Darby Bible
The Darby Bible (DBY, formal title The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby) refers to the Bible as translated from Hebrew and Greek by John Nelson Darby. Darby published a translation of the New Testament in 1867, with revised editions in 1872 and 1884. After his death, some of his students produced an Old Testament translation based on Darby's French and German translations (see below). The complete Darby Bible, including Darby's 3rd edition New Testament and his students' Old Testament, was first published in 1890.
J. N. Darby's purpose was, as he states in the preface to his English NT, to make a modern translation for the unlearned who have neither access to manuscript texts nor training and knowledge of ancient languages of the Scriptures. He was the principal scholar for a number of translations – and not the sole translator of any one of the various translations that bear his name. He worked with various brethren who had academic and spiritual qualifications. He also acknowledges dependence on the critical work of Samuel Prideaux Tregelles and various other scholars. Darby's translation work was not intended to be read aloud. His work was for study and private use. In his own oral ministry he generally used the English KJV.
When Mr. Darby first issued his New Translation into English he wrote in the preface to the Revelation 'if the reader find my translation exceedingly similar to Mr. William Kelly's, I can only rejoice in it, as mine was made a year or two before his came out, and he has never seen mine up to the time of my writing this . . .' (Darby went on to write that his New Testament translation had been lying by him for some years then). In his introduction to the 1890, German version, he wrote, "In the issue of this translation, the purpose is not to offer to the man of letters a learned work, but rather to provide the simple and unlearned reader with as exact a translation as possible."
In the Old Testament Darby translates the covenant name of God as "Jehovah" instead of rendering it "LORD" or "GOD" (in all capital letters) as most English translations do. Among other widely used translations only Robert Young's Literal Translation, the American Standard Version (1901), and the Jehovah's Witnesses' New World Translation (1950) have followed this practice (the latter introducing the Name in their New Testament over 200 times, though not occurring in the extant koine Greek text). However, even the footnotes of many editions (such as the 1961 Modified Notes Edition) of Darby Bible's New Testament indicate where "Lord" ("Kurios" in Greek) in the scripture text probably refers to Jehovah. The 1961 Modified Notes Edition of the Darby Bible includes the 1871 New Testament Preface, which says in part "All the instances in which the article is wanting before Kurios are not marked by brackets; but I give here all the passages in which Kurios, which the LXX employ for Jehovah, thence transferred to the New Testament, is used as a proper name; that is, has the sense of 'Jehovah.'" It then gives a listing of those places.
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Reviews (29)
The app just works. :). For those not familiar with Darby's translation, conservative scholars consider his English translation, his French translation, and his German translation the most accurate in their respective languages. No translation is perfect, but this is excellent.
You can search for scriptures with a word or phrase and then copy, bookmark or write a note for that verse. Super easy the use and great reminder to read God's word! Awesome app!
Lovely to have this app on my phone, but sometimes it doesn't come up with what I'm looking for, or else it stays stuck. Most useful app ever. Everyone should have it.
The best for accuracy of interpretation to English from original language. It would be good to also have the footnotes found in the printed version.
Very good app, the search feature is very fast. Its become my concordance. Keep up the good work
Freinds who use this same translation settled on this app after trying the others available. That has saved having to try each one. No problems. Efficient. Amazing time savings.
DARBY is the most precise translation to the original text in existence. The English needs to be modernized according to current English though. The problem is the app. It contains distracting adds. Uninstalling and replacing with Darby with no adds.
In most ways, I find it excellent. One feature that could improve is the pronunciation of some words in the audio.
Really enjoying the reading plan. Most accurate translation of the Bible that I know of from the original languages.
it is extremely useful, especially when hunting for some scripture and I have no access to a concordance this fills the gap and is simple to use.
I really like the Bible format. Easy to navigate through. Would be nice and complete if would be a Concordance available. Viorel.
I have installed for some months now. So far I have what I want, It is quicker to locate scripture verses and this translation seems to be more inspiring ( to me). I have now used it long enough to give it 5*. I just changed it from 4* to 5* today. I have no complaints.
Good, easy to make notes and bookmark but has too many mistakes. Romans 11:36 is missing; one of the most beautiful verses in God's Holy book.
This app is useful, but I don't like the voice choices. Also, sometimes the text on a page totally disappears.
Really good app because of the function of having the scriptures read out loud, which is ideal if you are on the go.
Good, reads it to you. Would be nice if it gave you a choice of voices. Very sensitive and accurate translation. The best.
Love this bible audible, my 8 year old enjoys reading a chapter with his cousin and asking each other a question about the chapter. This is a great app. I love the way this is the original not an edited version.
Great app. Search is great, speed and design excellent. Other functions I don't use so much but they're there.
Excellent, every should just read a verse a day, never know how much it can help you. Leads to a positive life!
Fantastic app....thanks for building...so good to be able to search God's word daily on my mobile on the move.....to anyone out there looking....this is BEST....just get this app
I think it's the only useful bible software on Google play. I wish application can support different translation..for benefit of comparison
Very good app Would recommend adding a few different voice options as there is only a women's voice
You can read the minds of original writers of the bible & usage of words, places & names in modern translation. So good to use for study
Needs to highlight as it reads for those with reading difficulties ....otherwise we'll done
This is the only Bible app that still works on my old NookHD. Wonderful.
Very useful app, would be good if the footnotes were included
Amazing app, though would love to have the reading voice continue after the phones screen goes off
Perfect, simple, couldn't improve it.
Very accurate... I have repeatedly tried to find mistakes in this compared to the real bible... I havnt found any yet... 2 problems tho... the audio reading voice is terrible and pronunciation even worse... and this app doesn't include the notes in the bottom of the pages for the bible... I think the audio voice needs looking at... and if the notes could be added somehow... that would be awesome... other than that... it's everything u could ask for