Editing New International Version (section)

=== Derivative versions ===
==== Plain English version (NIrV) ====
An easier to read version, ''[[New International Reader's Version]]'' (NIrV), was published in 1996. It was written at a third-grade reading level to grant the ability to read the Bible to those with limited English literacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the NIrV - NIV Bible {{!}} New International Readers Version |url=https://www.thenivbible.com/nirv/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=NIV Bible |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Spanish version (NVI) ====
In 1979, the decision was made to produce a version of the New Testament in Spanish with the title '''''La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional''''' (often abbreviated NVI),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/Nueva-Version-Internacional-Biblia-NVI/#vinfo |title=Nueva Versión Internacional – Version Information – BibleGateway.com}}</ref> but that version was based only on the former English translation of the historic manuscripts. In 1990, the committee on Bible translation headed by Drs. [[C. René Padilla|René Padilla]] and Luciano Jaramillo conducted a translation of both testaments from the historic manuscripts directly into Spanish, bypassed English altogether, and produced a complete Spanish NVI Bible in 1999.<ref>John Riches, ''The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 4, From 1750 to the Present'', Cambridge University Press, UK, 2012, p. 453.</ref>

==== Portuguese version (NVI) ====
In 2001, the '''''Nova Versão Internacional''''' in Portuguese was published.<ref>Joel Morales Cruz, ''The Histories of the Latin American Church: A Handbook'', Augsburg Fortress Publishers, USA, 2014, p. 49.</ref>