ESV - Crossway https://www.crossway.org/permissions/
CSB & HCSB - Lifeway https://www.lifeway.com/en/about/licensing-permission-requests
NIV - Zondervan - HarperCollins - https://www.harpercollinschristian.com/sales-and-rights/permissions/
NKJV - Thomas Nelson - HarperCollins
NIRV - Zondervan - HarperCollins
NRSV - Zondervan - HarperCollins
NLT - Tyndale - https://www.tyndale.com/permissions
CEB - https://www.commonenglishbible.com/permissions
CEV - American Bible Society https://www.americanbible.org/
I am learning more about this topic all the time. It takes millions of dollars to translate the Bible. But I don’t get why copyright is still there, and why they can’t just give their translation out for free digitally anyway! There are other methods of funding. And it’s not our job to enforce how people use a Bible translation if we put it into the public domain, that’s God’s job.
Something I've found is all of these organizations want their Bible to be “given out for free, giving people access to the Word, bring people closer to God” But then on their permissions page, it says the DIRECT OPPOSITE. 500 verse limit. No book quote allowed. Must include attribution. Must pay a license fee. They’re kind of hypocrites.
Please pray for these publishers to change their mind.