If so, what are the differences (besides printing dates)
2006-12-20 05:07:43 · 20 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have the KJV Bible and a Catholic Bible. I believe that the KJV Bible is the only real Bible however, I need to keep the old Catholic one in order to witness to my father who doesn't even consider the KJV Bible a Bible at all. There is a big difference between the two Bibles but fortunately, there are enough salvation verses in the Catholic Bible that haven't been tampered with so that I can still give him the truth. The catholic Bible was created to support Catholic doctrine and is not a direct translation from the original text to English. The KJV Bible is the first English translation without Catholic influence.
2006-12-20 05:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by tas211 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I own both the King James Version and the New International Version.
Both versions have their won advantages and disadvantages:
By using the King James Version, you can be rest assured that what you are reading is completely original. It is the exact Bible used by our ancestors. That is the reason why old English is used throughout the King James version. However, this version is hard to understand for some people due the words such as "maketh" or "taketh" being used often.
By using the New International Version, you can easily understand the word of God because it translates the King James version into an easy to understand language.
For me, I prefer the New International version.
2006-12-20 13:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Hook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I own 3 versions of the Catholic Bible:
The New Jerusalem
The Saint Joseph's
The New American Bible
Each was edited with a different purpose in mind. The Saint Joseph's is less a study bible and more of a devotional bible. The New Jerusalem is a study bible designed to be as accurate a translation as possible. The New American actually makes attempts to restore "original ordering" of some passages that the editors feel have been transliterated - i.e. some of the prophets' words have been re-arranged to make the prophecies more coherent (they do retain the original numbering, though, so it makes it a bit hard to find some passages).
My wife owns about a dozen Protestant Bibles (which don't include all of the books of the Old Testament that the Catholic ones do), and they vary in style, level of language used, and word choices (begat, father of, son of, etc).
2006-12-20 13:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a few, the King James, New King James, New International Version, Jerusalem Bible, and a few others. There are differences in translation, and sometimes questions arise between the two or more versions. Hebrew did not have punctuation, so modern translators were left to put that in, which definitely changes some of the meanings (Catholic Bibles have support for Purgatory because of the placement of a comma, while Protestant Bibles place it elsewhere, and it appears their is no purgatory etc.
2006-12-20 13:21:42 · answer #4 · answered by M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do; I own several translations.
My favorite one for my personal study is the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It is a literal, easy to understand modern English Bible. Its most important feature is the fact it restores God's personal Name, Jehovah, to the text where the KJV and many others removed it almost 7,000 times, they replacing it with LORD or GOD.
I often use the KJV in the ministry and for comparison purposes.
Also American Standard Version and Revised Standard Version, as well as a few others.
You can read the New World Translation online at the link below:
2006-12-20 13:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I own a couple of different translations (NASB and NIV come to mind, but I'd have to go look). I have a bible that was gifted me that I consider to be the "family bible" since it is larger and has such lovely binding. I have a study bible with lots of commentary, which is always interesting to read when passages seem to get "stale" from familiarity. I think I even have a copy of the bible that has writing all over it from my student days.
2006-12-20 13:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own NIV and KJV, and NKJV. the main difference between these is the words they use. KJV uses a lot of older English, where NIV uses more up to date language. however, these are just different translations of the same Bible. there are some versions out there that are more like revisions than translations.
still, the biggest difference between them is the language style.
2006-12-20 13:12:43 · answer #7 · answered by willowprincess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I own many versions of the Bible NIV, Message, NSV, NKJ, KJ, do not know the printing dates, but It is good to have more than one version when you study the Bible, it will help you understand the meaning of the verses if you do not understand one version.
2006-12-20 14:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by blessedfriend2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the King James and the New King James. The New King James is in modern American English, but does not change the meaning of the King James like all the rest of the modern English editions.
2006-12-20 13:12:12 · answer #9 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, the way they read for one. I find King James Version to be very difficult to understand with its archaic language, yet the NIV to be very dick and jane.
The differences I find are tha they're basically different interpretations.
I've heard it argued that the KJV is the best and most accurate you can get, but who knows. I prefer to read the Urantia Book anyway.
2006-12-20 13:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by sunflower_pyxie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋