RipponRedeaux
Well-Known Member
Have any of you switched over to another translation as your primary Bible version in the last year or so?
Obviously, those who regard the KJV as the only trustworthy translation are not likely to move on until there's an awakening. However, I would say that the second most resistant group to change over would be the ESVers.
I think that I use more of a variety of translations than the average Joe. I have a bunch of physical copies and I go to BibleGateway as well. No one version does the job for me. I plan on getting the 2020 NASB in a while. I have the 1977 and the 1995 editions. The latter one was a gift from someone. It's a study Bible version. I would not willingly go out an purchase a study Bible. Oops, I have the NET Bible. Does that count as a Study Bible? That's hard to determine. It doesn't conform to the layout of a typical Study Bible.
Do any of you own physical copies of any Roman Catholic Bibles? I have the NJB. I was paging through the updated version of the NJB --- the RNJB recently at a bookstore. It didn't appeal to me. There wasn't much of a change to warrant buying it. Some might consider the REB to be a Roman Catholic translation, but of the 15 churches and Christian groups that were represented by the translators only three were RC's.
I don't expect any to have switched from the NKJV to the CEB. That would be a major shakeup. But perhaps some have gone from the NLT to the CSB for example. I had the MLB which was the updated Berkeley version for years until a South Korean pastor gifted me with the NIV in 1998. I had never owned an NIV before. I spend the better part of a year transferring my notes to the NIV. That's a practice I have dropped with successive Bible translations. I insert my new observations/insights into new Bible purchases.
So, getting back to my main point, who has switched over? Present your story.
Obviously, those who regard the KJV as the only trustworthy translation are not likely to move on until there's an awakening. However, I would say that the second most resistant group to change over would be the ESVers.
I think that I use more of a variety of translations than the average Joe. I have a bunch of physical copies and I go to BibleGateway as well. No one version does the job for me. I plan on getting the 2020 NASB in a while. I have the 1977 and the 1995 editions. The latter one was a gift from someone. It's a study Bible version. I would not willingly go out an purchase a study Bible. Oops, I have the NET Bible. Does that count as a Study Bible? That's hard to determine. It doesn't conform to the layout of a typical Study Bible.
Do any of you own physical copies of any Roman Catholic Bibles? I have the NJB. I was paging through the updated version of the NJB --- the RNJB recently at a bookstore. It didn't appeal to me. There wasn't much of a change to warrant buying it. Some might consider the REB to be a Roman Catholic translation, but of the 15 churches and Christian groups that were represented by the translators only three were RC's.
I don't expect any to have switched from the NKJV to the CEB. That would be a major shakeup. But perhaps some have gone from the NLT to the CSB for example. I had the MLB which was the updated Berkeley version for years until a South Korean pastor gifted me with the NIV in 1998. I had never owned an NIV before. I spend the better part of a year transferring my notes to the NIV. That's a practice I have dropped with successive Bible translations. I insert my new observations/insights into new Bible purchases.
So, getting back to my main point, who has switched over? Present your story.
