The Living Bible

The Living Bible (TLB) is a version of the Bible created by Kenneth N. Taylor, the founder of Tyndale House. The Living Bible is actually a paraphrase of the Bible and not a translation of the Bible. The Living Bible was very popular in the 1970s. In the late 1980s, Taylor and his colleagues at Tyndale House Publishers invited a team of 90 Greek and Hebrew scholars to participate in a project of revising the text of The Living Bible. The result was an entirely new translation of the Bible.

While direct translation involves using a thought-for-thought or a word-for-word recreation of the text from original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts, paraphrasing uses the “in other words” method of restating a previously translated manuscript. In this way the text becomes much clearer and more easily understood. It is not to be used as the reader’s only source of biblical knowledge, or as the primary text for scholars. Rather, the goal is to put the basic message of the Bible into modern language that could readily be understood by the typical reader without a theological or linguistic background.

Some major features of this application are:

• Companion commentaries included.

• Font customization options.

• Dark and light theme mode.

• Resume from last read location.

• Search Scripture with ease.

• Copy and share verse.