Hello EP. I offer my condolences for the loss of the two committee members. While we do not grieve as those who have no hope, when an earthly tie is broken we mourn. Thank you for sharing the information about the new committee members. I pray God blesses them and that the Holy Spirit guides all the committee members. I am comforted by the knowledge that the new members are, in fact, Bible scholars and age is by no means a guarantee of wisdom, but most of all, I trust that in this as in all things God remains in control. May the Lord bless their work.

They join 90 other scholars from a variety of institutions. You can see the whole list https://www.tyndale.com/nlt/meet-the-scholars

Thanks for sharing your concern. Here is the answer to that question from our FAQ section:

Most other English Bible translations do not capitalize deity pronouns, beginning with the earliest English Bible translations, including the King James Version. Only the New American Standard Bible (NASB) and the New King James Version (NKJV) capitalize deity pronouns in their standard texts.

The decision to keep deity pronouns lower cased is in no way motivated by a lack of respect for God’s name. It is based on standard English usage and standard translation practice. The original Hebrew and Greek Bible manuscripts did not highlight divine pronouns in any way. The pronouns in the ancient texts were treated grammatically and typographically like other standard pronouns. So for most English translations, this characteristic of the original texts has been preserved in translation.

Another factor that comes into play in this decision involves the fact that there are pronouns in the Bible that could be understood in more than one way—it could refer to God but it might also refer to a person. In such cases, capitalizing it or not becomes an exegetical decision by the translator rather than a simple translation of the text. Since there are a fair number of ambiguous pronouns in the Bible, it has been deemed safer by many translators to just treat them all the same and allow the reader and expositor to deal with the ambiguities.

I would think adding caps on pronouns for God, Jesus & Holy Spirit wouldn’t take a ton of revision. I’d be inclined to give the NLT a new look if you did. Thanks for “listening.”

Thank you for sharing your concern. The scholars joining the team are known around the world for their excellence in Bible teaching and research. They have been prayed over and there was a process by the Bible Translation Committee to select members to join after the passing of two members of the committee. They are wonderful people of God and will help to shepherd the New Living Translation into the years to come. As you can image this process was done with much prayer and discussion by some of the best Bible scholars. The Bible translation committee members who are still living are and will continue to be active in the translation process.