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Would You Like Another Bible Translation?

Some time ago the following letter was received at the headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Brooklyn, New York:

“Gentlemen:

“About a year ago I found a green-cover Bible, ‘New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures,’ although I have ‘The New English Bible,’ also the ‘King James’ and the ‘American Standard Version.’

“Just recently I decided to examine your Bible and I found that it is an excellent Bible to read and for studying. Please send me the price list of your Bibles and sizes.”

Much can be learned by comparing various Bible translations. The following are a few that are distributed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Please check the ones you want.

[ ] Regular edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It is printed in clear, legible type, two columns to the page. Bound now in black vinyl with appendix, concordance, over 1,470 pages; size: 6 3/4ʺ by 4 7/8ʺ by 1 3/8ʺ; $3.

[ ] Deluxe edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It has a leather cover and gilt-edged pages. All the other features of the regular edition are included in it; $6.

[ ] American Standard Version. It has valuable footnotes, a 95-page cyclopedic concordance and four maps. Bound in light-brown leatherette, it measures 7 3/8ʺ by 5 1/8ʺ by 1 3/8ʺ; $3.

[ ] Large-print edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It has big, easy-to-read print, hard black cover with gilt-embossed title; 1,376 pages; size: 9 1/2ʺ by 7 1/2ʺ by 1 1/2ʺ; $6.

[ ] The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures. A word-for-word translation of the Greek Bible text compiled by Westcott and Hort. A modern English rendering is in the right-hand column; $3.

[ ] The Bible in Living English, translated by Steven T. Byington. It has large print, marginal notes and a dark-blue cover with gilt-embossed title; 1,600 pages; $8.

Please mail the Bible(s) I have checked. I enclose $‐‐‐‐.