The Voice is a modern language, dynamic equivalent English translation of the Bible developed by Thomas Nelson (a subsidiary of News Corp) and the Ecclesia Bible Society. The original New Testament was released in January 2011, the revised and updated New Testament was released in November 2011, and the full Bible was released in April 2012.

Translation team

The team developing The Voice numbered more than 125 scholars, authors and artists. The team included Greek, Hebrew and Latin scholars, Biblical scholars, poets, authors, musicians and pastors. Interesting features of this translation were the decisions the team made in rendering certain words. The team chose to render:

Criticism

The Voice has been harshly received by some fundamentalist critics. For instance, Baptist pastor Randy White writes: "The Voice reads like a New Age book. The familiar 'I am the way, the truth, and the life' of John 14:6 is rendered, 'I am the path, the truth, and the energy of life.' This and hundreds of other verses simply ooze with New Age terminology."