k-mktr/revised_version_1895_en

Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Description

The Revised Version (RV), also known as the English Revised Version (ERV), is a groundbreaking late 19th-century revision of the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Bible. Published in complete form with the Apocrypha in 1895, it remains the only officially authorized revision of the KJV.

Produced by over 50 eminent scholars from Britain and America, the RV was the first English translation to fully incorporate advances in Greek and Hebrew textual criticism made during the 19th century. The New Testament (published 1881) made over 30,000 changes to the KJV text, more than 5,000 of them based on better Greek manuscripts that were unavailable to the KJV translators (notably the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus).

The revision was characterized by:

• Greater accuracy to the original Greek and Hebrew texts
• Consistent translation of the same original words
• Removal of archaic language while preserving dignity of style
• Marginal notes indicating textual variants and alternative renderings
• Restored readings from older and more reliable manuscripts

The American committee that participated in the RV went on to produce the American Standard Version (ASV) in 1901.

Important note: This dataset includes the 66-book Protestant canon only. The Apocrypha books (included in the 1895 edition) are not included in this release.

Source: eBible.org — Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895), USFM format, Public Domain.

License: Public Domain.

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier: revised_version_1895_en
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code: en
book_number	int32	Book number (1-66)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

• Books: 66 (complete Old and New Testament)
• Verses: 31,102
• Language: English (archaic British)
• Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
• File size: 2.99 MB

Books

#	Book	Abbr	Verses
1	Genesis	Gen	1,533
2	Exodus	Exod	1,213
3	Leviticus	Lev	859
4	Numbers	Num	1,289
5	Deuteronomy	Deut	959
6	Joshua	Josh	658
7	Judges	Judg	618
8	Ruth	Rut	85
9	1 Samuel	1Sam	811
10	2 Samuel	2Sam	695
11	1 Kings	1Kgs	817
12	2 Kings	2Kgs	719
13	1 Chronicles	1Chr	943
14	2 Chronicles	2Chr	822
15	Ezra	Ezra	280
16	Nehemiah	Neh	405
17	Esther	Est	167
18	Job	Job	1,070
19	Psalms	Ps	2,527
20	Proverbs	Prov	915
21	Ecclesiastes	Eccl	222
22	Song of Solomon	Song	117
23	Isaiah	Isa	1,291
24	Jeremiah	Jer	1,364
25	Lamentations	Lam	154
26	Ezekiel	Ezek	1,273
27	Daniel	Dan	357
28	Hosea	Hos	197
29	Joel	Joel	73
30	Amos	Amos	146
31	Obadiah	Obad	21
32	Jonah	Jon	48
33	Micah	Mic	105
34	Nahum	Nah	47
35	Habakkuk	Hab	56
36	Zephaniah	Zeph	53
37	Haggai	Hag	38
38	Zechariah	Zech	211
39	Malachi	Mal	55
40	Matthew	Matt	1,071
41	Mark	Mark	678
42	Luke	Luke	1,151
43	John	John	879
44	Acts	Acts	1,007
45	Romans	Rom	433
46	1 Corinthians	1Cor	437
47	2 Corinthians	2Cor	257
48	Galatians	Gal	149
49	Ephesians	Eph	155
50	Philippians	Phil	104
51	Colossians	Col	95
52	1 Thessalonians	1Thess	89
53	2 Thessalonians	2Thess	47
54	1 Timothy	1Tim	113
55	2 Timothy	2Tim	83
56	Titus	Titus	46
57	Philemon	Phlm	25
58	Hebrews	Heb	303
59	James	Jas	108
60	1 Peter	1Pet	105
61	2 Peter	2Pet	61
62	1 John	1John	105
63	2 John	2John	13
64	3 John	3John	14
65	Jude	Jude	25
66	Revelation	Rev	404

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/revised_version_1895_en", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'revised_version_1895_en',
#  'book': 'Genesis', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1',
#  'text': 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.'}

License

Public Domain.

Notes

• This dataset includes the 66-book Protestant canon only. The 1895 edition also included the Apocrypha (deuterocanonical books), which are not included in this release.
• The RV uses archaic British English — e.g., "heaven" instead of "heavens" in Genesis 1:1, "thee" and "thou" forms are retained.
• The American committee's work evolved into the American Standard Version (ASV, 1901), also available in this collection (k-mktr/american_standard_version_en).
• The RV was highly influential despite never achieving the popularity of the KJV, and its textual critical work profoundly impacted all subsequent English translations.