The Voice Bible: Step Into the Story of Scripture

3936 Pages·2012·13.18 MB·English

by  Ecclesia Bible Society

Bible
Step into the Story of Scripture
By
Ecclesia Bible Society
The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc.
The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
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Published in association with Eames Literary Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
How to Use This Bible
Thank you for purchasing the eBook version of Thomas Nelson’s excellent line
of Bible translations that exist to serve Christians who not only recognize the
Bible’s importance, but who also want a Bible to treasure in their lifelong pursuit
of the knowledge of God’s revelation of Himself.
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Reference, and Comprehensive Study.
What is the difference between an eBook and a print
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eBook versions of Nelson Bibles contain all of the content and supplementary
materials found in the original print versions and are optimized for navigation in
the various apps and devices used for display. eReaders recognize text as one
fluid string and are formatted in a single-column. eReaders currently do not
support the more complex layout seen in print version books. Therefore, some
content may not appear in the same place as in the original print version, but it is
structured consistently.
How do I use the eBook Table of Contents?
Important Note: Be sure to consult your device manufacturer’s User’s Guide
for device-specific navigation instructions.
The Table of Contents is the primary navigation anchor to quickly access various
parts of the Bible and is generally formatted in the same order as the original
print version and hyperlinked as follows:
• Front matter – Introductory articles
• Old Testament
• New Testament
• New Testament
• Bible books
• Bible chapters
• Back matter – Supplementary materials
Old Testament and New Testament hyperlinks quickly access individual Bible
books and chapters in each testament.
• Book links go directly to the Introduction.
• Chapter links go directly to the beginning of the chapter associated with a
book.
• Every Bible book and chapter hyperlink returns or goes back to the Table of
Contents.
• Every entry is hyperlinked directly to the contents-specific location in the
main text.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function to go back to the last selection.
How do I navigate to Bible Books, Chapters and
Verses?
Use the Table of Contents to navigate to Bible verses using one of the 2 methods
below:
Method 1
• Navigate to and click a specific book of the Bible from the Table of
Contents.
• Click a chapter number hyperlink.
• Use the device’s “Next Page/Previous Page” buttons or functions to scroll
through the verses.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function to go back to the last selection.
Method 2
• Click either the Old Testament or New Testament hyperlink in the Table of
Contents.
Contents.
• Use the device’s “Next Page/Previous Page” buttons or functions to scroll
through the Bible books.
• Click a chapter number hyperlink.
• Use the device’s “Next Page/Previous Page” buttons or functions to scroll
through the verses.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function to go back to the last selection.
How do I navigate Supplementary Materials?
The eBook version of The Voice Bible contains Introductory Articles, Bible
book introductions, the complete Old and New Testament text in Screen Play
format, In-text Commentary Notes, Four Ways to Step into the Story of
Scripture, The Church Calendar, Critical Dates in the Church Year, Readings for
Celebrating Advent and for Beginning the New Year, Readings for Lent and
Easter, A 40-Day Retreat with Jesus, Daily with God in the Scripture, Topical
Guide to the Notes, Topical Guide to the Scripture, Translators Notes and
Textual Footnotes. Hyperlinks to the materials appear in the Table of Contents
as well as the main Bible text.
Introductory articles are hyperlinked directly to the contents specific location
in the main text.
• Click the hyperlinked entry in the Table of Contents to go to its location in
the main text.
• Click the hyperlinked entry in the main text to go back to the Table of
Contents.
Commentary Notes are marked with alpha-numeric entries “C1” and are
hyperlinked to the Topical Guide to the Notes index found in the Table of
Contents.
• Click a hyperlinked Commentary Note to go to the Topical Guide to the
Notes index.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function or click the matching entry in the
index to go back to the Commentary Note.
Translators’ Notes and Textual Footnotes are marked with a hyperlinked
asterisk “*” to indicate important textual information.
• Click the hyperlinked asterisk to the right of the word or phrase in the main
Bible text to the corresponding note.
• Click the hyperlinked asterisk to the left of the note and you are returned to
the main Bible text.
• Hyperlinked Translators’ Notes and Textual Footnotes located at the end of
each Bible book.
Special Helps for Stepping into the Story of Scripture through Daily with
God in the Scripture articles are found and hyperlinked in the Table of
Contents.
• Articles contain hyperlinked Bible Verses for further study.
• Click a hyperlinked Bible verse to go to Bible verse text.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function to go back to the article.
Topical Guide to the Notes is an alphabetical index to the subjects of the 1,000
largest notes embedded in the Biblical text, located and hyperlinked in the Table
of Contents.
• Contains A-Z index that is hyperlinked directly to the first word in the table
of the letter clicked.
• Click the hyperlinked page number in the table to go the Commentary
Notes location in the main Bible text.
• Click the hyperlinked entry in the main Bible text or use the device’s “back”
button or function to go back to the index table.
Topical Guide to the Scripture is an alphabetic topical index of the Scriptures,
located and hyperlinked in the Table of Contents.
• Contains A-Z index that is hyperlinked directly to the first word in the guide
of the letter clicked.
• Click a hyperlinked Bible verse to go to Bible verse text.
• Use the device’s “back” button or function to go back to the guide.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Bible
Contributors to The Voice
A Word from Ecclesia Bible Society
How to Get the Most Out of The Voice
Preface
Uniqueness of The Voice
A Different Translation Process
Christ in This Translation
The Divine Name
Step into the Story of Scripture
Introduction
The Voice Old Testament
The New Covenant: Completing What God Started
The Titles of Jesus
The Voice New Testament
Special Helps for Stepping into the Story of Scripture
Four Ways to Step into the Story of Scripture
The Church Calendar
Critical Dates in the Church Year
Readings for Celebrating Advent and for Beginning the New Year
Readings for Lent and Easter
A 40-Day Retreat with Jesus
Daily with God in the Scripture
Topical Guide to the Notes
Topical Guide to the Scripture
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
Exodus
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40
Leviticus
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
Numbers
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36
Deuteronomy
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34
Joshua
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
Judges
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
Ruth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
1 Samuel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31
2 Samuel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
1 Kings
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
2 Kings
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
1 Chronicles
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29
2 Chronicles
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36
Ezra
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Nehemiah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
Esther
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Job
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42
Psalms
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 |
54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 |
79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 |
103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122
| 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 |
142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150
Proverbs
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31
Ecclesiastes
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
Song of Songs
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Isaiah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 |
54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66
Jeremiah