GOD’S WORD Translation Deluxe Large Print Bible

GOD'S WORD was produced to be as readable as possible. The translators and English reviewers took many factors that affect readability into account during their work. Furthermore, since some parts of the Bible are written on different levels than others, assigning a grade level to a Bible translation is a very inaccurate way to judge how easy it is to read.The theory of closest natural equivalence and the factors that affect the readability of a text made word choice an important part of the work of the translation team that produced GOD'S WORD. The team chose words that were natural in context and that were as easily understood as possible without losing accuracy and faithfulness to the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible. Gender References The Scriptures contain many passages that apply to people in general. However, the traditional use of words such as man to mean "people in general" can no longer be assumed to communicate the Bible's meaning accurately to all readers.Due to developments in the English language in the last few decades, the concern for appropriate use of gender-neutral language requires translators to avoid producing translations that are read as inappropriately excluding some persons. For this reason, GOD'S WORD avoids using words like man and the pronoun he if the Hebrew or Greek is speaking about people regardless of gender.For this reason, GOD'S WORD occasionally uses the pronoun he to refer to a single person, male or female. The translation team felt that retaining some singular pronouns was more important than a slavish loyalty to gender neutrality. In addition, GOD'S WORD does not change gender references inappropriately.