Featured Odd/obscure/not-as-popular translation?

Greetings, Jerome!

Yes, you are right, and I have that edition of the ESV in my home library. However, I seldom use it because I do not care for the ESV.

 

Yes, I am aware of that.

I mean the Slavonic Orthodox Bible. http://ehbed.witnesstoday.org/FrontPage/Bible/Canon/Slavonic.htm

 

You may be correct—I do know for sure.

 

I did.

 

Yes, the NIV and all of its relatives.

 

Because...?

 

That is a subject for a different thread.

 

I use the REB (Revised English Bible) in my study and sermon/teaching prep. Since I've got it electronically, I usually have it alongside several other translations and compare approaches. I rather like the REB.

Another, which isn't entirely a major translation is the NET (New English Bible) that's available over at bible.org. I like the notes (so many notes) that aren't commentary but translators' notes.

For my Old Testament work, I use the JPS (Jewish Publication Society) translation. It is usually very good and captures the idea of a text better than major translations.

 

That is a fine one. I love the way it uses the English language. Those that speak of the beauty of the KJV ought to look at the REB. Also, it's a lot more conservative than its predecessor --the NEB.

 

I use the YLT on occasion. I'd run from the NWT.

 

I assume that question is for me...I use Accordance for my biblical studies and have purchased the REB through their site and use it with their program. I also have a physical copy but that jus sits in the shelf.

 

I am currently reading Moffatt's New Translation of the NT and is about as "odd" as any version I have read, in that, he moves verses around and even entire chapters (also some obscure/quaint Scottish words). I am just reading it; I would not say that I'm "using" it.

I have a stack of Bibles that I regularly reach for, including NASB, KJV, and NET. Others float in and out of my stacks; currently I have the MEV, TNIV, JPS Tanakh (OT only), Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (obviously OT), and Geneva 1599 close at hand. That should qualify as an eclectic mix.