The Easy English Clear Word is a rewrite of Dr. Jack Blanco's phenomenally successful paraphrase, The Clear Word, which has renewed the devotional life of thousands. Those who are just learning English and those with visual limitations will find the simplicity and larger type size of this paraphrase especially helpful. With reduced repetition, violence, and genealogies, The Easy English Clear Word is so easy to read that you'll have to force yourself to stop.

This is a slightly condensed paraphrase of The Clear Word conveys the ideas of each Bible verse in the most basic terms.

There are no strange idioms, archaic jargon, or big words for scholars. Just pure, simple English to make God's message plain to those who are not native speakers of the language. At last you can understand the Word of God!

Verses have been grouped to make it easier to understand what the Bible is telling us. Long lists of ancestors have been shortened to include only the more familiar names. Some of the more sordid details of wars and immoral practices have been eliminated. But the basic message shines through loud and clear.

NOTE: This is not a Bible translation and is not endorsed by the Seventh-day Adventist church as a preferred replacement of quality Bible Translations. It should not be considered a Study Bible, of which we have many available. It is an interpretive text of the Bible written as a personal devotional exercise by Jack Blanco, former dean of the School of Religion at Southern Adventist University, and is to be an additional study tool and devotional alongside the Bible. Major portions of the translation are material added by the author as it is a 'free paraphrase' of the Bible. Paraphrases take great liberty with the biblical text and seek to convey the meaning of the author using contemporary phrases and metaphors. Read more about The Clear Word