I have noticed that many scriptures in the NIV translation of the bible have been removed. why?

Answer 1

There are some verses that have been moved - usually to the bottom of the page or margins as asides ... and some things that have been added to the bottom or margins as asides.

The reason for this is that we've found older scriptures that differed from the ones that were used when the King James was written.
In some cases, the scriptures used in creating the NIV were up to 150 years older than what was used for the KJV. That being the case, the translators errored on the side of caution, and moved these, but did not absolutely take them out.

Answer 2

Those books were removed in the 1800's from a lot of versions. even the KJV originally included them. Why they were removed is ultimately unknown. Catholics will tell you that it's because those books prove Catholic teachings true, and so they were removed by some stubborn people. Many non-Catholics will tell you that they never should have been in there in the first place. Some will also tell you that the Catholics added them to the bible(as opposed to them being removed later by others) - don't listen to them. Historically they were in the very first Christian bible. The council of Trent did NOT add them in the 1500's like the above user claims. They were merely reaffirmed as biblical in the face of people claiming they weren't. The first bible was complied in the 300's. Those apcoryphical/deuterocanonical books where included.

Answer 3

While the truth is there by which one may be saved etc, it is a poor translation, and is not even a word for word type (as the KJV is), and is much based upon the work of liberal translators, Wescott and Hort, using manuscripts that are not necessarily older or the best.

It owes it's popularity not to excellence of translation but mostly to marketing, and thus may be coined (pun intended), the New Industry Version, an industry that seeks to create a need for a new bible in order to make money, and which promotes about as many "flavors" of Bibles as ice cream,.

It is no surprise then, that Zondervan, the publisher, is owned by Harper Collins, which also publishes the satanic "bible!" http://truthinheart.com/Zondervan.htm

In order to also make money, it is copyrighted!

My advice is that you stick with the proven effective two edged sword, the KJV.

To God be the glory.

Answer 4

The NIV was translated after the Christian view of the Bible had shifted tremendously. The older view of Scripture was that it was the common property of the Church, and that it was interpreted, editted and preserved by the Christian community. In that light, the best reading was determined by comparing manuscripts and selecting the majority reading. The NIV reflects a new understanding of the Bible as the infallible Word of God, the foundation of Christianity. In that light, the original reading is more important that the majority reading. The NIV relies on the "critical text" of Scripture, which a reconstruction of the earliest known form of each verse.

Answer 5

The books of the Bible, before Jesus' time, was individual scrolls and written in two different languages Hebrew and Greek. Sometime between the years 285-246 BC Jewish scholars began translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek, but they realized that there were 7 books in the Greek translation that could not be found in the Hebrew translation so they rejected those books. Jews continued to use the version that did not include those books, but Christians continued to use the one that contained all 46 books. Christians continued to use this version until the year 1529, when Martin Luther decided to remove these books for the same reason, the other books could not be found in Hebrew. Luther took it upon himself to remove these books from the Christian Bible, and wanted to remove more books, but he had no arguement to back this up. Catholics, however, continued to use the version that contained all 46 OT books. Since this time the Dead Sea scrolls containing these books have been found, so why haven't Protestants put them back into their Bibles?

God bless,
Stanbo

Answer 6

Good question, remember that NIV is simply one translation of the biblical writings. I know this won't answer your question, but one of the reasons tha the scriptures may have been removed was for the very purpose of the question you asked. Maybe to see if anyone is really listening? So congrats you passed this phase. 8o) Now keep reading a variety of biblical texts....

Answer 7

They were not removed only revised. The Bible lovers realized that the book was kinda trashy and incoherent so they tried to fix it up a bit.

It really is ironic that the infallible word of God had to be revised. Too bad God could not have his message written down correctly the first time.

Answer 8

NIV is a bad translation.Stick to the KJV based or New American Standard versions.Liberal translators make bad books.