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John of Japan

John of Japan

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alexander284 said:
I remember teaching an adult Sunday School class at a Southern Baptist Church at the time that the HCSB was released.

The Sunday School materials, up to that point, had always used the NIV.

But the materials changed to the HCSB (the predecessor to the CSB).

It was explained that Zondervan (the publisher of the NIV) was now charging an exorbitant fee for the use of the NIV in our Sunday School publication.

Hence, the switch to Broadman & Holman's own HCSB.
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We have purposefully copyrighted our Japanese Lifeline NT so no one will profit from it, and then put it into the public domain with the stipulations that no one must profit from it or change it.

In 2 Cor. 2:17 it says, "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God." The Greek word for "corrupt" there can be translated "huckster." It is my own view that no one should make money from translating and publishing the Word of God. The Bible should be freely available to all.
 
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RipponRedeaux

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John of Japan said:
We have purposefully copyrighted our Japanese Lifeline NT so no one will profit from it, and then put it into the public domain with the stipulations that no one must profit from it or change it.

In 2 Cor. 2:17 it says, "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God." The Greek word for "corrupt" there can be translated "huckster." It is my own view that no one should make money from translating and publishing the Word of God. The Bible should be freely available to all.
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"The copyright to the NIV is owned by Biblica...'Biblica'...was previously named the International Bible Society. This noprofit Bible ministry believes that the Bible is God's inspired Word, and in everything they do, they seek to honor the Lord Jesus Christ. Since 1978, they have been using NIV royalties to translate the Bible into the world's top 100 major-spoken languages, reaching up to 5.2 billion people with God's Word. Biblica's International ministry began in 1810 with its sponsorship of William Carey's Bible translation work in India. Since that time, Biblica has provided more than 650 million Scripture pieces around the world in its over 200 year history."
 
JonC

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RipponRedeaux said:
I know that its predecessor, the HCSB, was tagged as quirky.
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I think both the HCSB and the CSB are excellent.....but quirky.

There are some words translated in a more contemporary way (like "happy" for "blessed"). But then there are places where they choose "hallelujah" where most translations have "praise God".

They have one of the more accurate renderings of John 3:16 (at least with "thusly").
 
John of Japan

John of Japan

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RipponRedeaux said:
"The copyright to the NIV is owned by Biblica...'Biblica'...was previously named the International Bible Society. This noprofit Bible ministry believes that the Bible is God's inspired Word, and in everything they do, they seek to honor the Lord Jesus Christ. Since 1978, they have been using NIV royalties to translate the Bible into the world's top 100 major-spoken languages, reaching up to 5.2 billion people with God's Word. Biblica's International ministry began in 1810 with its sponsorship of William Carey's Bible translation work in India. Since that time, Biblica has provided more than 650 million Scripture pieces around the world in its over 200 year history."
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Where is the quote from?
 
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Conan

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Wouldn't Zondervan be responsible for the NIV ? Of course I am way behind the times so...
 
John of Japan

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John of Japan said:
How would I know? It's standard procedure to source quotes here on the BB (and everywhere else), you know. Just sayin'. :)
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Well, I figured out that Rippon kind of gave a source. When I googled the statement he gave, here is the source: Who Is Responsible for Maintaining the NIV Text? - NIV Bible

It says, "Since 1978, they have been using NIV royalties to translate the Bible into the world’s top 100 major-spoken languages, reaching up to 5.2 billion people with God’s Word." Now, this is a little bit misleading, because the "world's top 100 major-spoken [Why the hyphen?--JoJ] languages" would all have a Bible already. So they are apparently not trying to reach the unreached, like ministries such as Wycliffe, Ethnos 360, or WorldView Ministries.
 
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