A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

BIBLE TRANSLATION HISTORY • 2021

Legacy Standard Bible LSB

Translation familyConservative evangelical
ApproachFormal equivalence
Status hereHistory/profile only
Rightscopyrighted

Who made it?

Faculty and scholars associated with The Master’s Seminary, working from the NASB tradition under The Lockman Foundation framework.

Why was it made?

To refine a very literal NASB-style translation and consistently render certain source-language features.

How did it develop?

The LSB New Testament and full Bible were released in the early 2020s. It is a revision in the NASB family with distinctive choices such as frequent use of “Yahweh.”

What source texts did it use?

Modern critical Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek texts

Sources & publisher/history references

https://lsbible.org/