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1233:Septuagint
924:New Living
919:God's Word
884:Clear Word
633:King James
421:References
73:newspapers
1449:Zondervan
1171:(NHEB-JE)
1081:The Voice
797:Jerusalem
791:Good News
761:New World
660:Webster's
650:Challoner
597:Coverdale
294:Christian
175:John 3:16
153:Copyright
144:published
133:Full name
103:June 2022
1479:Crossway
1077:(RSV2CE)
1075:Ignatius
1004:Phillips
890:New Life
849:Recovery
622:Bishops'
612:Taverner
571:Wycliffe
481:Volume 2
476:Volume 1
1413:Glasgow
1099:(NABRE)
1013:Partial
999:Worrell
671:Revised
602:Matthew
592:Tyndale
524:of the
390:Bristol
384:Failure
346:of the
340:guineas
87:scholar
1469:Holman
1418:LOLCat
1159:(RNJB)
1065:(TNIV)
948:(HCSB)
910:(NIrV)
898:(KJ21)
862:(NRSV)
833:(NKJV)
826:Bethel
809:Living
787:(NASB)
756:Anchor
697:Quaker
617:Geneva
305:London
301:Quaker
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1223:Alter
1206:(FBV)
1200:(MSB)
1194:(BSB)
1188:(TLV)
1177:(LSB)
1165:(EHV)
1153:(TPT)
1147:(CSB)
1141:(LEV)
1135:(MEV)
1088:(CEB)
1071:(NET)
1059:(ESV)
1048:(WEB)
954:(ERV)
942:(ISV)
926:(NLT)
904:(TMB)
892:(NLV)
886:(TCW)
880:(MSG)
874:(CEV)
868:(REB)
856:(CCB)
845:(GLT)
839:(NJB)
822:(NCV)
816:(NIV)
805:(NAB)
793:(GNB)
781:(BLE)
775:(NEB)
769:(MLB)
763:(NWT)
752:(RSV)
746:(BBE)
720:(ASV)
682:Darby
667:(YLT)
635:(KJV)
629:(DRV)
526:Bible
297:Bible
94:JSTOR
80:books
1042:(SH)
799:(JB)
739:Knox
673:(RV)
284:The
148:1764
66:news
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409:".
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