Originally posted by Craigbythesea:
The NASB is my favorite translation of the Bible, but it is not perfect.
Your choice! It is better than the NIV or CEV.
because I frequently recommend it to others,
I wish you don't. Your choice is to do it.
Please list the verses one at a time and indicate for each one the specific errors.
Daniel 3:25
KJV - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like
the Son of God.
NASB - He said, "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like
a son of the gods!"
Notice NASB saying, "a son of god
s.
Is Jesus
a son of god
s?
Mark 1:2-3
KJV - As it is written in
the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
NASB - As it is written in
Isaiah the prophet: "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY; THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.'"
According the Scriptures, there is more than one prophet. NASB is incorrect.
Mark 1:2 is from Malachi 3:1.
Mark 1:3 is from Isaiah 40:3.
Luke 23:45
KJV - And the sun was
darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
NASB - because the sun was
obscured; and (39) the veil of the temple was torn in two.
NASB is incorrect because of a scientific error.
The TR reading "eskotisthe" - "was darkened."
John 1:18
KJV- The only begotten
Son,...He hath declared Him.
NASB- The only begotten
God,...He has explained Him.
NWT (Jehovah's Witness)- The only begotten
God ...is the one that has explained Him.
By substituting "God" for "Son," the NASB and NWT change the glorious truth of God into a lie. If Christ is really a "begotten God," then His Deity is invalidated. These translations delight the heart of the Unitarian and the Jehovah's Witness, neither of which believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus. The NASB stands shoulder to shoulder with the Jehovah's Witness bible at this and many, many other points of alteration.