what version of the bible is the most modern and accurate?

Answer 1

The greek and Hebrew versions in their origional languages. In English its best to stick with a conservative version. NKJV, NASB are at the top of my list but there are some other good ones too (KJV, NLT, NIV), most of them are so close that I hope they stop making any new ones, enough is enough in the English versions.

Answer 2

Most Modern is the New International Version. At least as English language Bibles are concerned. There are more Modern translations specific to British English, American English, etc...

The original King James was an English translation of the Latin translation--which was a translation of the Greek, and in the case of the Old Testament a translation from Hebrew into Greek. Meaning is lost or changed in each translation.

Most accurate is the original Greek and Hebrew transcripts. And remember that for at least the New Testament, there are about 6000 Greek transcripts alone--and another 9000 or so in other languages of the Roman Empire. Old Testament is still fairly intact in the ancient Hebrew.

Answer 3

An Interlinear Bible. Gives the original Hebrew and Greek with an English translation,word for word. Not that easy to follow. Otherwise the most accurate translations are: the New American Standard, New Revised Standard and the English Standard Bibles.

Answer 4

They all have minor errors in them. That is why one needs to understand a thought 'line by line precept by precept.' For example, there is the command about observing the sabbath. But you can read in other parts of scripture what is involved in observing the sabbath. The thoughts concerning a matter will come together as ONE.
That is the beauty of scripture. Even though 'scribes' can insert little errors here and there, the truth can be brought out by two or three other 'witnesses' to the thought through other scripture. I compare it to a tapestry...you can see little individual threads that make it up, even with a thread out of place, but when you back up to the entire picture, the errors are hard to notice.

Answer 5

Life Application Bible ~ New International Version.
This Bible has commentary on each page to explain what the scriptures mean in an easy-to-understand way.

Answer 6

New International Version, The Message, Devotional Bibles....they're all updated and easy to understand!!

Answer 7

NIV Study Bible is the most accurate, and most easy to understand.

Answer 8

I find that they all have their values and problems. It's just that English is not always a good and properly translated language when compared to Hebrew and Greek. Our English language does not convey the concepts of certain words well.

So I use concordances and lexicons to see what the words really mean if I have an issue with them. It works every time.

Answer 9

They all have problems:
KJV the language is outdated and doesn't mean what it originally did.
NASB (Literal translation) used the Alexandrian manuscripts which lack accuracy.
NIV is really a paraphrase and highly inaccurate.
The real accuracy lies in the Holy Spirit whom God places in believers and leades them into the truth regardless of what version they use. It is a spiritual book and requires spiritual insight to understand it.

Answer 10

The king James version is not the most accurate.