README.md

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# 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](https://ebible.org/find/details.php?id=eng-rv) — 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

```python
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.