Nahum 3

Obadiah 1

Philemon 1

Psalm 1
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Psalm 3
Psalm 4
Psalm 5
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Psalm 89
Psalm 90
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Psalm 94
Psalm 95
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
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Psalm 99
Psalm 100

Psalm 101
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Psalm 110
Psalm 111
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Psalm 114
Psalm 115
Psalm 116
Psalm 117
Psalm 118
Psalm 119
Psalm 120
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Psalm 123
Psalm 124
Psalm 125
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Psalm 127
Psalm 128
Psalm 129
Psalm 130
Psalm 131
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Psalm 133
Psalm 134
Psalm 135
Psalm 136
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Psalm 139
Psalm 140
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Psalm 143
Psalm 144
Psalm 145
Psalm 146
Psalm 147
Psalm 148
Psalm 149
Psalm 150

Titus 1

Titus 2

Titus 3

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 2

Zephaniah 3

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