Which version of The Bible is most accurate to God's word?

Answer 1

There are many bibles out there that have properly translated God's Word. I can however tell you that the most innaccurate and deviously mistranslated version is the New World Translation. Don't scoff now Witnesses. I am not picking on you. I am simply stating that the committee of translators for this version had absolutely no adequate schooling in biblical languages. The Watchtower Society used the translation "The New Testament" by Johannes Greber (a known spiritist), as a reference to support their renderings of John 1:1 to translate "the Word was a God", a complete perversion of the actual Greek scripture which says the word was God. They even admit in their Aid to Bible Understanding publication from 1969 that the original Greek text contains no indefinite article(corresponding to a or an).The New World Translation has been sharply criticized by hundreds of bible scholars and readers because of it's perversions of the actual scriptures to support their shaky teachings in denying the deity of Christ, and the visible return of Christ. What keeps the Jehovah's Witnesses going? The Society gains control of their followers by repeatedly asserting that their interpretation of the scriptures comes directly from Jehovah. However; in the Awake magazine from March 22, 1993 pg.4 the Watchtower Society tells us that never did they say "these are the words of Jehovah." If they are not directly inspired by Jehovah, how can their translation be an accurate version of God's word?

Answer 2

Everyone has an opinion, but notice what these experts said.

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

Good question that can only be answered with an opinion. Are you aware of just how many languages the Bible was written in ? I count three, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. But unless you speak all three, the translation to English is difficult. If you have studied any other languages, some things just don't translate well. There was an interpretation factor. What were they trying to covey in the original writings? I'm pretty sure that it was translated as a whole, in Latin later on so again, the issue comes up of the translation.

Answer 4

I know you will not believe this, but it's the New World Translation available through Jehovah's Witnesses.

It has the works of Westcott and Hort in it. They were world renown for the Greek works in the 1800's. Yet their works are not sanctioned by churches. Why? Because their accurate translations shows discrepancies in church doctrines.

The Darby, the Youngs Literal, the English Standard and the American Standard versions are good Bibles.

Answer 5

The Quran

The 100 percent accurate version of Bible

Answer 6

That's a matter of opinion. My church uses New King James. The problem is, there are several words in hebrew that have no english translation. Thus, argument ensues whenever someone tried to translate it a certain way.

Answer 7

The original Hebrew and Greek. After that you need to look for the Translations that stick closest to the original text.

Answer 8

Well Id say the King James Version since it has been around the longest.. good quesiton tho..

Answer 9

They are all just translations so I'd say the original texts :-P...but they all have the same message...I recommend the NIV (New International version) study bible if you want to just learn ...it has great explinations...Just my personal opinon..I love mine

Answer 10

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

You can read it online at the link below: