▁books ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁and ▁New ▁Testament ; ▁with ▁notes ▁critical ▁and ▁explan atory , ▁is ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 4 ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Bible ▁into ▁English ▁by ▁Anthony ▁Pur ver ▁( 1 7 0 2 – 1 7 7 7 ), ▁a ▁Qu aker . ▁▁ ▁The ▁translation ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁two ▁Vol umes ▁in ▁London ▁by ▁W . ▁Richard son ▁and ▁S . ▁Clark ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 4 , ▁but ▁is ▁not ▁generally ▁regarded ▁as ▁successful . ▁ ▁Com parison ▁with ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁following ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible , ▁Harold ▁A . ▁Guy ▁wrote ▁an ▁article ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁Ex pository ▁Times ▁; ▁" An ▁E igh teenth ▁Century ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ", ▁discuss ing ▁Pur ver ' s ▁Bible ▁translation . ▁Guy ▁makes ▁no ▁further ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁NE B ▁to ▁justify ▁the ▁anal ogy ▁claimed ▁by ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁his ▁article . ▁ ▁Wh ilst ▁both ▁Pur ver ' s ▁Bible ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ▁end ured ▁long ▁gest ation ▁periods , ▁that ▁is ▁where ▁any ▁similarity ▁ends . ▁Nevertheless , ▁expl oring ▁the ▁attempted ▁anal ogy ▁can ▁help ▁to ▁highlight ▁certain ▁factors ▁about ▁Pur ver ' s ▁version : ▁Pur ver ▁was ▁a ▁self - t aught ▁transl ator ▁and ▁lab oured ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁with ▁the ▁project ▁single - hand ed ▁– ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁Bible ▁which ▁involved ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁academ ics .