Meanwhile, there were other lesser known versions between the 1611 and the 1870 initiation of the Revised Version. These include Edward Harwood's New Testament (1768), Charles Thomson's Bible in America (1808), Noah Webster's Bible (1833) and Julia E. Smith's Bible (1876).

The English Revised Version was initiated in 1870 with the King James Version as the basis instead of the Bishop's Bible. American scholars were invited to contribute but were subordinate to the English scholars. The New Testament was published in 1881 in England. The Old Testament appeared in 1885 and the Apocrypha in 1895. This became the fourth Authorized Version in English (1539, 1568, 1611 and 1895). Spurgeon described it as strong in Greek, but weak in English. It often retained the Greek word order thus inverting the English order. The English committee disbanded in 1885, but the American committee continued.

In 1901 the American committee issued the American Standard Version of the Bible which had more substitutions based on tastefulness. It also changed Holy Ghost to Holy Spirit. It updated the spelling of proper names and dropped archaic wording. Neither of these versions overtook the popularity of the King James Version. While these formal Revised Versions were not enthusiastically embraced, they did open the door for additional English speaking attempts.