https://www.revisedcommonversion.com A modern Bible revision of a classic Bible text. The Revised Common Version (RCV) is a derivative work of Noah Webster's 1833 Common Version of the Bible (a revision of the King James Version). As with Webster's Common Version, the RCV aims to make updates to words and phrases so that they are better understood by the everyday reader who may not read the scriptures with the aid of commentaries. Care has been taken so that changes to the text are not theologically motivated, but rather are consistent with the original text. Changes include the updating of archaic words to the current equivalent, rearranging of sentences to better follow current English, adjusting of punctuation to aid the reader in the flow of reading, addition of quotation marks, notation of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament, and an outline for each chapter. Digital versions of the RCV have the words of Christ in blue. https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2025/new-edition-r2512.html I am pleased to announce the release of a new edition of the RCV, r2512. This release consists of numerous readability updates throughout the entirety of the text.... Fri, 26 Dec 2025 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2024/new-edition-r2409.html I am pleased to announce the release of a new print edition of the RCV, r2409. This print release didn't have anything particularly exciting to it other than readability updates throughout the entirety of the text. However, in this release, I did put extra effort into these specific books of the Bible: Genesis, the Minor Prophets, Matthew, Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews.... Fri, 27 Sep 2024 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2024/new-formatting-feature-lines-poetry-distinguished.html In this article, I'd like to take a moment to highlight a new formatting feature of the RCV. Over the past ten years (yes, this has been in the works for quite a while) I have been trying to figure out the best way to display lines of poetry in the Scripture text. Well, I finally figured it out.... Fri, 03 May 2024 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2023/new-edition-r2309.html Today, I am announcing the release of a new edition of the RCV. This is the r2309 edition. This edition contains numerous updates spanning the entirety of the text of the RCV. These edits were mostly updating archaic and dated words and readability updates.... Tue, 03 Oct 2023 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2023/errata-2corinthians-9-10.html There is an erratum that has been identified and is in the process of being addressed. It has already been fixed on the website, and will be fixed in the digital versions of the RCV soon to be released (within the next day or two). It will also be fixed in the next regulary scheduled print version sometime next month. The verse, 2nd Corinthians 9:10, has a portion of the text that was mistakenly removed at some point in the past 15 years of editing. This particular portion of the verse contains an Old Testament quote, so it is of extra significance.... Fri, 01 Sep 2023 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2023/new-epub-and-pdf-files.html In my previous article, I mentioned that the RCV has been relicensed to the Eclipse Public License 2.0, and with that came another big change to the RCV project.... Wed, 30 Aug 2023 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2023/new-license-for-the-rcv.html With the recently released r2307 edition of the RCV, I made a couple major changes. The first change, outlined in this article, is probably the least exciting, but it marks a major shift in how the text of the RCV can be used.... Sat, 19 Aug 2023 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2023/extra-text-job-septuagint.html I have been doing a lot of reading from the Greek Septuagint lately, and I always seem to find something interesting during my reading sessions. But this time, I was reminded by my wife, who was asking me some questions about Job while reading one of her books, that there is a small, additional paragraph appended to the end of Job in the Septuagint. This extra text is appended to Job 42:17, and it gives some historical information about Job. The authenticity of this text is not certain, but I'll provide a few points of view on the matter after I provide the text below.... Fri, 31 Mar 2023 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2022/new-edition-r2211.html Today, I am announcing the release of a new edition of the RCV. This is the r2211 edition. This edition contains numerous updates spanning the entirety of the text of the RCV. These edits were mostly minor errata and readability updates. Furthermore, many edits were made to the front matter and the Gospel message, which is what led to me releasing a new print edition along with the digital editions.... Wed, 30 Nov 2022 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2022/new-edition-r2209.html Today, I am announcing the release of a new edition of the RCV. This is the r2209 edition. This edition contains numerous updates spanning the entirety of the text of the RCV. These edits were mostly minor errata and readability updates.... Sun, 02 Oct 2022 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2021/kjv-available-for-download.html I have finally made the full text of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible available for download on the RCV website. You can find it on the Download page along with the RCV and the Webster Bible. By adding the KJV, I now have the complete English lineage of the RCV on the website.... Fri, 19 Nov 2021 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2021/extra-text-esther-septuagint.html I can honestly say that I have never read the text of the Apocrypha. I've always been curious about it, but never took the time to read any of the text. I decided to start with the shorter works in the Apocrypha as a sort of sample of the text. One of the shorter works is some extra text found in the Story of Esther. I was immediately fascinated by this extra text in Esther as it provided more details and extended accounts of portions ofher.... Sat, 13 Nov 2021 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2021/psalm-151-from-septuagint.html Some time ago, I pulled my copy of the Septuagint off my bookshelf and began to peruse it. I don't recall why I was reading the Septuagint. Most likely, I was either wanting to get a different take on a passage for clarity, or I was reading an alternate translation of a passage. What caught my eye is that there was an extra bit of text after the 150th Psalm. Below is that text, which is an unofficial 151st Psalm. It wasn't numbered in my copy of the Septuagint, but I'm just going to refer to it as Psalm 151. As you read this text, try to think about one detail of the story David leaves out.... Sat, 06 Nov 2021 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2021/new-formatting-pdf.html I have updated the formatting of the PDF file on the Download page to look like the formatting in the print versions of the RCV found on the Purchase page. In addition to changing the formatting, the PDF has been resized to 8.5x11 inch paper.... Sat, 30 Oct 2021 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2021/spurgeon-evening-devotional-added.html A new devotional has been added to the RCV website. I have included Charles Spurgeon's Evening devotional on each day's devotional reading.... Thu, 14 Jan 2021 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2020/new-website-banner.html I have had an idea for some time to update the banner area at the top of each page of the RCV website. Up until this point, the banner area has been quite minimalist. It conveyed the proper information and it scaled properly across any device that accessed the website. However, I've been wanting something that stands out just a little more and maybe introduced an element of dynamics to the RCV website. Yesterday, I had the new banner go live, and I think it accomplishes what I had wanted for the banner are of the RCV website.... Thu, 12 Mar 2020 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2020/new-digital-edition-r2003.html Today, a new digital edition of the RCV has been released. This is the r2003 edition. This edition contains minor updates that span the entirety of the text of the RCV in addition to the updated logo.... Tue, 03 Mar 2020 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2020/rcv-logo-update.html After 11 years of the RCV project, I have decided to give the logo a little bit of an update.... Sun, 09 Feb 2020 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2019/new-edition-r1909.html Today, I am announcing the release of a new edition of the RCV. This is the r1909 edition. This edition contains numerous updates spanning the entirety of the text of the RCV. These edits were mostly minor errata and some readability updates.... Wed, 04 Sep 2019 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2019/new-digital-edition-r1903.html A new digital edition of the RCV has been released. This is the r1903 edition. This edition contains minor updates to the r1809 edition (Tenth Anniversary Edition). Edits span the entirety of the text of the RCV.... Tue, 05 Mar 2019 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2018/errata-isaiah-11-4.html There is an erratum that has been addressed in the print versions of the RCV in the verse, Isaiah 11:4.... Thu, 20 Dec 2018 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2018/behind-the-rcv-software-and-utilities.html This article will be a little different than the other articles I have written on the RCV website. In this article I want to highlight the software and utilities I have used throughout the existence of the RCV project. There are several applications I use on the RCV project, yet they all have one thing in common: they are free and open source.... Fri, 14 Sep 2018 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2018/tenth-anniversary.html Ten years ago this month, back in September 2008, I officially began work on the project that would become the Revised Common Version. I had actually attempted the work two previous times, but was completely unsatisfied with the way they started that I just completely scrapped them and began anew. They say the third time is the charm, and the case was so with the RCV. Fast forward ten years and you have the project as it is today, and I must say that I am quite satisfied with how it has turned out... Tue, 04 Sep 2018 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2018/wikipedia-article-needed.html The Revised Common Version is in need of a Wikipedia article. See article for more information. Fri, 31 Aug 2018 https://www.revisedcommonversion.com/pages/articles/2018/fiat-lux-common-grace.html Fiat lux is a Latin phrase for, 'Let there be light.' When God created the light he established one form of his common grace. Common grace is a term used to describe the blessings God bestows upon every person on Earth, whether a believer or not... Thu, 30 Aug 2018