Ang Dating Biblia 1905 is the most popular and accurate application for studying the Bible. The application uses the dynamic equivalence principle of translation, which means that the meaning of the original language is translated into Tagalog, while the grammar is preserved. This approach gives more attention to the meaning of the original languages rather than their form.

The original language is Tagalog, which is spoken by Tagalog people in the Philippines and some parts of China. Tagalog is also one of the two most widely circulated translations of the Christian Bible in the Philippines, the other being Ang Bagong Ang Biblia, a revision of the earlier Ang Biblia (meaning The Bible).