Featured Of the following eight Bible translations listed below...

The KJV. But there are times when I use the others plus some that are not on that list.

The advantage of the NKJV is it identifies where the KJV differs from the majority text (M) or critical text (NU).
The major advatage of the KJV are two. The KJV mostly follows the common reading of the Greek texts. And you do not have to know and look up the Hebrew or Greek to know if a pronoun is plural or singular. Ye you and your are always plural and thee, thou, thy and thine are singular.

 

Anything other than KJV. Most of our ancestors used the KJV and could understand it, so I assume if it worked for them, it should work for me. To understand the Word of God, you must be born again. Rewriting it so the fleshly carnal mind can get it, takes the truth from it. The preached gospel through the power of the Holy Spirit will enlighten us to who we are and who the Lord is. Once we get saved we can start understanding the word written by the Spirit. The Word must be spiritually discerned. Once you get born again, you can read the KJV and find Christ from Genesis to Revelation. Once you discover Jesus in scripture, look for the Church, then find where you’re at.

 

I just stick with the KJV. Anything that is changed or removed could change the meaning. There is much in God’s Word that I don’t understood, so I ask God for wisdom. God reveals in his time what he wants me to know. We have to search it like hidden treasure. We can ask ten people about a scripture and get 10 opinions, the Holy Spirit guides us in truth so we’re not mislead.

 

Technical note, the original 1611 was not the AV. That wasn't until over 100 years later.

 

This would be a valid argument if the Bible was written in Elizabethan English, but it wasn't.

 

First, that's not why it is being translated into modern English so you might want to change that argument.

This is nonsense. Language changes. What are people in China supposed to use? The KJV? What about Africa? The KJV? Should their translations be translations of the KJV or the Greek and Hebrew?

Do you see the ridiculousness of your argument?

 

2 Timothy 3:16 KJVS
[16] All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

If two versions say different things, then something is left out. My uneducated grandparents used the KJV and had a great understanding of what it said because they had to pray and trust God for guidance and wisdom. We have google and spend more time googling to get an understanding than praying and asking God for wisdom. Google will give you mans opinions, God reveals truth. And God has the power to get the gospel to other parts of the world. Look at the day of Pentecost for example.

 

Modern versions do not alter the Greek text as you seem to be assuming here, as they just do not see the original text including all of that as in the TR!

 

the Kjv was an attempt to revise and update into English versions such as the Geneva and Bishop Bibles, and even the Kjv translators saw that their edition would need to be updated and revised over time! they did not see it as being fixed and final word, as being a perfect translation!

 

Don't tell a KJVO that....

 

That is not true.

Example:

Option 1: The bear was big.
Option 2: The bear was large.

What was left out? Nothing. Do they say different things? Yes. Does it change the message? Absolutely not.

This is also a ridiculous notion.

1. How do you know your uneducated grandparents (as you called them) had a GREAT understanding of what it said and meant?
2. How do you know people reading a modern translation don't?

God gave us faithful teachers to help expound the word. Looking to what other men have said about Scripture doesn't somehow lessen your faith or somehow say you are not as connected with God for wisdom and guidance.

 

I know, as the truth hurts!

 

Why we should read OT narrative like general fiction

 

One problem, it's not general fiction.

 

<sigh> blow me down, didn't know that!

Here, I'll point it out for you:

"'Strip away everything that you think you know about the Bible and approach it as a child that knows nothing, praying as David, "Let me behold wondrous things out of thy law". Begin on page one and read through as quickly as possible in order to get the ideal of it'."

 

If you are new to the NLT, I recommend reading Esther. It should be read in a single sitting.

 

All of the above, with the addition of the WEB and LEB are good for comparison bibles, however as a primary study bible, I would only recommend the NKJV, NASB, WEB and LEB.

My favorite primary, of course, is the NASB. And my favorite comparison bible is the NET.