the American Standard Version
/ði əˌmerɪkən ˈstændəd vɜːʃn/
/ði əˌmerɪkən ˈstændərd vɜːrʒn/
(abbreviation the ASV)
- a new version by US scholars of the King James Version of the Bible. It is sometimes called the American Revised Version. It was published in 1901 after its American authors had helped to write the Revised Version (1881-5) in England.
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the American Standard Version