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Emphatic Diaglott, containing the Original Greek Text of what is Commonly Styled the New Testament (According to the Recension of Dr. J. J. Griesbach), with an Interlineary Word for Word English Translation; A New Emphatic Version, based on the Interlineary Translation, on the Renderings of
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325:
310:
308:
295:
287:
285:
274:
259:
256:Walt Whitman
245:
238:
234:
230:
225:
221:
217:
210:The Diaglott
209:
207:
193:
150:
124:
123:
121:
109:
100:
99:
62:Derived from
43:Abbreviation
15:
1032:New English
841:The Message
783:New Century
736:New English
570:Great Bible
430:Online text
1529:1864 books
1518:Categories
1196:Septuagint
887:New Living
882:God's Word
847:Clear Word
596:King James
1412:Zondervan
1134:(NHEB-JE)
1044:The Voice
760:Jerusalem
754:Good News
724:New World
623:Webster's
613:Challoner
560:Coverdale
189:Psalm 110
170:romanized
132:, of the
95:John 3:16
35:Full name
1442:Crossway
1040:(RSV2CE)
1038:Ignatius
967:Phillips
853:New Life
812:Recovery
585:Bishops'
575:Taverner
534:Wycliffe
386:Diaglott
296:Diaglott
288:Diaglott
237:Diaglott
233:Diaglott
229:Diaglott
46:Diaglott
1376:Glasgow
1062:(NABRE)
976:Partial
962:Worrell
634:Revised
565:Matthew
555:Tyndale
487:of the
185:Luke 20
172::
157:Jehovah
1432:Holman
1381:LOLCat
1122:(RNJB)
1028:(TNIV)
911:(HCSB)
873:(NIrV)
861:(KJ21)
825:(NRSV)
796:(NKJV)
789:Bethel
772:Living
750:(NASB)
719:Anchor
660:Quaker
580:Geneva
373:Awake!
181:Kyrios
176:kýrios
165:κύριος
1186:Alter
1169:(FBV)
1163:(MSB)
1157:(BSB)
1151:(TLV)
1140:(LSB)
1128:(EHV)
1116:(TPT)
1110:(CSB)
1104:(LEV)
1098:(MEV)
1051:(CEB)
1034:(NET)
1022:(ESV)
1011:(WEB)
917:(ERV)
905:(ISV)
889:(NLT)
867:(TMB)
855:(NLV)
849:(TCW)
843:(MSG)
837:(CEV)
831:(REB)
819:(CCB)
808:(GLT)
802:(NJB)
785:(NCV)
779:(NIV)
768:(NAB)
756:(GNB)
744:(BLE)
738:(NEB)
732:(MLB)
726:(NWT)
715:(RSV)
709:(BBE)
683:(ASV)
645:Darby
630:(YLT)
598:(KJV)
592:(DRV)
489:Bible
304:Miami
1005:(SH)
762:(JB)
702:Knox
636:(RV)
191::1.
122:The
57:1864
434:PDF
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136:by
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371:,
212::
167:,
163::
52:NT
477:e
470:t
463:v
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