An MEV Bible -- Personal Size Large Print

A review of Passio's Personal Size Large Print Bible in the Modern English Version (MEV). My copy is in cherry brown imitation leather (ISBN 9781629980676).

The MEV is a relatively recent translation, having been published in 2014. Its New Testament is usually based on the Textus Receptus. (In this video, I show a few instances where it translates a different text.) The MEV appears to avoid the use of modern gender inclusive language.

This edition features a sewn binding, approximately 30 gsm paper, a large (12 point) font, line-matched text, and the words of Christ in red ink. The Bible's page edges are coated with rose gold foil, and its single red satin ribbon is a quarter of an inch wide.

It is a portable Bible, measuring 8 13/16 x 5 3/4 x 1 9/16 inches in dimensions.

Video contents

00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font ... (three charts)
00:30 Compared in size to Nelson's Maclaren Series KJV black goatskin and to Nelson's NKJV classic verse-by-verse center column reference Bible
01:08 Page layout
02:42 The font in the text (~12 points)
03:30 The text is line-matched
04:58 The words of Christ are in red ink
05:20 Page-bottom translation notes and quotation sources are in an ~8 point font
06:10 Book introductions
07:30 Paper qualities (paper weight, color, reflectivity, opacity)
08:25 Print nonuniformity (fading)
08:52 The text block is sewn
09:35 The head and tail bands, and the ribbon marker
10:03 The concordance
10:57 The paper liner and the cherry brown imitation leather cover
11:20 The rose gold page edges
11:52 The copyright page
12:21 The table of contents -- this is a 66 book Bible
12:36 The dedication to Queen Elizabeth II and the preface
14:09 The translation committee
14:37 This Bible reluctantly lies open in Genesis
15:00 A close-up look at the typeface
15:37 The font compared to that in the Maclaren Series KJV
15:55 The font compared to that in the NKJV classic verse-by-verse center column reference Bible
16:18 Charts characterizing the MEV as a translation
16:26 How literal is the MEV? A translation continuum chart
17:16 How often does the MEV depart from the Masoretic Hebrew text?
17:42 The MEV's agreement with various Greek New Testaments
20:03 The MEV does not capitalize 'Us' in Genesis 3.22
20:49 In 2 Thessalonians 2.13, the MEV prefers 'called' to 'chosen'
22:02 Sample departures from the Textus Receptus
22:22 Mark 6.20 -- 'he was greatly perplexed' or 'he did many things'?
23:38 Mark 12.36 -- the MEV leaves out the footstool
24:11 John 10.39 -- the MEV omits 'therefore'
24:57 Acts 10.33 -- 'the Lord has commanded' or 'God has commanded'?
26:16 Galatians 1.3 -- 'God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ' or 'God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ'?
27:17 2 Peter 2.18 - 'barely escaped' or 'clean escaped'?
27:58 End of Textus Receptus section. An observation on John 1.18, 'only Son' versus 'only begotten Son'
28:34 The MEV avoids modern gender inclusive language (John 14.23-24, 1 Cor 14.4, 1 Cor 13.1)
30:40 Sample passage: Psalm 22.1-2
31:03 Sample passage: Psalm 145.13
31:21 Sample passage: Isaiah 9.2-3
31:31 Sample passage: Isaiah 9.6-7
31:39 Sample passage: Isaiah 53.4-6
31:48 Sample passage: Daniel 9.26-27
31:53 Summary
35:22 The Three Witnesses passage is present (1 John 5.7)