The Bible In Basic English (also known as BBE) is a translation of the Bible

Bible

The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

 into Basic English

Basic English

Basic English, also known as Simple English, is an English-based controlled language created by linguist and philosopher Charles Kay Ogden as an international auxiliary language, and as an aid for teaching English as a Second Language...

. The BBE was translated by Professor S. H. Hooke

S. H. Hooke

Samuel Henry Hooke was an English scholar writing on comparative religion. He is known for his translation of the Bible into Basic English.He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. He was educated at St...

 using the standard 850 Basic English words. 100 words that were helpful to understand poetry were added along with 50 "Bible" words for a total of 1,000 words total. This version is effective in communicating the Bible to those with limited education or where English is a second language. The New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 was released in 1941 and the Old Testament

Old Testament

The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...

  was released in 1949.

See also

• A similar project is the EasyEnglish version from Wycliffe Bible Translators
  Wycliffe Bible Translators
  Wycliffe Bible Translators is an interdenominational organization mandated to making a translation of the Bible in every living language in the world, especially for cultures with little existing Christian influence. Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend and is associated with...
  
  .
• There is also the Bible in Worldwide English
  Bible in Worldwide English
  The Bible in Worldwide English is a New Testament Bible in easy-to-read English. This New Testament was originally prepared by Annie Cressman, who died in 1993. She was a Canadian Bible teacher in Liberia in West Africa...
  
  
• The New International Reader's Version
  New International Reader's Version
  The New International Reader's Version is an English language translation of the Christian Bible. Translated by the International Bible Society on the same philosophy as the New International Version, but written in a simpler form of English, the NIRV seeks to make the Bible more accessible for...
  
   is a simplified English version of the New International Version
  New International Version
  The New International Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible. Published by Zondervan in the United States and by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, it has become one of the most popular modern translations in history.-History:...
  
  

External links

• Text of the BBE, searchable; the KJV
  King James Version of the Bible
  The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version, King James Bible or KJV, is an English translation of the Christian Bible by the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611...
  
   and CUV
  Chinese Union Version
  The Chinese Union Version is the predominant Chinese language translation of the Bible used by Chinese Protestants. It is considered by many to be the Chinese Protestant’s Bible....
  
  are available for comparison
• Bible Study Tools - Bible in Basic English
• BBE on StudyBible.info
• Downloadable PDF of the Bible in Basic English