Version Facts

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New International Readers' Version (NIRV)


Year Created: 1996
Reading Level: 3rd Grade
Version Type: Simple Functional Equivalent
Description: The NIrV is a simplified version of the NIV, developed by the same translation team that prepared the NIV. Very easy reading, designed for children as a stepping stone to the NIV, as well as those for whom English is a second language.