Bible Versions

The Message  (MSG)
Date: 2002
Creators: Eugene H. Peterson
Translation- Language: English, Type: Paraphrase
Source Texts: Hebrew and Greek texts rendered idiomatically, with consultation of scholarship and translations

A highly idiomatic pastoral paraphrase intended to make familiar Scripture sound fresh.

Popularity: High ( Widely read devotionally and frequently quoted, though rarely used as a sole study Bible.)
Denominational Context: Protestant
Copyright Status: Copyrighted
Publisher: NavPress
Significance: It became the most influential late-modern English paraphrase and shaped devotional engagement with Scripture.