The multiple Bible Versions: which one is really true word of God and who is the real author?

Answer 1

To be very frank enough among all the Biblical versions, none of them is a true and pure word of God. There might be the words of God here and there but everything the Bible says is not the word of God e.g....

We conventionally know that there are four canonical gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but now after careful examination this has been revealed that Matthew didn't wrote Matthew, Mark didn't wrote Mark, Luke didn't wrote Luke and and John didn't wrote John. These are anonymous books written by unknown authors.

One classic example is in the Gospel of John. John was actually a tax collector and Gospel of John says that John was sitting at the tax collectors table, Jesus went to him and told John to follow him and John followed Him. If the Gospel of John would have been written by John it would have written that "I was sitting at the tax collectors table, Jesus came to me and told me to follow Him and I followed Him.

One more example before we go to husk.....

We Muslims have no hesitation in acknowledging that in the Bible, there are three different kinds of witnessing recognizable without any need of specialized training.
These are:

1. You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of God."

2. You will also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet of God."

3. And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of eye witnessess or ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the "Words of a Historian"

You do not have to hunt for examples of these different types of evidences in the Bible. The following quotations will make the position crystal clear:

The FIRST Type:
(a) I will raise them up a prophet . . . and I will put my words in ... and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18)

(b) I even, I am the Lord, and beside me there is no saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)

(c) "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the end of the earth: for I am God, and there is non else." (Isaiah 45:22)

The above verses maybe the GOD'S WORD.

The SECOND Type:

(a) "Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? . . ." (Matthew 27:46)

(b) "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord:" (Mark 12:29)

(c) "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:18).

Even a child will be able to affirm that: Jesus "cried" Jesus "answered" and Jesus "said" are the words of the one to whom they are attributed, i.e. the WORDS OF A PROPHET OF GOD.

The THIRD Type:
"And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he, (JESUS) came, if haply he (JESUS) might find anything thereon: and when he (JESUS) came to it, (Jesus) found nothing but leaves . . ." (Mark 11:13)

The bulk of the Bible is a witnessing of this THIRD kind. These are the words of a third person. Note the underlined pronouns. They are not the Words of God or of His prophet, but the WORDS OF A HISTORIAN.

For the Muslim it is quite easy to distinguish the above types of evidence, because he also has them in his own faith. But of the followers of the different religions, he is the most fortunate in this that his various records are contained in separate Books!

ONE: The first kind — THE WORD OF GOD — is found in a Book called The Holy Qur’ân.

TWO: The second kind — THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET OF GOD, (Muhummed, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are recorded in the Books of Tradition called The Hadeeth.

THREE: Evidence of the third kind abounds in different volume of Islamic history, written by some of high integrity and learning, and others of lesser trustworthiness, but the Muslim advisedly keeps his Books in separate volumes!

The Muslim keeps the above three types of evidence Jealously apart, in their proper gradations of authority. He never equates them. On the other hand, the "Holy Bible" contains a motley type of literature, which composes the embarrassing kind, the sordid, and the obscene — all under the same cover — A Christian is forced to concede equal spiritual import and authority to all, and is thus unfortunate in this regard.


GENESIS 19:33-35 describes in detail as how Lot had incest with his daughters (Astagfirullah)....

GENESIS 35:22 has the same thing in which Reuben has incest with her mother.

GENESIS 38: 15-18 an incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law (Judah & Tamar).

I can keep on quoting the cases of incest but it will make this mail too long.

May God Almighty Open the Heart of readers of this answer towards Truth.... Ameen

Answer 2

The Hebrew Bible, or the Christian Old Testament, is a collection of stories that were passed down through an oral tradition. They were eventually written down and passed down that way by multiple authors. When Christianity started, the oldest books in the New Testament were written about 50 years after Jesus died. Matthew, Mark, and Luke were not the real authors, but the church attributed the books to them much later. Not all of the authors are known, but Paul wrote a few letters, but not all of the letters were actually written by him. Many of the letters were written in the spirit or style of him, which was tradition at the time. There wasn’t a set book either. Each congregation probably had a few copies of letters from Paul and some other writings. When the Christians had the Hebrew Bible, they needed it translated into Latin. It wasn’t until Constantine commissioned to have books made for him did the Christians sit down and make a canon. Books went in, and books went out. Not all of the books were written in the same language in the first place. A lot of redacting occurred.

This is why there are various versions: When Christianity spread, the primary language was Latin. People would try and translate it into the popular vernacular, but they were typically burned at the stake. Older translations, like the King James Version, though beautiful and poetic, are not very accurate. Since then, older texts have been found and translated. Modern scholars rely on many sources for translation, and they work together. I would suggest getting The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha. If there is any debate over translation, it’s in the footnotes.

Answer 3

soqte70,
There are a lot of opinions on this that are steeped in the academic world.
"The multiple Bible Versions: which one is really true word of God"
You won't find it in English, if that's what you are thinking. But it's inportant to know that all the parts that make up the Bible did not start out together, they weren't even in book form.

First you have to understand that you, in order to get an idea that is accurate, have to remove yourself from the modern frame of mind.

As I said, the originals are not available. Either they were destroyed, or they are lost.

What we have are fragments that date back into the BC era, and those are the oldest scriptures that are available. Then we have partial writings that can be compared to the fragmants, and then we have what is considered complete writings. They are those that might have parts missing, but the great part of the texts are complete within the document.

But remember, the Old Testament writings were always separate from the New Testament writings. They all had to be brought together.

My answer to this part of your question is: if you read in English, choose either the King James Version, or the New International Version. They are both good ones to start with.

and who is the real author?
There are about 40 authors and 66 books. That is something that is not so important. The important thing is that you understand that those people were inspired by God to write what they wrote.

Answer 4

The "multiple Bible Versions" are the Bible in different languages. For example, the KJV is written in Old English. There are more modern translations that are written in the common vernacular and are easier to understand, such as the New World Translation. The original text was written in Hebrew and Greek. I would say any translation that did not change the meaning or insert words or phrases that weren't there originally is still the word of God. The real author is God.

Answer 5

Most any modern translation with multiple editors from differing denominational backgrounds will be correct. Many are in several languages. Some try to interpret as near "word for word" as is possible, others are more "thought for thought". Some people think that just because the 'New American Standard' uses some different words than the 'New King James', that the Bible are different-they are not. They all say the same thing with a little different wording. No two people can translate the same book from Greek to English and select the very same English words.
The best English version I have seen are KJV (of course), NKJ, NASB, NAS, NIV, HCSB, and the ESV. There are others. All of these are correct. For each book in these Bibles, if the author is known, his name is there.

Answer 6

I've read many Bible Versions in several languages (including ancient Greek) & they all pretty much say the same thing. My favorite version is the NASB as it seems like the most precise English translation. There are numerous authors, though Moses and Paul wrote numerous books within the Bible (inspired by God of course :) ).

Answer 7

Trust King James it's the one that many interpretations came from to begin with.. Check out what Ephesians 3: 1-21 it will show you that when Paul wrote the book of Ephesians he was in his spirit ( which is the part of our body that Jesus is able to dwell)
Then read John 4: 23-24. It says "But an hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truthfulness, for the Father also seeks such to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness." So the conclusion is if you want to understand the bible, you need to be in your spirit to interpret it correctly, other wise if you count on your mind (where Satan can twist the truth with our knowledge) that's were you get multiple definitions of a word. But in your spirit, the words become life and you can see clearly what God is trying to say. The key is you need Jesus inn you first to understand. Try it. Ask Him into your life and He will change it for the best!!!

Answer 8

To know which is really true, you would need to read them all, and the ones following the same string of recorded history, are true. That or decipher the original texts yourself. The King James version is the most accepted, although it is missing a few major pieces of information, like names of Adam and Eve's other children. The girls in particular. Cain and Seth married their sisters, as per custum, but the King James version would lead one to believe that their were other people for the boys to marry.

The bible is a compilation of books written by men. There is no one author, unless it was God, who would have had to give these thoughts to these men, because you would find it really hard to get over 50 men to agree on anything in this day and age. And that's another thing. We say( in this day), meaning our lifetime. But our lifetimes span many years. When days are referred to in the bible, as in the days of creation, why couldn't that mean many years in between days?

Answer 9

None of them. They are all influenced by the Catholic church and all its many revisions. Also if they are channeled information ie sent by God through men that still flaws it. Human emotions, beliefs and feelings always influence the true message.

The better question is where is the original bible? Seems that it has disappeared. If you could find it.. I am sure it would be somewhere in the Vatican.

For some reason the Pope decides what is right for people to believe or not believe. Thus all the editing, picking and choosing that went on when they decided what would be HOLY and what would not.

Alex

Answer 10

The two parts of your question are mutually exclusive. The real author is always a human, no matter the version. So none is really the true word of God.

Answer 11

I would suggest the King James version and there are several authors in the bible each book was written by different people check it out at berean book store or any christian book store should have a study bible to help you.