Richard Francis Weymouth (1822-1902), one time Headmaster of Mill Hill School, edited The Resultant Greek Testament which forms the basis for this translation. Weymouth died before this translation could be printed and it was edited and revised by Ernest Hampden-Cook for the first edition (1903). The second edition appeared in 1904 and a third in 1909. The fourth edition was published in 1924 and a fifth "newly revised" edition was published in 1929. The fifth edition was revised by James Alexander Robertson. This translation has been reprinted many times and is currently available at Amazon.com.
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First Edition
Title: The Modern Speech New Testament an idiomatic translation into everyday English from the text of "The Resultant Greek Testament" by the late Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. edited and partly revised by Ernest Hampden-Cook, M.A.
Date: 1903
Publisher: James Clarke and Co.: London
Contents: New Testament
References: Chamberlin p. 566-6; Herbert 2132, Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.100
Images: Title page
Facsimile: A PDF facsimile is available at archive.org.
Second Edition
Title: The Modern Speech New Testament an idiomatic translation into everyday English from the text of "The Resultant Greek Testament" by the late Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. edited and partly revised by Ernest Hampden-Cook, M.A.
Date: 1905
Publisher: James Clarke and Co.: London
Contents: New Testament
References: Chamberlin p. 566-6; Herbert 2132, Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.110
Comment: The title pages of the first and second edition appear to be identical. However, the following note is appended to the preface of the second edition: "NOTE THE THE SECOND EDITION Advantage has been taken of the call for a Second Edition to correct some misprints and remove a few infelicities in the English of the translation. E.H.C."
Images: Title page
Third Edition
Title: The New Testament in Modern Speech an idiomatic translation into everyday English from the text of The Resultant Greek Testament by the late Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. (edited and partially revised by Ernest Hampden-Cook, Third Edition)
Date: ?
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press: Boston
Contents: New Testament
References: Chamberlin p. 566-6; Herbert 2132, Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.115
Images: Title page
Facsimile: A pdf facsimile is available at archive.org.
Fourth Edition
Title: The New Testament in Modern Speech an idiomatic translation into everyday English from the text of The Resultant Greek Testament by the late Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. (London) Fellow of University College, London, and sometime Headmaster of Mill Hill School, Editor of "The Resultant Greek Testament" Newly Revised by Several Well-known New Testament Scholars Fourth Edition. Second Impression Boston: The Pilgrim Press London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd. Pocket Edition (without Notes)
Date: ?
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press: Boston
Contents: New Testament
References: Chamberlin p. 566-6; Herbert 2132, Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.120
Images: Title page
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Fifth Edition
Title: The New Testament in Modern Speech an idiomatic translation into everyday English from the text of The Resultant Greek Testament by the late Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. (London) Newly Revised by James Alexander Robertson M.A., D.D. Fifth Edition
Date: 1943
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press: Boston
Contents: New Testament
References: Chamberlin p. 566-6; Herbert 2132, Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.130
Images: Title page
Reprint Edition - 1996
Title: The New Testament in Modern Speech Richard Francis Weymouth M.A., D. Lit. (London) Kenneth Copeland Publications
Date: 1996
Publisher: Kenneth Copeland Publications: Fort Worth, TX
Contents: New Testament
Images: Cover, Title page, Back cover
References: see Taliaferro-EELBV 7685.130
Location: Personal library, Havelock, North Carolina, USA
Comments: According to the Encyclopedia of English Language Bible Versions, this appears to be a reprint of a 1929 edition. Copeland added brackets to clarify archaic words.
