Your QuickVerse library may include a wide variety of Bible translations. The specific translation of a Bible determines its exact contents as well as the wording and interpretation of that content. Translations can vary significantly or minimally from one another along these lines.
Books of the Bible
The books of the Bible are not listed in alphabetical or chronological order. Rather, they are grouped loosely by their type.
The Old Testament is the Hebrew Scriptures written prior to the birth of Christ. The books of the Old Testament are usually grouped and ordered in the following manner:
The New Testament comprises 27 books written after the time of Christ and is sometimes referred to as the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. The books of the New Testament are often grouped loosely by:
The Apocrypha
The Apocrypha are books and portions of books from the Old Testament that are not included in the Hebrew canon of Holy Scripture. Many editions of the Bible prepared by Protestant faiths follow Hebrew Canon. Editions of the Latin Vulgate text, officially approved by the Roman Catholic Church, contain Apocryphal books incorporated within the sequence of the Old Testament.
66 Books
The following translations contain 66 books of the Bible and follow a verse pattern similar to that of the King James Version:
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New American Standard Bible |
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New International Version |
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American Standard Version |
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Holman Christian Standard Bible |
New Testament Only
The following translations contain only the books of the New Testament:
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Greek New Testament (written in Greek only) |
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The Holy Bible, International Standard Version (ISV) |
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New Testament in Modern Speech (Weymouth Bible) |
