Bible Preference

1. NASB (That's New American Standard BIBLE), 1995 Updated Edition. I believe it because it's the only preserved Word of God in the English language (only because I say it's so).

KJV?? Burn it, I guess, since it's a flawed, conflated, Anglican regurgitation of Popish drivel derived from that eeeeeeevil Textus Receptus, whose Greek and Eastern Orthodox scribes had their satanic paws all over the transmission of the majority of manuscripts (now, that's a conspiracy theory if I'd heard of one.....).

OK, enough of the silliness.... who's gonna believe me now???
I hope I had made my point!

[ April 07, 2003, 09:01 PM: Message edited by: LRL71 ]

 

So are you saying that Paul used an inferior translation? How about Jesus? What about MArtin Luther? Could he have used the Future KJV to foretell a German translation? Kind of sounds like some would claim its superiority to the Greek NT and Hebrew and Aramaic OT.

If the KJV is the only one then I wonder how bad the Hebrews missed the point?

 

Here is my top 10 list:
1 KJV
2 KJV
3 KJV
4 KJV
5 KJV
6 KJV
7 KJV
8 The Message
9 Good News Bible
10 Living Bible

 

I prefer the NKJV in Bible Study,

I also like The Living Bible, with the way that it translates different texts in an almost humerous way.

 

The NKJV since it is God's inspired and authoritative word preserved intact for today's man in English.

AMEN!

(PS: The "old" KJV is not bad either )

 

What else? God's perfectly preserved Word for the English-speaking peoples, the New American Standard Bible.

 

What else? God's perfectly preserved Word
for the English-speaking peoples of the
21st century (2001-2100), the New King
James Version (nKJV)

Also nice is the KJV1611, God's perfectly
preserved Word for the English-speaking
peoples of the 17th century (1611-1700).

Also nice is the KJV1769, God's perfectly
preserved Word for the English-speaking
peoples of the 19th century (1801-1900).

Also nice is the KJV1873, God's perfectly
preserved Word for the English-speaking
peoples of the 20th century (1901-2000).

 

Oh I wish I could say it as well as you Ed!

Diane

 

Now how am i gonna stay humble
if you follow me around saying
stuff like that

I like the deacon who prayed:
"Lord, this church will keep this
preacher poor; but it is up to
You to keep him Humble"

 

The NIV. Because I believe God preserved His word for us today in a perfect, one book Bible.

Actually, because it strikes the middle ground between a woodenly literal version like the old NASB and a loose paraphrase like the Living Bible, and it's based largely on the text closest to the original manuscripts. It's very readable and accurate.

I'll probably replace it with the TNIV once the whole Bible is ready, since the TNIV makes several improvements to the translation besides being more gender-accurate.

Before the NIV, I preferred the KJV and NKJV.

My best friend's family prefers the NLT for devotional reading.

For NT word studies, I go right to the AGNT.

 

If I may add to your eloquence, Ed:

The Wiclif Bible
The Tyndale Bible
The Rheims Bible (only NT)
Luther's Translation
The Geneva Bible (I have the 1557 AND the 1599 Versions)
The ESV
The Oxford Annotated Bible With the Aprocrypha (RSV)
The Septuagint (found this in a used bookstore)
The REAL honest-to-goodness Authorised Version of 1611. I have the Thomas Nelson facsimile.
and lastly,
my Dead Sea Scrolls Bible, written from the scrolls that predate the Masoretic Texts by more than a couple thousands years. As a sidebar, I have been using this one frequently, as I recently obtained this jewel).

I sincerely hope all is well with you.

 

In random order.
The Willibrordvertaling
The Staten Bijbel
The NBG vertaling

I know next to nothing about various English Bible versions. So when I have to use an English Bible for some reason I usually pick up the first one I find of the 3 I have scattered around my office.
A KJV, a Jerusalem Bible, and an American Family Rosary Bible.

 

I prefer the good old King James Version.


Jude and Clay, I don't even know what about half of yours were. (All those letters and no words )

 

Not my list, just giving a key to abbreviations:

1. RSV (Revised Standard Version)
2. ESV (English Standard Version)
3. NJB/JB (New/ Jerusalem Bible)
4. NRSV (New Revised Standard Version)
5. NIV (New International Version)
6. REB/NEB (Revised English Bible/New English Bible)
7. GNT (Greek New Testament)?
8. NAB (New American Bible)
9. NKJV (New King James Version)
10. NASB (New American Standard Bible)

5. HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
7. NLT (New Living Translation)

TEV (Good News Bible--Today's English Version)

 

I think he is actually refering to the Good News Translation.

Though I call my NA27 the GNT

 

2,000 twisted words in the New KJV -- are they intact?

 

Amen! The KJV can't be perfect, but it is accurate translation available today.

 

The KJV is most accurate translation for English-speaking people available today because the manuscript evidences showed that 5210 of 5255 manuscripts supported the KJV.