New Heart English Bible
While there are many Bible translations available, few are in the public domain in modern English, and even fewer in the public domain are based on the latest textual criticism using all available manuscripts. The goal of the New Heart English Bible (NHEB) is to meet these requirements.
Since the original autographs of the biblical books are no longer extant, and in the human enterprise of hand copying mistakes are likely, textual criticism with review of all the manuscripts and relevant editions is necessary in order to recover the authentic text.
During the hand copying era text has been lost due to copyist skips. For example:
In Genesis 11:13 a skip occurred in the Masoretic Hebrew text (MT) from "hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. And lived" to its next occurrence:
"And Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Kenan thirty and four hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters. [And lived Kenan thirty and a hundred years, and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived after he had become the father of Shelah thirty years and three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.] 14 And lived Shelah…"
In 1 Samuel 10:1 a skip occurred in MT from ""The LORD has anointed you to be ruler" to its next occurrence:
"Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, ["The LORD has anointed you to be ruler over his people Israel. And you shall rule over the people of the LORD, and you shall save them out of the hand of their enemies all around. And this shall be the sign to you] that the LORD has anointed you to be ruler over his inheritance."
According to the text critical literature, in 1 & 2 Samuel alone over 400 words dropped out of MT. In NHEB, text that has been lost from copyist skips has been restored.
The NHEB and versions are available here as Text and PDF files, and are also available through the MySword app (Android), BibleHub, and some BibleBento versions (iOS). A text critical Hebrew OT is available below in PDF and RTF files.
The New Heart English Bible (NHEB) is not copyrighted and are dedicated to the Public Domain by the editors and translators.
No one may copyright the NHEB, its versions, or any other file edited by Wayne A. Mitchell. No one may trademark the above noted files. Without changing the text, you may publish, copy, translate, quote, and use the NHEB and versions, and any other file edited by Wayne A. Mitchell freely without additional permission.
NHEB in print? The NHEB New Testament is available from TheBiblePeople. A complete print version of the NHEB for home or public reading is not currently available.
NEW: "All The Manuscripts" (ATM; public domain 2025, 2026) Bible. The public domain Berean Standard Bible (BSB) was used as a base text and was conformed to the text critical Hebrew and Greek editions, by Wayne A. Mitchell (see module HGPD), which includes the restoration of 2,000 words that dropped out of modern Hebrew and Greek editions. Module ATM uses LORD for the divine name, ATM-YH uses Yahweh, ATM-JE uses Jehovah, and ATM-ME uses some Messianic terms and names, while ATM-AN uses some Aramaic terms and names in the New Testament.
If you don't have an android OS there is an internet web version. Go to MySword.info/web and in the upper left menu select Modules Selection, and type in ATM. Then in the upper left drop down for Bible choose ATM. The HGPD (Hebrew Greek Public Domain) module is also available.
FILES:
NHEB docx. NEW!!! NHEB for Printing. MSWord docx. 4,651 footnotes. Public Domain. (Updated 6-4-26)
NHEB txt. Standard Edition. Text line-by-line format. Public Domain. (Updated 6-4-26)
NHEB txt formatted for import to Accordance Bible program. (Updated 5-08-25)
NHEB pdf. Standard Edition. Abt. 6,605 footnotes. TOC Page numbers updated 4-28-21. Public Domain. (Updated 6-4-26)
NHEB JE pdf. Special Edition: Jehovah. Abt. 3960 footnotes. Public Domain. (Updated Genesis 8:21 fixed. Updated 08-09-24)
MTH pdf. Text Critical Hebrew OT: Mitchell Tanakh Hebrew (MTH), with nikud, edited by Wayne A. Mitchell. Public Domain, 2015-2026. (Updated 06-12-26)
HB pdf. The Hebrew Bible (HB): Tanakh (text critical) and Brit Hadasha. (Updated 4-1-25)
See also: Scribal Skips: 2000 Words That Fell Out of the Bible (2026).
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