New World Bible Translation Committee
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York · 1981
TheoScope Rating
Translation fidelity · manuscript accuracy
Translated by an anonymous committee of Jehovah's Witnesses under the direction of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, whose members have never been publicly identified.
How faithfully does it render the Hebrew & Greek manuscripts?
Accuracy on Christological & soteriological passages
Faithfulness to gendered language in the original
Key Passage Notes
The NWT renders Isaiah 7:14 as 'the maiden herself will become pregnant,' using 'maiden' instead of 'virgin,' which obscures the Messianic and virginal conception prophecy.
The NWT renders John 1:1c as 'the Word was a god,' introducing an indefinite article with no grammatical justification accepted by mainstream Greek scholarship, directly denying the full deity of Christ.
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The NWT is the official Bible of Jehovah's Witnesses and is widely regarded by evangelical scholars and mainstream textual critics as a theologically motivated translation that distorts key passages to support non-Trinitarian doctrine. Its anonymous translation committee and lack of scholarly credentials have been subjects of significant criticism.
Evangelical Fidelity Score = Textual Fidelity 45% · Key Passages 35% · Gender Language 20%