New Ground English Translation
Understand the Bible like the first audience did.
A complete translation from the Hebrew and Greek into everyday English. When a word means more than one English word can say, tap it to see what’s underneath.
John 3
16This is how deeply God cared for the world — he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him won’t be destroyed but will have limitless life.
- books
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- chapters
- 1,189
- verses
- 31,103
- word notes
- 43,689
Familiar words, said plainly
Some Bible words have lost their meaning for most readers. NGET says what they meant.
Every choice is written down in public guidelines, and every changed word keeps its original term in a note beside the text.
See all the words we explain- Instead of graceundeserved kindnessThe Greek charis means a gift nobody earned.
- Instead of repentrethink everythingMetanoia is a change of mind and direction, more than feeling sorry.
- Instead of eternal lifelimitless lifeLife without limit, in how long it lasts and in how full it is.
- Instead of Christthe OneChristos is a title, “the anointed one,” and not a last name.
- Instead of Holy Spiritthe Breath of GodRuach and pneuma both mean breath, wind, and spirit.
- Instead of baptizesubmergeBaptizō was an everyday word for plunging something under water.
Not sure where to begin?
Four good places to start
How NGET is made
From the source languages
Every verse is translated from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek under published guidelines, so you can check why any word was chosen.
Read the guidelinesDrafted by AI, checked by people
Anthropic’s Claude drafted each chapter. People are reviewing them one at a time, and every chapter shows whether its review is done.
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