The Word of Promise Audio Bible—New King James Version, NKJV: Complete Bible

By: Thomas Nelson Inc.

Narrated by: Jason Alexander, Joan Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, Louis Gossett, Malcolm McDowell Jr., Gary Sinese, Marisa Tomei, Stacy Keach

Length: 98 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

This faithful rendering of the New King James Version (NKJV) presents the complete Bible in compelling, dramatic audio theater format with world-class audio production.

With an original music score by composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater), feature-film quality sound effects, and compelling narration by Michael York and the work of over 500 actors, the The Word of Promise Audio Bible will immerse listeners in the dramatic reality of the scriptures as never before.

Each beloved book of the Bible comes to life with outstanding performances by Jim Caviezel as Jesus, Richard Dreyfuss as Moses, Gary Sinise as David, Jason Alexander as Joseph, Marisa Tomei as Mary Magdalene, Stacy Keach as Paul, Louis Gossett, Jr. as John, Jon Voight as Abraham, Marcia Gay Harden as Esther, Joan Allen as Deborah, Max von Sydow as Noah, and Malcolm McDowell as Solomon.

Please note: Listeners can access each book of The Word of Promise Audio Bible through the Audible app's Table of Contents feature.

©1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc. (P)2009 Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Great Compilation, Lackluster Sound !uality

Where does The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

By far the best dramatized audio bible released in recent years. Unfortunately the sound quality on audible pales in comparison to the actual disks.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

One thing I was really dissapointed in was the Psalms. The presentation of the Psalms in this recording is far too dark and serrious, making even psalms of praise and joy leave the listener with a disturbing impression. I'm not sure if it's available on audible, but the Faith Comes by Hearing dramatized NIV presentation of the psalms is much better, providing a full range of emotions rather than the somewhat self righteous and vindictive undertones prevalent throughout this presentation. Outside of the Psalms, I loved almost everything else.

Any additional comments?

This is an incredible deal, one credit for a few thousand pages worth of inspiration. The background music does get old after 90 hours but I do think it enhances the experience overall. Some would complain about the translation NKJV vs KJV vs NIV VS NLT etc. but just face it, no translation is perfect, even the originals aren't perfect, there are minor differences among the thousands of Greek and Hebrew manuscripts we translate from. The NKJV keeps the grace of the KJV while making the language more accessible to the modern listener, thus it was a good choice for this recording.

The chapter list - > Get it together Audible!

I will just add to others' comments and list another set of chapters to "audible chapters" cross reference . Would really wish that Audible would create a very easy chapter title instead of the generic number . What's wrong with GEN 1, GEN 2, etc, EXO, LEV etc ?

Download No. Bible Book Chapter Audiobook Chapter
Chapters From To
1) 8 hr 55 min Genesis 50 1 50
Exodus 40 51 90
2) 6 hr 33 min Leviticus 27 91 117
Numbers 36 118 153
3) 7 hr 0 min Deuteronomy 34 154 187
Joshua 24 188 211
4) 8 hr 5 min Judges 21 212 232
Ruth 4 233 236
1 Samuel 31 237 267
2 Samuel 24 268 291
5) 8 hr 32 min 1 Kings 22 292 313
2 Kings 25 314 338
1 Chronicles 29 339 367
6) 6 hr 00 min 2 Chronicles 36 368 403
Ezra 10 404 413
Nehemiah 13 414 426
Esther 10 427 436
7) 2 hr 19 min Job 42 437 478
8) 3 hr 2 min Psalms 75 479 553
9) 2 hr 59 min Psalms 75 554 628
10) 3 hr 11 min Proverbs 31 629 659
Ecclesiastes 12 660 671
Song of Solomon 8 672 679
11) 4 hr 32 min Isaiah 66 680 745
12) 5 hr 35 min Jeremiah 52 746 797
Lamentations 5 798 802
13) 6 hr 8 min Ezekiel 48 803 850
Daniel 12 851 862
14) 3 hr 55 min Hosea 14 863 876
Joel 3 877 879
Amos 9 880 888
Obadiah 1 889 889
Jonah 4 890 893
Micah 7 894 900
Nahum 3 901 903
Habakkuk 3 904 906
Zephaniah 3 907 909
Haggai 2 910 911
Zechariah 14 912 925
Malachi 4 926 929
15) 7 hr 28 min Matthew 28 930 957
Mark 16 958 973
Luke 24 974 997
16) 7 hr 55 min John 21 998 1018
Acts 28 1019 1046
Romans 16 1047 1062
1 Corinthians 16 1063 1078
2 Corinthians 13 1079 1091
17) 5 hr 32 min Galatians 6 1092 1097
Ephesians 6 1098 1103
Philippians 4 1104 1107
Colossians 4 1108 1111
1 Thessalonians 5 1112 1116
2 Thessalonians 3 1117 1119
1 Timothy 6 1120 1125
2 Timothy 4 1126 1129
Titus 3 1130 1132
Philemon 1 1133 1133
Hebrews 13 1134 1146
James 5 1147 1151
1 Peter 5 1152 1156
2 Peter 3 1157 1159
1 John 5 1160 1164
2 John 1 1165 1165
3 John 1 1166 1166
Jude 1 1167 1167
Revelation 22 1168 1189

Audible! Please fix this!! (UPDATE 3/15/21)

UPDATE 3/15/2021: This has been FIXED! No only has it been fixed, but the names of the different books of the Bible have been made more accurate (e.g Genesis -> The First Book of Moses: Genesis) Thank you so much!!! This is the best audio version of the Bible and I'm very happy I can easily navigate it again. 100/10 stars

Old Review:

When I first purchased this audio book the chaptering was a complete mess. Then, I noticed in 2019 that audible had cleaned up the chapters and sections so that I could skip to specific book and chapter within that book (ex: Matthew Chapter 10)--which is fantastic and how it should have been in the first place.

HOWEVER! In the last few months I noticed that the chaptering was changed ONCE AGAIN. Now I can only see chapters for books (ex: Matthew). The audio book would even glitch out and not work on my android device because I had originally downloaded it with the old chaptering. I had to redownload this audiobook for it to even work again and then it also had the poor chaptering. Please change it back to how you had it last year! This is very irritating!

Now organized by book and chapter!

I bought this audiobook years ago. It is an excellent recording, both masterfully read and performed. I was frustrated however that the sections were split up into a few unmarked tracks. So if you wanted to listen to a specific book, or heaven forbid, a specific chapter, you had to know the exact minutes and seconds into the recording where that section was.

But no more! I decided to download this audiobook again just to change things up from what I was listening to, and boy was I pleasantly surprised that every part of the Bible is now properly organized and labeled. Yay!

I now, without question, recommend this recording, as the definitive experience of audio scripture.

My Favorite!!

I let it play on my phone all day, every day. I LOVE to listen and learn something new every day. I have been so immensely blessed by this audio Bible. It's the best one I've encountered. Reading is great but faith comes by hearing the Word of God. I cannot express how much it has transformed my life and relationship with God!

Love it, but...

The book is put into “sections” and not chapters. It is difficult to find your place again. I listen to more than one book at a time. Any suggestions?

Great Performance

I love this, but have 1 complaint, it does not keep track of what book and chapter you are currently on.

Incredible Resource

This right here is the best audio Bible on the market in my opinion. The cast is impressive and sound effects aren’t overdone. I’ve had this audio Bible for a few years now and use it on and off in my readings when I need to switch things up.

The best dramatization ever!!!!

What did you love best about The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV?

This rendition is blessed of God any way you look at it. I'm a very experienced listener for audio books. This version is the best ever. You feel like you are right smack in the middle of the Bible stories -- alive!

What did you like best about this story?

Clarity of rendition MD sound effects. And that it is blessed of God.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

It's alive with a whole host of voices.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Simply put -- it's ALIVE!

Any additional comments?

Yes, on each section of this very large audio book of the Bible, you really need to simple list all the Bible books on the front page of each section so that we can easily tell what portion we want to go to or that we're in. This is VERY IMPORTANT and is missing without hunting for it.

The Best!! I LOVE IT!!

I love the way it brings the Word of God to life as I read along with it or listen to it by itself. I have found no better way to read the bible and the audio theater makes you feel as if you were actually there. i highly reccomend this.