2006-09-11 03:56:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Which version has the pop up pictures again?
2006-09-11 03:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
devlsadvoct,
I use the King James, and the King James with Strong's numbers. I use the New Living Translation, the New International Version, also.
I have many of the translations at home because I go to Thrift Stores and by them if I don't already have them. I use them because they give me insight when I need to find out what was on the traslators mind. I use the Strong's concordance as well.
My other translations include; NAB, NKJV, The New Oxford Bible with Apocrypha, A Mormon KJV, NASB, NEB, a parellel Bible with Amplified, KJV, NASB, and NIV, also a Living Bible, The Way, and I think that I have a Good News Bible somewhere, I just can't see it right now.
I have had a teacher who taught from scripture in the Ugaritic, Arabic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Assyriac, Armenian, and some others and have found that they are better in some cases to any English version, the classification of words makes that possible. English doesn't have certain types of words available to it, and also the mindframe that is existant in the English speaking world does not amtch with some of the Semitic Language Frame.
It's interesting whensome people ask, " Do you believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God?" I don't pass their judgement. Because I stand there unlike others who answer in the affirmative immediately., and say calmly," No, I think that Jesus is the inerrant Word of God ." It might make them think, but they essentially think me odd at least. If I am questioned on it any further I am likely to say," Which one? Is it the Vulgate, the Alexandrian, the Ugaritic?" Most of them don't know those names, and seem to think that they had better close off the conversation.
2006-09-11 11:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New International Version is a good version since it is written on a 7th grade reading level. The TNIV is also good. In addition I read the NRSV and others. It's important to use a bible that has been printed by a large group of people so you know there has been many hours of study and debate over words and meanings. Steer clear of the ones that were only done by 1 person such as Peterson's "The Message" - it's only a paraphrase. If you are going to read it, do not read it by itself. Make sure you have another version to compare to.
2006-09-11 11:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by cnm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read the 1611 KJV Bible. It is the True Inspired word of God. It is the Truth from beginning, to the end. There are no lost books. This Bible comes complete. I don"t read other versions because, They have been rewritten by man. The Bible needs to be RE read, not RE written.
2006-09-11 11:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by concerned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read the NIV. It is one of the closest versions fron the King James, I believe. Our church teaches a lot from the New American Standard, which is OK, but the deepest meaning of the scripture could be lost at times the farther the translation. It still reads OK, but you might not get the same impact from todays simpler word choice.
2006-09-11 11:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by David S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The King James for the poetry, the NIV if I need the plain English version. But some pictures would be nice; or even a few pen-and-ink drawings.
2006-09-11 19:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like The Bible - an American Translation, from the University of Chicago Press. The language has been cleaned up from the turgid prose in the KJV, and there are no diacritical marks on the names -- which I hate. But I do not read it very often, as I prefer other sorts of fiction.
2006-09-11 11:02:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NIV Reader's version--dumbed down to a ten year old's level and I still miss a whole lot.
Also read the "Good News for Modern Man" in English with side-by-side German for comparison.
2006-09-11 11:03:21 · answer #8 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several versions. Like to compare them and see what the differences are.
2006-09-11 11:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Brick Testament.
http://www.thebricktestament.com/
2006-09-11 10:59:45 · answer #10 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was growing up, they MADE us only use the King James. I think they did that because it was very hard to understand, and that gave them the ability to misinterpret it for us and get us to believe anything they said.
The NIV was not interpreted from the King James - it was interpreted from the original writings by a large multi-denominational group. I like it because it's worded so you can understand it, and it's free from denominational bias.
I'll read anything you put in front of me, including the writings of other religions, except the King James.
2006-09-11 11:03:43 · answer #11 · answered by farmgirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋