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Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by RipponRedeaux, Aug 26, 2021.

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  1. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

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    Those of us who have lived for the majority of a century (that means anyone 51 and older) probably started with the KJV. And most of us have moved on to a series of other translations. We have fond memories of the KJV from our childhood. We still have retained a number of verses in our memory from the KJV. But for a number of reasons we have moved on. Improved accuracy in modern versions being an important consideration. But the most important being a more natural-sounding Bible translation that is fresh and understandable. There is no logical reason to have to retranslate a translation.
     
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    No.
    I own about 8 or 10 English-language print Bibles other than my primary Bible (KJV), but I would not buy hard copies of some of them nowadays. I use BibleGateway to go and see what various translations have today when I want to do so, and they also provide access to Bibles in other languages there.
    No. I have a Jehovah's Witnesses NWT (gifted by a friend in Junior High school) and a "Holy Name" Bible (because we have a couple in our neighborhood who hold that view).
     
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    When first saved, was using a Lidsell LB study bible, then moved to a Ryrie Nas!
     
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    Better one was the 1977!
     
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    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

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    If it's not too much trouble, could you identify those eight or ten translations please?
     
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    Had one time a 1952 Rsv catholic bible, and except for that gross rendering of virgin in Isaiah, pretty good translation!
     
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    That "gross rendering" has been an alternate reading listed in the NASB for decades. Look for it in your 1977 version. The reference is Isaiah 7:14.
     
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    Yes, but thankfully the Holy Spirit interpreted that to mean Virgin in Matthew!
     
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    But we were speaking of the Isaiah reference. I do not believe in altering Old Testament texts to conform to the New Testament wording.
     
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    The Holy Spirit gave to us how to view that Isaiah passage, and since he authored the Bible?
     
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    Learn to finish your sentences. You left this one dangling.
     
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    Offhand I remember: CSB, NASB, NIV, RSV, TEV, Living Bible (not a translation), and the so-called Purified Translation (which someone gave me). That's only seven I can think of, but I think I have a few others (and there are also the two "niche" translations I already mentioned above).
     
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    My wife has all the translations you can think of... Me I'm died in the wool KJV!... Compare???... Why do you think I read the KJV?... No comparison!... Why bother with the rest, when you have the best!... Now don't bother this old timer with trivialities... Brother Glen:)
     
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    I'm surprised that you have the CSB, since it is relatively new. What edition of the NASB do you have --the 1977 or the 1995?
     
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    The expression is "Dyed in the wool."
    Is it conceivable that there may be other translations that word particular passages more accurately than the KJV? Passages in which the non-KJV reading may give you an "Ah Hah" moment? You know, a feeling of, "I never thought of it that way before. So that's what it really means."
     
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    Based on what?I will give you two reading where the TR is right and the CT is wrong. John 1:18 is to read "Son." John .13:2 is to read "being ended." Those for me are two test verses. Tbe oldest reading is wrong on John 1:18 and right on John 13:2 except for a spelling error.
     
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    Glen is old, it’s died in the wool. He has bugs in his wool older than I am, and I’m 50. :Biggrin
     
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    I have the CSB, and it’s okay. I like the HCSB as well. Don’t ask me why, but I like it better than the CSB.
     
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    No idea
     
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    Based on the majority of New Testament Bible scholars. But in the CT camp they don't walk in lockstep. There are times in which some translations differ with the mainstream of the CT. I'd have to go to BibleGateway to document, but the NIV and CEB both have "Son" in John 1:18.
    What is the spelling error in John 13:2?
     
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