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Studying NLTNew Living Translation

Relationships

Where did my Bible come from?

Now showing Guided. The full listed path, with a short explanation of what the lines mean.

What came before this Bible?

NLT

New Living Translation

This guide lists these earlier English Bibles in this translation’s lineage. This shows historical relationships, not exclusive parent-child descent.

The listed path

  1. NLT

    New Living Translation

    1996, revised in 2004 and 2015

    Thought-for-Thought

Named sources outside this set of twenty

This guide names earlier work that is not one of the twenty translations compared in this guide.

  • The Living Bible · 1971
What does this relationship mean?

A line or arrow on this page means this guide lists that earlier work in the translation’s English Bible lineage field. It is not a claim of exclusive descent, and it is not a statement about Greek or Hebrew source texts.

What can I do next?

What is lineage?

When this guide lists an earlier English Bible in a translation’s lineage field, we show that relationship. It is a historical listing from this guide, not a claim that one Bible is the only parent of another.

Why does it matter?

It helps show how English Bible translations build on, revise, or reference earlier translation work — according to the listings in this guide, not a ranking of accuracy.

Trace my Bible

Pick one translation. We will show only the path this guide shows for that Bible.