New Jerusalem Bible

This translation follows the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. For the Old Testament, the Masoretic Text was used. Only when insuperable difficulties occurred were the Septuagint or other versions used.

In the Old Testament, italics indicate passages found only in the Septuagint. In the New Testament, italics indicate quotations from other books of the Bible. A gap indicates an unintelligible word or an incomplete sentence in the original. Brackets in the Old Testament indicate an addition or an explanation that is later than the original text.

Many devoted scholars who assisted in Bible de Jérusalem (1956), the first English Jerusalem Bible (1966), and Bible de Jérusalem (revised 1973) contributed to the New Jerusalem Bible (1985).

It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

There is an introduction and, usually, an outline at the beginning of each book.

Genesis 1: 1, 2
In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.

Wisdom 1: 1
Love uprightness you who are rulers on earth,
be properly disposed towards the Lord
and seek him in simplicity of heart;

John 1: 1 – 3
In the beginning was the Word:
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being except through him.

The following comparative studies include this version:

1. Authenticity of the Second Epistle of Peter
2. Bishops, Overseers, Presbyters, and Elders
3. Burden and Yoke to Be Removed
4. Entering His Rest
5. Epistle of James
6. Falsifying Scribes
7. From Eternity or From Ancient Times?
8. Fringe on the Borders of a Garment
9. God So Loved the World
10. Hebrew Synoptic Gospels
11. Horses from Egypt and Kue
12. Israelites and Baal-Peor
13. Letters of Paul
14. Lord Is My Shepherd: An Anthology
15. Miracle at Cana
16. Name of Our Heavenly Father
17. Offering Sacrifices to the He-Goat
18. Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread
19. Sabbaths and Sundown
20. Scripture Inspired by God
21. Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle
22. Some Variations in the Book of Acts
23. Song of Solomon
24. Story of the Adultress
25. That Which Will Happen Before the End
26. Those Who Work Iniquity
27. Time of Peleg
28. Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures