Featured Bible Reading Comprehension Tests

There is no one uniform standard of British English. There are way more varieties on that isle than in big ole' America.

 

The ESV is a perfect translation...to stumble and fumble when reading aloud.

That sentence indicates why.

 

• The ESV and NRSV should be at the very same grade level.

The Message is certainly not at the 4-5th grade level. Someone, or some people, didn't even bother
to read it before making that inane conclusion. It's easily at the 9th grade level at least.

 

Yes, and let's not forget the rest of the UK: Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

 

A good example of what you are talking about is this:

1Jo 2:1 (KJV) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

I doubt if anyone who speaks Ameican uses the word "propitiation" and it has been removed from American translations.

 

"Current archaic words?"

A word is either "current" or it's "archaic."

There's no such thing as a "current archaic" word.

 

I meant to say the British Isles --all-encompassing.

 

And what about all the tots who've watched Winnie the Pooh's antics in The 100 Acre Wood.
Maybe the hand wringers should reach out to Disney so it can be corrected.
LOL