What should I do with my copy of the NASB?
2007-10-24 08:47:49 · 31 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nah. Just an old King who was really a "queen".
The NASB is my translation of choice for serious study.
2007-10-24 08:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
The King James is the most accurate English translation of the Majority Text, which is the one that has historically been used by the real Christians (the ones persecuted by the Roman Catholics in the dark ages). I doubt you actually own a bible, judging by the content of most of your posts LOL but if you have an NASB I would say, replace it with a King James. The NASB and pretty much all other modern versions have doctrinal errors in them. I would rather use a Bible that is *slightly* harder to understand but has no errors in it. That's just me though, some people are fine with sacrificing accuracy for easy reading; and most people don't even know that the new versions have errors in them.
2007-10-24 08:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by Blue Eyed Christian 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
KJV is a good translation, but there are many others. Most say it's the best because its one of the oldest, and the language seems "Holy"
If older is better, what about Luther's German Bible. It predates the KJV, and still has the Deutero Canonical books as the Apocrypha, between the Old and New Testaments. His translation also standardized the German Language.
Or older, St. Jerome's Vulgate.
All were translated as faithfully as was possible in their day.
Personally, I prefer the New KJV, But any version faithfully translated, IS the inspired word of God!
Mark
2007-10-24 11:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No bible came from god, the bible is composed out of stories handed down from the apostles and many other writers and most of these stories were told by what you would call the first priests. A guy who had these stories memorized would tell a group of people to spread the word. Eventually the bible you most recognize was put together by the guy who eventually became i think the first pope and his order.
I probably didnt explain it well enough, but here is a link talking about all of the differant writers, but there is much more to the bible then that. It doesnt really explain how the bible was put together.
http://www.allabouttruth.org/how-many-people-wrote-the-bible-faq.htm
2007-10-24 08:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by phillip 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The King James Bible are the collection of the gospels that were selected during King James' reign over England.
Wouldn't everything be more interest had ALL the gospels been accepted and used?
2007-10-24 08:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by ►solo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no "official" bible version that came from God. There was an "official" Bible declared by the Catholic Church at the council of Hippo in 395 AD to be the Latin Vulgate Bible. Since it was the only Christian Church at the time and there was no compiled Bible before the Council of Hippo, the Latin vulgate could be considered an "official" Bible.
Sorry to all the anti-Catholics.
2007-10-24 08:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by Robin Runesinger 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is but remeber the words at 2 Timothy 3.16 all bible scriptures are inspired from god for teaching reproving etc... Now I dnt read the king james version any more because the divine name was takin out so many times and cuz I dont read shakespear that well, so I read the New World Translation but even with that said all bibles pretty much say the same thing anyway it will just be worded different
2007-10-24 08:52:13 · answer #7 · answered by The 12 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The Bible was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic. It has been translated into many other languages and versions. Your NASB is fine.
2007-10-24 09:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Answer to question 1: No, the King James Bible is a translation of the original texts, just like the other translations that are available today. It is one of the older ones, which is why it's a little more difficult to read.
Answer to question 2. You should read it.
2007-10-24 08:50:27 · answer #9 · answered by RedThread 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nope.
King James translated the King James bible into English.
The original books were written in Hebrew and Greek.
It was compiled together at the 2nd council of Nicea but also the first by vote of successors of the apostles.
The texts had many translations, but King James was the first English. That's why there are "thee's and thou's". It's how they spoke in 1600's .
2007-10-24 08:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The only thing that was written by God's hand was the 10 Commandments. The rest of the Bible is up for debate.
2007-10-24 08:56:55 · answer #11 · answered by tiny Valkyrie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋