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Reading Level

Reading Level

Grade Reading Level Scale

Num­bers cor­res­pond roughly to a school grade or year.  I rec­om­mend read­ing a dif­fi­cult pas­sage such as Romans chap­ter 7 to deter­mine if the bible you are eval­u­at­ing is appro­pri­ate for your read­ing level.

ICB NIrV NLV
3.0

ERV NCV
4.0


GW
5.0

NLT NLT2
6.0

GNT TLB
7.0

ESV HCSB
8.0



9.0

JB
REB
10.0

AMP RSV
11.0
ASV DR-CR Gen
12.0
3.5





4.5





5.5
CEV MSG



6.5
NAB SEB



7.5
CCB NET NIV TIB TNIV
8.5
BBE NJB NKJV


9.5
NRSV




10.5
NASB




11.5
KJV




Key

 
Easy-to-Read Versions
 
Moderate Difficulty Versions
 
Advanced Reader Versions

Reading Level Sorted by Version

Acronym Reading Level Values Averaged
Acronym Reading Level Values Averaged
AMP 11.00 2
ASV 12.00 1
BBE 8.50 1
CCB 7.48 1
CEV 5.51 10
DR-CR 12.00 1
ERV 4.00 1
ESV 8.40 7
Gen 12.00 1
GNT 7.14 9
GW 5.13 7
HCSB 8.30 5
ICB 3.45 6
JB 10.00 1
KJV 11.75 14
TLB 7.34 6
MSG 5.80 9
NAB 6.84 9
NASB 10.70 14
NCV 4.13 10
NET 7.80 1
NIrV 3.14 11
NIV 7.66 14
NJB 8.70 2
NKJV 8.54 14
NLT 6.29 13
NLT2 6.00 1
NLV 3.45 2
NRSV 9.75 11
REB 10.00 1
RSV 11.00 2
SEB 6.70 1
TIB 7.69 1
TNIV 7.50 2
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Notes

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