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Which best English Versions Bible do you enjoy?

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MerciG777

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I find it hard with the King Jamea Version.

I Have also read that NLT has wrong things in them due thoughts rather than actual translation. I am not sure. I shall look into them.

What do you think?
 
MerciG777 said:
I find it hard with the King Jamea Version.

I Have also read that NLT has wrong things in them due thoughts rather than actual translation. I am not sure. I shall look into them.

What do you think?
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The NLT is fine, although it is a paraphrase, but that can help bring more understanding. I prefer the ESV, but also like the NIV, LEB, and NASB. The best thing to do is use multiple translations for serious study and choose one for your regular reading, church, etc.
 
Free said:
The NLT is fine, although it is a paraphrase, but that can help bring more understanding. I prefer the ESV, but also like the NIV, LEB, and NASB. The best thing to do is use multiple translations for serious study and choose one for your regular reading, church, etc.
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Thank you I appreciate that as the NLT is one of my most readable. That and NKJV too.

NIV; I totally love that one of my favourite versions. And very readable. I also think they have a very acdurate translation. I hope to find one with indexed thumb pages though.

Yes I have one at the moment but I have a journalling one and I want another also to use for different things.

The ESV seems very modern.

Many thanks
 
MerciG777 said:
Thank you I appreciate that as the NLT is one of my most readable. That and NKJV too.

NIV; I totally love that one of my favourite versions. And very readable. I also think they have a very acdurate translation. I hope to find one with indexed thumb pages though.

Yes I have one at the moment but I have a journalling one and I want another also to use for different things.

The ESV seems very modern.

Many thanks
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You’re welcome. I highly recommend a study Bible, if you don’t have one, especially the ESV Study Bible. They’re on the big, heavy side, but well worth it for the helpful notes and study aids.
 
MerciG777 said:
I find it hard with the King Jamea Version.

I Have also read that NLT has wrong things in them due thoughts rather than actual translation. I am not sure. I shall look into them.

What do you think?
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I study primarily (not exclusively) from the KJV, NKJV, NASB and the ESV. Through a Bible software program I use, I can also examine Bible lexicons, trusted commentaries, interlinear texts and concordances to get as full a sense of a word, verse, or passage of Scripture as possible.

I memorize exclusively from the KJV because of its poetic and majestic prose.
 
Tenchi said:
I study primarily (not exclusively) from the KJV, NKJV, NASB and the ESV. Through a Bible software program I use, I can also examine Bible lexicons, trusted commentaries, interlinear texts and concordances to get as full a sense of a word, verse, or passage of Scripture as possible.

I memorize exclusively from the KJV because of its poetic and majestic prose.
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I don't respect anything other than the Koine Greek tools of a Bible program.
 
Free said:
But, aren't those tools pointless without a Bible translation to study?
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Interlinears while keeping one from learning all of Greek, are still indispensable. I have problems even trusting Green's interlinear.
 
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MerciG777 said:
I find it hard with the King Jamea Version.

I Have also read that NLT has wrong things in them due thoughts rather than actual translation. I am not sure. I shall look into them.

What do you think?
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I just stick with NKJV, mostly cuz word for word equivalence between the original KJV with the Authorized Text is pretty strongly aligned. Funny thing is, I don't honor the Authorized Text, and consider it corrupted in some places. But in general, I gravitate to using KJVs and citing from the NKJV anyway. Aside from verses where I believe the internal context makes it blatantly obvious that corruptions have occurred, I just find them more comfortable to use, possibly in part to what Tenchi was saying about the poetic style, which I grew used to from the time I got born again, and learned the things of God by reading from a large KJV someone donated to my father.
 
7thMoon said:
Interlinears while keeping one from learning all of Greek, are still indispensable. I have problems even trusting Green's interlinear.
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The thing is, as a Deist, only Gen 1:1-3:7 are relevant for you. So, why even bother to study the rest of the Bible when you should actually just throw it all out?
 
Free said:
But you're a Deist. By definition then, God doesn't do miracles. If you believe he does, then you can't be a Deist.
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Am I mislabeling myself, when I say God performs limited miracles? Perhaps I am like Ben Franklin a mix of theism and deism. What do you think?

But I don't believe God has a personal relationship with Mankind.
 
"Franklin formulated a presentation of his beliefs and published it in 1728.[199] He no longer accepted the key Puritan ideas regarding salvation, the divinity of Jesus, or indeed much religious dogma. He classified himself as a deist in his 1771 autobiography,[200] although he still considered himself a Christian.[201] He retained a strong faith in a God as the wellspring of morality and goodness in man, and as a Providential actor in history responsible for American independence.[202]"

Was Ben a deist?
 
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