| Amplified Bible | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Amplified Bible: Containing the amplified Old Testament and the amplified New Testament |
| Abbreviation | AMP |
| OT published | 1962 and 1964 |
| NT published | 1958 |
| Complete Bible published | 1965 |
| Authorship | Zondervan (subsidiary of News Corp) and The Lockman Foundation. |
| Translation type | Formal equivalence |
| Reading level | 11.0 |
| Version revision | 1987, 2015 |
| Publisher | Zondervan Publishing House |
| Copyright | 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987, 2015 |
| Webpage | www |
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. | |
The Amplified Bible (AMP) is an English language translation of the Bible produced jointly by Zondervan and The Lockman Foundation. The first edition as a complete volume was published in 1965. "Amplifications" are words or phrases intended to more fully bring out the meaning of the original text but distinguished from the translation itself by a unique system of brackets, parentheses, and italics. The translation is largely one of formal equivalence (word-for-word).