It is an abridgment of the King James Version , edited by Roy B. Chamberlin and Herman Feldman with the counsel of an advisory board of Biblical scholars. There are difficulties of comprehending it because of lack of knowledge of its historical setting.
Some editions have a traditional, doctrinal, or denominational tone.
The editors of this version believed that they could reduce these barriers to a minimum. Although the usual sequence of the books of the King James Version has been followed, there have been some changes. Ruth, Esther, and Jonah have been put into one group because of their similarity. The Prophets and the Pauline Epistles have been put into the currently accepted chronological order. The sayings within the Book of Proverbs have been classified according to subject.