Bible Versions

Amplified Bible  (AMP)
Date: 1965  ( Rev: 1987, 2015)
Creators: Frances Siewert and translation committees sponsored by the Lockman Foundation
Translation- Language: English, Type: Formal Equivalence
Source Texts: American Standard Version and Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts with lexical expansions

A study-oriented translation that inserts synonyms and explanatory phrases to display shades of meaning.

Popularity: Moderate ( Widely available and used for devotional study, though less often as a church standard.)
Denominational Context: Evangelical Protestant
Copyright Status: Copyrighted
Publisher: Zondervan and the Lockman Foundation
Significance: It created a distinctive expanded-text approach that remains popular among readers without biblical-language training.