Welcome to the official Contemporary English Version (CEV) licensed user website.

American Bible Society (ABS) is the copyright owner of the CEV and adaptations and translations thereof.

Licensing the CEV

If you have not yet acquired the rights to use the CEV, please contact licensing@americanbible.org. Additional information about rights and permissions is available here.

File Requests

Scribe Inc. manages and maintains the CEV database and is able to provide the full CEV text to licensees in the following file formats:

• ScML (Scribe’s XML)
• HTML
• Microsoft Word DOCX
• InDesign Tagged Text (IDTT)

Use the Downloads page to obtain your selected file format(s). Scribe will issue login credentials only after you have acquired the rights to use the CEV. For additional information about login credentials, please contact bibles@scribenet.com.

Licensees must refer to the errata and specifications for the CEV while preparing print and digital versions of the text.