Editing New International Version (section)

=== 2011 update ===
In 2011, an updated version of the NIV was released, with both the 1984 version and the TNIV being discontinued.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-09-01-bible-translation_N.htm|title=Update of popular 'NIV' Bible due in 2011|last=Grossman|first=Cathy Lynn|date=September 1, 2009|work=USA Today|access-date=May 25, 2010|quote=Maureen Girkins, president of Zondervan, says the 'divisive' TNIV and 'cherished' 1984 NIV will not be published after the newest NIV comes out.|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918231041/http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-09-01-bible-translation_N.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The update modified and dropped some of the gender-neutral language compared to TNIV, which included going back to using "mankind" and "man," rather than "human beings" and "people."<ref name="gender">{{Cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-11-19-newbible_N.htm |title=New Bible drops gender-neutral language of '05 version |last=Smietana |first=Bob |website=[[USA Today]] |publisher=Gannett Co. Inc. |access-date=July 30, 2015 |quote="But they also made changes – like going back to using words like "mankind" and "man" instead of "human beings" and "people" – in order to appease critics."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/NIV+online+viewing.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan |title=Updated NIV Text Available for Online Viewing November 1 |publisher=Zondervan |date=October 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311204847/http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/NIV+online+viewing.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=World's most popular Bible to be revised |date=September 1, 2009 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32644719 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215005840/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32644719 |url-status=live |publisher=NBC News |archive-date=February 15, 2020}}.</ref> Keith Danby, the president and chief executive officer of Biblica, speaking of the TNIV, said that they had failed to convince people that revisions were needed and that they had underestimated their readers' loyalty to the 1984 edition.<ref name=usatoday />