RipponRedeaux
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So is the 2020 NASB equivalent to the CSB or the NIV?
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Both. but closest to the Csb!
RipponRedeaux
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So I suppose that you have a copy of the 2020 NASB to make those definitive determinations. After all, you wouldn't make claims off the top of your head.
Have the phone app of Nas 2020
RipponRedeaux
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And the CSB is the closest to the NIV.
Both are way too much into inclusive language for my tastes, but to each their own!
The thought was expressed that rather than update our current versions of the Bible, we should turn those resources toward providing new translations for all the languages which do not have a bible translation. Underlying this view is acceptance of the existing English translations as accurate translations. And that as time marches on, the words used in our translations alter or lose their intended meanings. Fetch a compass anyone?
The NET identified about a half dozen verses where a genitive was mis-translated, completely missing the message.
The NET identified about a half dozen verses where a genitive was mis-translated, completely missing the message.
37818
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Great, believe what you will. The inability to find egregious errors riddling our English translations says it all...
Thanks, informative link. I liked this section:
For example in the book of Ephesians the word “aliens” has been changed to “foreigners,” “lose heart” changed to “become discouraged,” “implore” changed to “urge,” “tender-hearted” changed to “compassionate,” “girded your loins” changed to “belted your waist,” “coarse jesting” changed to “vulgar joking.” These are changes that amount to making the translation more accessible to a younger generation. As we looked over the changes in the book of Ephesians most seemed like straightforward modernized renditions of antiquated words.
37818
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I have had an NASB New Testament before the 1977 whole Bible edition came out. I really liked the single column page format. I did not like was what I considered inconstant retaining the Old English Thee, Thou and Thine out of reverence to God. The 1995 revision fixed that. Now in 2021 one publisher is bringing back the single column page format for the 2020 edition. That I like. That edition would be nice for reference use. I would think it would be available now.
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RipponRedeaux
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Why would you have harbored that desire? Since 1901, the ASV lineage has always used non-Byzantine sources for the New Testament.
Since I have posted about egregious errors in all three of those versions, why not address one or two. Unless you are not qualified.
"For example in the book of Ephesians the word “aliens” has been changed to “foreigners,” “lose heart” changed to “become discouraged,” “implore” changed to “urge,” “tender-hearted” changed to “compassionate,” “girded your loins” changed to “belted your waist,” “coarse jesting” changed to “vulgar joking.” These are changes that amount to making the translation more accessible to a younger generation. As we looked over the changes in the book of Ephesians most seemed like straightforward modernized renditions of antiquated words." [this quote is from the link]
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RipponRedeaux
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I think I know what you mean, but it is next to impossible to use non-Byzantine sources to translate the New Testament. I think you meant to say whenever there was disagreement, they went with a non-Byzantine variant reading. Even the chief Alexandrian or "Wild Western Text" manuscripts are full of Byzantine readings. It is impossible to escape using the Byzantine Text in the New Testament.
Why is the oldest version not considered the best source for NT text and why not call it Western or Alexandrian? To call the same rendering Byzantine rather than Alexandrian seems odd.
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