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Question

Hello. Could anyone please tell me what the most perfectly translated bible is in English? The one closest to the original scriptures? Someone told me it was the RSV

Answer 1

To answer this you would need to be a Hebrew and Greek Scholar.
I personally prefer the KJV. But its a good idea to have several translation to compare for study. There must be at least 40 or more in print in the English language.
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Answer 2

In the late 1300ls John Wycleffe came to believe that it was important for all Christians to read the Bible int hier own language. He and his followers were the first to translate the whole bible into English. But because the printing press had not yet be inbented, copies were made by hand and very few were available. About 140 years later, William Tynadale translated the New Testament from Greek to English. At that time the printing press was available, so Tyndale's bible was the first English Bible printed on a press.
In 1611 the best known English Bible, The king james Version, was published. It was re-ised many times over many years but remained the standard translation well into the twentieth century.
During the second half of the twentieth century many new translations because avaible. The most popular is the New INternational Version,

that's from my NIV but personally i trust the King James version the best but it's hard to understand so i read the NIV untill i understand it better, where i will then read the King James

Answer 3

I use the New American Bible Standard Revised Version (NAB RSV). I have a Hebrew Bible written in Hebrew and a Hebrew Bible written in English. It's something that I've been studying for the past year. The NAB RSV is the only one that is in accord with Hebrew wording.

Answer 4

I'd say the Authorized King James Version is a good starting point... and it is written in Shakespearean English. Most Gideon Bibles found in hotel/motel rooms are the KJV version.

If you additionally like to read the works/books of the minor prophets [i.e., Apocrypha], then read the Douay Version also.

That way you may be able to compare between the two versions.

Peace be with you.

Answer 5

I believe the King James Bible to be the most accurately translated Bible for the English language.

Answer 6

The King James Version is the first and most accuratley translated from the hebrew and greek. It's the bible I use and I think that the newer versions are quite watered down. The KJV is the closest translation.

Answer 7

Some say the best is King James Bible because it has a pure interpretation from the old days in lating.

But the most common now is the New International Version and that in itself, i believe, is translated from the King James bible.

Answer 8

Whichever you like, I like NIV. Read this, Skeptics!

The New Testament has far more manuscript evidence than any other ancient work. There are more than 24,000 manuscript copies of the New Testament, with only a 25 year time span between the original and the manuscript copies. The Iliad ranks next -- it has 643 manuscript copies with a 500 year time span between the original and the copies. Only 40 lines (400 words) of the New Testament are in doubt between the 24,000 manuscript copies, compared to 746 lines in doubt of the Iliad's 643 copies. This translates to 5% of the Iliad's text being corrupted, compared to 1/2 of 1% for the New Testament. These New Testament errors consist primarily of misspellings and duplications and affect no fundamental doctrines. To quote Sir Frederic Kenyon, an authority in the field of New Testament textual criticism:

"It cannot be too strongly asserted that in substance the text of the Bible is certain... The number of manuscripts of the New Testament, of early translations from it, and of quotations from it in the oldest writers of the Church, is so large that it is practically certain that the true reading of every doubtful passage is preserved in some one or other of these ancient authorities. This can be said of no other book in the world. Scholars are satisfied that they possess substantially the true text of the principal Greek and Roman writers whose works have come down to us... yet our knowledge of their writings depends on a mere handful of manuscripts, whereas the manuscripts of the New Testament are counted by hundreds, and even thousands.

Blessings,
David

Answer 9

King James Revised Version

Answer 10

I read the King James Version personally