American Standard Version
Read the ASV How to choose a translation
| Abbreviation | ASV |
|---|---|
| Year | 1901 |
| Translated by | American Revision Committee. Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York. |
| Old Testament based on | Hebrew Masoretic Text. |
| New Testament based on | The Greek text adopted by the revisers of 1881, a critical text close to Westcott and Hort (1881). |
| Approach | A word-for-word revision of the KJV (the American edition of the 1881–1885 Revised Version), in older English (thee, thou, -eth). |
| Suits | Suits close study of wording and comparison with the KJV; the English is archaic. |
| God’s name in the Old Testament | Jehovah |
| Canon | The source edition has the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. The site shows these 66 books. |
| In this edition | words supplied by the translators marked (italics in print), footnotes (16): the wording of verses that many manuscripts lack, poetry set in lines, words of Jesus not marked |
| Licence | Public domain (copyright expired). eBible.org: "Copy freely." |
| Source | American Standard Version (1901) (eng-asv), USFM files dated 20 October 2026 https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=eng-asv |
Notes
- Title page and preface (in the source files): "Newly Edited by the American Revision Committee A.D. 1901", Thomas Nelson & Sons; the 1611 version "compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881-1885".
- Text basis: en.wikipedia.org
- The printed 1901 edition put other readings and renderings in footnotes (see its preface); this electronic edition keeps 16 footnotes.
- Verses that many manuscripts lack (for example Matthew 17:21, Acts 8:37) are not in the main text; footnotes give the wording.