1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Featured English Standard Version (ESV)

Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by alexander284, Mar 2, 2022.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Top Posters
Page 2 of 5
  1. alexander284

    alexander284 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2005
    Messages:
    1,510
    Likes Received:
    338
    Faith:
    Baptist
    The NASB95 used to be my primary Bible translation of choice, until the ESV came along.

    I really appreciate the ESV for its "economy of words," when compared to the NASB95.
     
    #21 alexander284, Mar 2, 2022
  2. SavedByGrace

    SavedByGrace Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2020
    Messages:
    10,454
    Likes Received:
    451
    Faith:
    Baptist
    if your pastor uses a word-for-word translation like the KJV, and you use the Living Bible, or Good News Bible, you will pick up much confusion! :Wink
     
    #22 SavedByGrace, Mar 2, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  3. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2019
    Messages:
    2,094
    Likes Received:
    306
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Who in the world uses the Living Bible or the GNB?
     
    #23 RipponRedeaux, Mar 2, 2022
  4. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2019
    Messages:
    2,094
    Likes Received:
    306
    Faith:
    Baptist
    The KJV is not w-f-w. There is no such thing as a w-f-w translation.
     
    #24 RipponRedeaux, Mar 2, 2022
  5. SavedByGrace

    SavedByGrace Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2020
    Messages:
    10,454
    Likes Received:
    451
    Faith:
    Baptist
    thousands!

    as a new believer I was given the GNB as my first Bible. I then moved to the KJV!

    a Church I visited used the GNB as its main Bible, bacause the majority in the Church hardly spoke any English
     
    #25 SavedByGrace, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  6. SavedByGrace

    SavedByGrace Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2020
    Messages:
    10,454
    Likes Received:
    451
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #26 SavedByGrace, Mar 3, 2022
    • Useful Useful x 1
  7. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2019
    Messages:
    2,094
    Likes Received:
    306
    Faith:
    Baptist
    These days it would be exceedingly rare for folks to use either of those versions. And that original Living Bible (c.1970) wasn't even a translation.

    How long ago did you visit that particular church which used the NGB?
     
    #27 RipponRedeaux, Mar 3, 2022
  8. SavedByGrace

    SavedByGrace Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2020
    Messages:
    10,454
    Likes Received:
    451
    Faith:
    Baptist
    2003. I have since moved out of London
     
    #28 SavedByGrace, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  9. SavedByGrace

    SavedByGrace Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2020
    Messages:
    10,454
    Likes Received:
    451
    Faith:
    Baptist
    it was and is! and quite useful in places, as John 1:3, for example, is is more accurate in the LB than the NLT!

    LB, "He created everything there is—nothing exists that he didn’t make"

    Jesus Christ as the actual Creator.

    NLT, "God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him"

    Jesus Christ as "secondary" creator.
     
    #29 SavedByGrace, Mar 3, 2022
  10. alexander284

    alexander284 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2005
    Messages:
    1,510
    Likes Received:
    338
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Your point is well taken. The fact that the ESV is not as wedded to the "formal equivalence" philosophy as the NASB95, for example, is one of the reasons I appreciate the ESV (and prefer it over the NKJV and NASB95.)
     
    #30 alexander284, Mar 3, 2022
  11. alexander284

    alexander284 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2005
    Messages:
    1,510
    Likes Received:
    338
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I also appreciate the way the ESV maintains that melodic, lilting, majestic sound (when read aloud) that generations have found so appealing about the KJV (which is has in common with the NKJV).

    And, yes, I will freely admit that I like a Bible that "sounds like" a Bible, so to speak.
     
    #31 alexander284, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  12. Martin Marprelate

    Martin Marprelate Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2010
    Messages:
    8,909
    Likes Received:
    2,128
    Faith:
    Baptist
    NGB? Would that be the No Good Bible?
    The Anglican church in my village has the GNB as its pew Bible, but it doesn't matter - they don't get much use!
     
    #32 Martin Marprelate, Mar 3, 2022
    • Funny Funny x 1
  13. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    More accurate then the more dynamic types, such as the Niv and Nlt
     
    #33 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  14. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    They are translated for accuracy, not as primary how well they read
     
    #34 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  15. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    Been using the Esv for years now, and recently switched from the 1977 nas to the 1995 edition, and was looking into the 2020 revision, but read too much like the Niv for my tastes!
     
    #35 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  16. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    You would like our church, as Pastor preacheds from mainly 2011 Niv, but most use either Nlt or Esv!
     
    #36 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  17. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    If one wanted to go that route, the Csb and the 2020 Nas seems to be better
     
    #37 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  18. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    1977 Nas was the most accurate one of all that you mentioned here though
     
    #38 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  19. JesusFan

    JesusFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2011
    Messages:
    8,916
    Likes Received:
    241
    That is why though those 2 versions are better for serious studies!
     
    #39 JesusFan, Mar 3, 2022
    • Like Like x 1
  20. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2019
    Messages:
    2,094
    Likes Received:
    306
    Faith:
    Baptist
    And you specialize in post that are not very readable.

    The term accuracy does not exclusively apply to the more form-oriented translations. If you read my threads you would know that the NIV and NLT are much more accurate, for the most part, than the ESV.
     
    #40 RipponRedeaux, Mar 3, 2022
Page 2 of 5
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Loading...