Editing Contemporary English Version (section)

{{Short description|Translation of the Bible into English}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Bible translation infobox
| translation_title=Contemporary English Version
| full_name=Contemporary English Version
| image = Contemporary English Version Bible cover.jpg
| other_names=Bible for Today's Family
| abbreviation=CEV
| NT_published=1991
| OT_published=1995
| complete_bible_published=1995
| author_info=
| textual_basis =
| translation_type = [[Dynamic equivalence]]
| version_revised=
| copyright=  [[American Bible Society]] 1991, 1992, 1995; Anglicizations  [[British and Foreign Bible Society]] 1996
| copies_printed=
| religious_affiliation=
| genesis_1:1-3=In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was barren, with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean covered with darkness. But the Spirit of God was moving over the water. God said, "I command light to shine!" And light started shining.
| john_3:16=God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.
|website={{URL|https://cev.bible}}}}
{{BibleHistory}}

The '''Contemporary English Version''' or '''CEV''' (also known as '''Bible for Today's Family''') is a [[Bible translations|translation]] of the Bible into English,
published by the [[American Bible Society]].  An anglicized version was produced by the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]], which includes metric measurements for the Commonwealth market.