Made for easier reading, revisions are many. The English Revised Version and the New King James Version are a couple of these. Paraphrases Paraphrases are like translations of the scripture, but to not attempt to translate word for word, but thought by thought. Concept by concept. Using today s language, allegories, etc.
Paraphrases attempt to make scripture easier to read and comprehend.
The Living Bible Paraphrased , and The Message are some paraphrases. I am not defending the reliability of paraphrases to the original texts, because they do not translate by word, but by idea.