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The
HOLY
BIBLE

New Heart English Bible

Containing The Old Testament
and The New Testament

Edited by
Wayne A. Mitchell
2007-2018
New Heart English Bible (NHEB) is not copyrighted and is dedicated to the
Public Domain by the editors and translators.

You may publish, copy, memorize, translate, quote, and use the New Heart
English Bible freely without additional permission.

Wayne A. Mitchell

Updated January 18, 2018 (a)

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FOREWORD

The goal of this work is to provide a modern and accurate English translation
Bible based on the latest standard texts for the public domain.
The New Heart English Bible (NHEB) is adapted from the World English
Bible, public domain. For the Old Testament the Masoretic Leningrad Codex
was corrected with Dead Sea Scrolls, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac
Peshitta, Aramaic Targum, Old Latin and Vulgate manuscripts, along with
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed.). The United Bible Societies (UBS)
Greek New Testament (5th ed.), and Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed.)
were consulted for the New Testament.
It is hoped that this work will reach many, and the Good News of Jesus Christ
will expand even further the kingdom of God.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Books of The Books of
The Old Testament The New Testament
Genesis 1 Matthew 1303
Exodus 78 Mark 1360
Leviticus 142 Luke 1398
Numbers 189 John 1457
Deuteronomy 255 Acts 1402
Joshua 310 Romans 1557
Judges 346 1 Corinthians 1578
Ruth 384 2 Corinthians 1598
1 Samuel 390 Galatians 1611
2 Samuel 440 Ephesians 1618
1 Kings 481 Philippians 1625
2 Kings 528 Colossians 1629
1 Chronicles 574 1 Thessalonians 1634
2 Chronicles 613 2 Thessalonians 1638
Ezra 663 1 Timothy 1640
Nehemiah 677 2 Timothy 1646
Esther 697 Titus 1650
Job 709 Philemon 1652
Psalms 758 Hebrews 1653
Proverbs 894 James 1670
Ecclesiastes 937 1 Peter 1675
Song of Solomon 948 2 Peter 1681
Isaiah 956 1 John 1685
Jeremiah 1038 2 John 1691
Lamentations 1118 3 John 1692
Ezekiel 1130 Jude 1692
Daniel 1205 Revelation 1694
Hosea 1226
Joel 1241
Amos 1247
Obadiah 1258
Jonah 1259
Micah 1262
Nahum 1270
Habakkuk 1271
Zephaniah 1276
Haggai 1279
Zechariah 1281
Malachi 1295

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ABBREVIATIONS

Cf. Compare
DSS Dead Sea Scroll
Lit. A literal translation
LXX Septuagint; Greek Old Testament
NU Nestle-Aland / United Bible Societies Greek text
Ms, Mss manuscript, manuscripts
MT Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament text
syr Eastern Aramaic Peshitta New Testament, ca. 5th century
SP Samaritan Pentateuch
vg Latin Vulgate of Jerome (Hieronymus), ca. 400 AD

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Approximate Dates

The Old Testament The New Testament

Genesis to 1443 BC Matthew 34/67 AD
Exodus 1500-1440 BC Mark 35/66 AD
Leviticus 1443-1440 BC Luke 57/63 AD
Numbers 1443-1403 BC John 40/85 AD
Deuteronomy 1405-1403 BC Acts 57/64 AD
Joshua 1403-1380 BC Romans 57/58 AD
Judges 1380-1130 BC 1 Corinthians 56/57 AD
Ruth 1200-1150 BC 2 Corinthians 56/57 AD
1 Samuel 1100-1003 BC Galatians 48/55 AD
2 Samuel 1003-967 BC Ephesians 58/63 AD
1 Kings 967-852 BC Philippians 58/63 AD
2 Kings 852-560 BC Colossians 58/63 AD
1 Chronicles 1003-967 BC 1 Thessalonians 50/51 AD
2 Chronicles 967-539 BC 2 Thessalonians 50/53 AD
Ezra 539-450 BC 1 Timothy 55/65 AD
Nehemiah 445-410 BC 2 Timothy 58/67 AD
Esther 483-474 BC Titus 57/65 AD
Job 1900 BC Philemon 58/63 AD
Psalms 1440-586 BC Hebrews 50/67 AD
Proverbs 950-700 BC James 40/60 AD
Ecclesiastes 935 BC 1 Peter 58/68 AD
Song of Solomon 935 BC 2 Peter 64/68 AD
Isaiah 739-680 BC 1 John 57/95 AD
Jeremiah 627-585 BC 2 John 57/95 AD
Lamentations 586 BC 3 John 57/95 AD
Ezekiel 593-560 BC Jude 66/68 AD
Daniel 605-536 BC Revelation 68/97 AD
Hosea 710 BC
Joel 835 BC
Amos 760 BC
Obadiah 845/586 BC
Jonah 760 BC
Micah 700 BC
Nahum 663-612 BC
Habakkuk 607 BC
Zephaniah 625 BC
Haggai 520 BC
Zechariah 520 BC
Malachi 430 BC
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There was evening and there was
Genesis
morning, a second day.
9And God said, “Let the
1 In the beginning God waters under the sky be gathered
created the heavens and together in one gathering, and let
the earth. 2Now the the dry land appear.” And it was
earth was formless and empty, and so. And the waters under the sky
darkness was on the surface of the gathered to their gatherings, and
watery depths. And God’s Spirit the dry land appeared.g 10And God
was hovering over the surface of called the dry land Earth,h and the
the waters. gathering together of the waters he
called Seas.i And God saw that it
3And God said, “Let there be was good. 11And God said, “Let
light,” and there was light.a 4And the earth produce vegetation,
God saw that the light was good. plants yielding seed, andj fruit
And God divided the light from trees bearing fruit after their kind,
the darkness. 5And God called the with its seed in it, on the earth.”
light Day,b and the darkness he And it was so. 12And the earth
called Night.c There was evening brought forth vegetation, plants
and there was morning, one day. yielding seed after their kind, and
trees bearing fruit, with its seed in
6And God said, “Let there be it, after their kind. And God saw
an expanse in the midst of the that it was good. 13There was
waters, and let it divide the waters evening and there was morning, a
from the waters.” And it was so.d third day.
7And God made the expanse, and
divided the waters which were 14And God said, “Let there
under the expanse from the waters be lights in the expanse of the sky
which were above the expanse. to divide the day from the night;
8And God called the expanse Sky.e and let them be for signs, and for
And God saw that it was good.f seasons, and for days and fork
years; 15and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light

a1:3 2 Corinthians 4:6
b1:5 Heb. yom g1:9 So DSS Ms LXX OL Ms. MT
c1:5 Heb. layelah lacks “And the waters…appeared”
d1:6 So LXX OL. MT lacks “And it from haplography by homoioarcton:
was so” from haplography by wyq-wyq
homoioarcton: wy-wy, with restoration h1:10 Heb. eretz
in v.7 i1:10 Heb. yammim
e1:8 Or, “heaven.” Heb. shamayim j1:11 So Hebrew Mss LXX SP Syr Tg
f1:8 So LXX OL. MT lacks “God saw Ms Vg. MT lacks “and”
that…good” from haplography by k1:14 So DSS Ms LXX Syr. MT has
homoioarcton: wy-wy lost a lamed, “for,” from parablepsis
Genesis 2

on the earth.” And it was so. 16And ground after its kind. And God
God made the two great lights— saw that it was good.
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the 26And God said, “Let us
night—and the stars. 17And God make man in our image, after our
set them in the expanse of sky to likeness: and let them have
give light to the earth, 18and to rule dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the day and over the night, and over the birds of the sky, and
and to divide the light from the over the livestock, and over all the
darkness. And God saw that it was earth, and over every creeping
good. 19There was evening and thing that creeps on the earth.”
there was morning, a fourth day. 27And God created man in his own
image. In God’s image he created
20And God said, “Let the him; male and femaleb he created
waters swarm with swarms of them. 28And God blessed them.
living creatures, and let birds fly And God said to them, “Be
above the earth in the open fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and
expanse of sky.” And it was so.a subdue it. Have dominion over the
21And God created the large sea fish of the sea, over the birds of
creatures, and every living creature the sky, and over every living
that moves, with which the waters thing that moves on the earth.”
swarmed, after their kind, and 29And God said, “Look, I have
every winged bird after its kind. given you every plant yielding
And God saw that it was good. seed, which is on the surface of all
22And God blessed them, saying, the earth, and every tree, which
“Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill bears fruit yielding seed. It will be
the waters in the seas, and let the your food. 30To every animal of
birds multiply on the earth.” the earth, and to every bird of the
23There was evening and there was sky, and to everything that creeps
morning, a fifth day. on the earth, in which there is life,
I have given every green plant for
24And God said, “Let the food.” And it was so.
earth bring forth living creatures
after their kind, livestock, creeping 31And God saw everything
things, and animals of the earth that he had made, and look, it was
after their kind.” And it was so. very good. There was evening and
25And God made the animals of there was morning, a sixth day.
the earth after their kind, and the
livestock after their kind, and 2 The heavens and the
everything that creeps on the earth were finished,
and all their vast array.

a1:20 So LXX OL. MT lacks “And it
was so” from haplography by
homoioarcton: wy-wy b1:27 Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6
2