Bible (Basic English)

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Basic English Bible (1941–1949)
translated by Samuel Henry Hooke

This is the Basic English Bible. This is a translation of the Bible into Basic English, a version of English with 850 standard words. 150 words were added to the vocabulary for this work. The translation was done by S.H. Hooke. The New Testament was released in 1941 and the Old Testament in 1949.

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Old Testament
New Testament



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