Amplified Bible - AMP

This unique English Bible version is designed to reveal, along with the most accurate single word equivalent of a Hebrew or Greek word, the various shades of meaning that a word may have. In this way, the popular Amplified Bible (AMP), published in 1965 by Zondervan Publishing House, invites the English reader to appreciate the full range of what the Hebrew or Greek listener of ancient times would have understood intuitively. As many words as are necessary to convey the original meaning are used, and the footnotes point out the names of original language scholars who are relied upon for the various renderings. Readable and very enlightening in its own right, this Bible also serves as an excellent companion to other versions when used for reading and Bible study.

Text samples

Psalm 27:4
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—

The Amplified Bible © 1965 Zondervan Publishing House