Category: Partnerships

If you have friends or loved ones who might enjoy engaging with God’s Word in Chinese—whether Traditional or Simplified—please let them know that YouVersion has something just for them. YouVersion would like to take this opportunity to formally thank the publishers of the Chinese New Version for making their Bible versions available to our community, both in Simplified Chinese (CNVS) and Traditional Chinese (CNV). We’d also like to express our gratitude to Biblica for making available the Chinese Contemporary Bible (CCB), and to Holman for their Chinese Standard Bible (CSB). And we’re very happy to announce today a new partnership with Hong Kong Bible Society that allows us to soon offer you updated punctuated versions of the Chinese Union Version (CUV) and the Chinese Union Simplified Version (CUVS) as well as their Revised Chinese Union Version Simplified Bible (RCUV and RCUVS). Be on the lookout for these great additions, coming soon for offline access as well!

YouVersion’s simple mission has always been to make the Bible freely available to as many people as possible. Each of these generous partners understands the tremendous opportunity God is giving us to together reach this generation of Chinese speakers and readers: with the story of His love. We are honored and deeply grateful for them to join us.

At YouVersion, we love the Bible. If you love the Bible too, or even if you’re just trying to understand it more, you really should make it a point to check out the Passages Interactive Bible Exhibit. This extraordinary collection includes such rare pieces as cuneiform tablets, unpublished biblical and classical papyri, Dead Sea Scrolls, beautiful illuminated manuscripts, and even a large portion of a Gutenberg Bible! The self-guided tour leads you through the history of the Bible, from its earliest beginnings in the hands of Jewish scribes, to early Judeo-Christian culture, through the struggle to get the Bible into the common language of the people, all the way up to modern printings and the influence of technology. Along those lines, our very own Bible App wraps up the exhibit! In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, until October, the Passages exhibit will be traveling to Vatican City in Rome, then later to New York City.

The driving passion of the YouVersion community is to help as many people as possible experience and engage with God’s Word. The Passages Interactive Bible Exhibit offers a unique opportunity to fully explore the sacrifices and dedication of the countless people who made possible the Bible we enjoy today, spanning thousands of years, many of them literally giving their lives to ensure that the story of God’s love would reach us. Don’t miss your chance to see firsthand these one-of-a-kind antiquities!

The makers of Glo Bible, innovative Bible exploration software for PC, Mac and iPad, wanted to make it easy for our YouVersion community to use tools from the Bible App™ and YouVersion.com. So, in what’s likely to be one of many such collaborations, Glo has become the first of YouVersion’s partners to integrate our community directly within their software. This means that you can link your YouVersion account with the latest release of Glo Bible, synchronizing all your bookmarks and notes between both applications! For the first time, you can use YouVersion notes and community tools within a desktop application.

Every month, millions of us in the YouVersion community add bookmarks and save notes in YouVersion. Whether you’re jotting private reflections, sharing your insights on certain passages, or simply thinking aloud, notes are a great way to capture what God’s Word seems to be speaking to you at a specific moment in time. Of course it goes without saying that there’s no better way to “mark your place” to jump back than with a quick bookmark. And now, no matter where you’re engaging with God’s Word, whether inside your Glo Bible, at YouVersion.com, or on the go using the Bible App, you’ll always have easy access to your favorite passages and notes.

You can learn more about Glo Bible at their website and on their YouTube channel.

Faster than ever before, we’ve been making new Bible versions and languages available in the Bible App for mobile devices and at YouVersion.com. Less than two weeks ago, YouVersion had 54 Bible versions in 24 languages. Today, you can find almost 110 versions of the Bible, representing 40 languages! And we’re just getting started. Our goal is for every person to be able to freely, easily engage with God’s Word in their own “heart language.” So in the coming weeks and months, expect to see a lot of new additions.

For now, check out YouVersion’s first Thai, Danish, Armenian and Ukrainian Bibles. There are even three ancient Greek New Testaments (SBLG, TR1624, TR1894) for the scholars among us! But with far too many new Bibles to list, we’d encourage you to go explore the list for yourself. Versions are sorted by language, so you can quickly drill down to find one you might enjoy. Also, please encourage your friends and loved ones to try out the variety and diversity YouVersion has to offer. There’s something for everyone.

We’d like to specifically thank the following Bible publishers for providing their Bibles free for our YouVersion community to use. This is just a partial list of some of these recent additions:

• From United Bible Societies:
  • Reina Valera 1995 (RVR95). The 1995 version of the popular classic.
  • 2009-10 Reina Valera Contemporánea (RVC). A more modern Reina Valera.
  • Dios Habla Hoy Con Deuterocanόnicos (DHH)
  • Traducciόn En Lenguaje Actual (TLA). A modern Spanish favorite, and
  • Traducción En Lenguaje Actual Con Deuterocanónicos (TLAD). The TLA including the deuterocanonical books.
• Biblica, the same organization that brought us the NIV, presents:
  • Slovo Zhizny (RSZ). YouVersion’s first modern Russian language version.
  • 현대인의 성경, or Korean Living Bible (KLB). An easy-to-read modern translation for YouVersion’s ever-growing Korean community.
  • New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK). The NIV in proper English.
  • Het Boek (HTB). A modern Dutch language Bible.
  • La Bible Du Semeur (BDS). A very popular French Bible, and
  • Hoffnung für Alle (HFA). A favorite modern German language version.
• La Maison De La Bible brings us:
  • Nuova Riveduta 1994 (NR94). YouVersion’s first modern Italian version.
  • Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG79). A French Bible, and
  • Schlachter 1951 (SCH51). A Ger/man Bible.

But wait, there’s more! Here are several other new additions:

• 中文标准译本圣经, or Chinese Standard Bible (CSB). A joint project of Asia Bible Society and Holman Bible Publishers.
• 新譯本（繁體字版） Chinese New Version (Traditional) (CNV). From The Worldwide Bible Society Limited.
• Nueva Traducción Viviente (NTV). An easy-to-read, modern language Spanish Bible from Tyndale.
• Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB). An English translation by Artists for Israel International Inc.
• พระคัมภีร์ภาษาไทยฉบับ Thai King James (TKJV). A Thai translation of the King James Version by Dr. Philip Pope.
• Biblia ya Kiswahili Toleo la Muungano (SUV). The Swahili Union Version of the Bible by Arthur Buliva and Ndungi Kyalo in Kiswahili.
• Kitaabka Quduuska Ah (KQA). The Bible in Somali from the Society for International Ministries.
• Верен (VBG). A 2010 revision of the Bulgarian Veren Bible.
• Ostervald (OST). A French translation by Swiss pastor Jean-Frederic Osterwald.