The Expanded Bible from Thomas Nelson Publishers
If you loved The Amplified Bible released by the Lockman Foundation 50 years ago, you’re probably going to love The Expanded Bible offered by Thomas Nelson Publishers. After all, “expanded” is just a synonym for “amplified,” and both follow the same plan of inserting words in the Bible text to clarify the meaning. You can score a free copy of the New Testament of The Expanded Bible in PDF format.
The Amplified Bible was first released in 1958 and was published by Zondervan. It was a unique translation. Nelson’s expression of the old classic is a new translation too, but they both come from the same mold.
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Nothing demonstrates the change more than the fact that the publishers of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has removed hyphens from 16,000 words in its latest edition. For the most part, the dictionary dropped hyphens from compound nouns, which were unified in a single word (e.g. pigeonhole) or split into two (e.g. test tube), according to a report by Reuters.
Is there a rule you can apply to know if words have been unified or split? Nope. You’ll need to look up each word in the two-volume Shorter Oxford English Dictionary to know for sure.
