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IMHO, I'd recommend NKJV. Why? Based on comparisons over the years with the Greek text, it is the most accurate.
Not is heart beat is it. Critical Greek is pure academics and cannot be anything more. It is like the blind statue with scales in her hand determining the outcome of any understanding by being wilfully blind to what the Holy Spirit would have us to know; having a complete bias toward the letter and not the mind behind the letter that can only accessed by the Holy Spirit.
IMHO, I'd recommend NKJV. Why? Based on comparisons over the years with the Greek text, it is the most accurate.
Actually, it really isn't. The NASB is word for word the closest direct translation. In fact, 2nd year Greek students have used it for years to "cheat" when tasked with translating the Gospel of John from Greek to English.
Actually, it really isn't. The NASB is word for word the closest direct translation. In fact, 2nd year Greek students have used it for years to "cheat" when tasked with translating the Gospel of John from Greek to English.
The NASB is a revised ASV. Here's another chart from How To Choose A Bible Version For All It's Worth by Gordon Fee and Mark Strauss which shows the origination and progression of Bible versions but it's copyrighted so here's the link;http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/wp-cont...anslations.jpg
the consensus that was arrived at then still was the predominant opinion last year, which was that for the general reader of an English translation though the NASB was an excellent choice the " NASB translators at times err in the direction of over-literalness," found to be having some of the same issues some 30 years later when the NIV 1984 came into existence.
Hello twin.spin
Thanks for the clarification, I apologize if I misrepresented you. The NASB is my personal favorite translation, although I use several. Incidentally, they revised the NASB (sometime in the 90's, I believe) to add readability. I am partial to my pre-revision version, still hanging in from when I received it in 1986.
I'd gone through few Bibles in the past decades. The current one I have is a simple paperback King James Version which I've been keeping with me for close to 17 years now. I'm now looking for an upgrade to a large format premium version with leather binding, etc. that resembles an antique book, if you know what I mean. In other words, the best quality I can find out there. I'd checked Amazon but wasn't all that impressed with the selection. It could be ESV, ASV or NKJV as well, if not KJV. Any suggestions?
My current Bible
Thanks in advance
Save your money and get the Concordant Literal New Testament.
I'd gone through few Bibles in the past decades. The current one I have is a simple paperback King James Version which I've been keeping with me for close to 17 years now. I'm now looking for an upgrade to a large format premium version with leather binding, etc. that resembles an antique book, if you know what I mean. In other words, the best quality I can find out there. I'd checked Amazon but wasn't all that impressed with the selection. It could be ESV, ASV or NKJV as well, if not KJV. Any suggestions?
My current Bible
Thanks in advance
The only advice I can give is to avoid most modern versions. There are minefields in the publishing business and those mine fields consist of directed ideologies and heretical philosophy injected into newer presentations of the Bible.
One example is the rewording, editing and deletion of certain passages in the book of Revelation - done, we are told, for the purpose of making it more understandable. (As if modern readers are somehow devoid of the processes of cerebral cogitation.)
Other Bibles promote a particular ideology as, for example, the famous Scofield Reference Bible.
An excellent investment is to acquire at least two complete Bible commentaries. On my own shelf rests a copy of The Wycliffe Bible Commentary and a copy of the Interpreter's one-volume Commentary on the Bible. The Wycliffe book has a conservative approach, while the Interpreter's Commentary is generally regarded to have a more liberal view. When both agree, you've got something to stand on. That's my idea anyway.
I have found one Bible to be very useful and informative. It's one of the few to come down the road in a long time. It's the Holman Christian Standard Bible - HCSB Study Bible.
There are far too many philosophical and ideological pitfalls swirling in society today to be without good reference materials.
and that's just me, hollering from the choir loft....
I have found one Bible to be very useful and informative. It's one of the few to come down the road in a long time. It's the Holman Christian Standard Bible - HCSB Study Bible.
When the HCSB came out it was dubbed "The Baptist's Bible" for two reasons. One, the B&H (Broadman and Holcomb) Publishing Group is an arm of LifeWay Christian Resources owned by the Southern Baptist Convention. The other reason being more contributors were Baptist.
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