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Let’s imagine that we are part of a group of people who feel the need for a new Bible version. What will we need to do? What resources, human and otherwise, will we need? How long will the project take? What decisions will we need to make along the way?

First, as we discuss these issues, we need to look back and ask just why it is we feel the need for a new Bible version. It may be because we find that the current Bible versions are not communicating with us, or with some group of people we would like to reach with the scriptures. It may be that we are dissatisfied in some way with the accuracy of available Bible versions. It might be as simple a problem as the difficulty in getting permission to use existing Bible versions in various study materials. It’s even possible that we are dissatisfied with the theological credentials of those who translated current versions—whether we find them too liberal or too conservative, or perhaps we think they are of the wrong denomination.

So as a starting point we’re going to need to need to determine who we’re translating for. Some possible groups are:

 Church Members

 New Christians

 Unchurched people

 People for whom English is a second language

 Children

 Exceptionally deep Bible students

Once we know who we are translating for, we’ll need to make decisions about various specific points. Some of these will be largely determined by the audience, others are more general. Let’s look at the major items in order.