holy bible,,,,how many versions r they?

Answer 1

Dear Sir,
I would like to correct you on your statement about the bible on, how many versions are there. Firstly, there are not "versions" of the Holy Scriptures, there are "translations", and it is these translations that can be grouped into families. We all know of the King James bible. Well this can be grouped amongst the "puritan" group of scriptures. These puritan translations include, the King James, the Authorised, the Gideon and the American Standard Version. These have kept faithful to the original meaning and intent of the scriptures, though making updates because of changes in our language. Then you have the "liberal" translations, which may be strongly influenced by the Catholic church, which include the New International Translation, the Revised Standard Version, and the World Bible. These translations were designed to bring the scriptures into everyday language, but the effect was, that most of the real intent or meaning of the scriptures has been lost or else watered down. Then there are the religious political translations, were you have the New Jerusalem Bible, and the New American Bible, the Complete Jewish Bible which are aimed at those of a specific religious leaning.

Answer 2

I have a friend who is creating a catalog of english bibles.

so far is above 1700 different.


My favorite is NWT, please read.

Old Testament:
In fact, the New World Translation is a scholarly work. In 1989, Professor Benjamin Kedar of Israel said:
"In my linguistic research in connection with the Hebrew Bible and translation, I often refer to the English edition as what is known as the New World Translation. In doing so, I find my feeling repeatedly confirmed that this kind of work reflects an honest endeavor to achieve an understanding of the text that is as accurate as possible. Giving evidence of a broad command of the original language, it renders the original words into a second language understandably without deviating unnecessarily from the specific structure of the Hebrew....Every statement of language allows for a certain latitude in interpreting or translating. So the linguistic solution in any given case may be open to debate. But I have never discovered in the New World Translation any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain."

New Testament:

While critical of some of its translation choices, BeDuhn called the New World Translation a “remarkably good” translation, “better by far” and “consistently better” than some of the others considered. Overall, concluded BeDuhn, the New World Translation “is one of the most accurate English translations of the New Testament currently available” and “the most accurate of the translations compared.”—Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament.

“Here at last is a comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible:
King James Version,
New American Standard Bible,
New International Version,
New Revised Standard Version,
New American Bible,
Amplified Bible,
Today's English Version (Good News Bible),
Living Bible,
and the New World Translation.
The book provides a general introduction to the history and methods of Bible translation, and gives background on each of these versions. Then it compares them on key passages of the New Testament to determine their accuracy and identify their bias. Passages looked at include:
John 1:1; John 8:58; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1

Jason BeDuhn
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair
Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion
Northern Arizona University

Answer 3

There are many different versions of the Holy Bible. There are many books of the Bible that are not in the King James version.

Answer 4

I will study with anyone in any translation of the bible - they all say the same things because theyre God's word. 2 Timothy 3:16, 17

Answer 5

Many, but there is only one right version: mine.

Answer 6

Thousands and none of them make any bloody sense! Its love this and love that, they are so Bloody annoying! Get yourselves some balls Christians!

Answer 7

the bible is not the same as it was in the past..really really past..people have changed it......they wrote bibles of their own.....I believe in it that it's from god....but what's in it mostly fiction......

I'm muslim & I read the Kuran..it's 100% true....

Answer 8

how many do u want to be there?

Answer 9

too many

Answer 10

king james ~ gideon ~ catholic ~ morman ~ hebrew ~ jewish
Thats all i know