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1 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | jg8ball | 602 | ||
What do you think is the best version of the Bible? (the one that best captures the intent of the original authors) | ||||||
2 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 603 | ||
. . . The best Bible version is the one YOU use -- the one you can understand AND trust. . . . If you asked 20 different people what's the best version, you would get 20 different answers. . . . First you have to answer the question, best for what? What will you be using this Bible for -- general reading, devotional reading, personal study, evangelism, teaching youth, etc.? . . . I personally use 16 different versions of the Bible. What are my top recommendations? . . . They are, in alphabetical order: . . . The Amplified Bible . . . New American Standard Bible . . . New International Version . . . New King James Version. . . . Which is my personal favorite over all, for reading, study, teaching, memorization, devotional reading, etc.? It's the New American Standard Version of the Bible. The New American Standard has been widely acclaimed as "the most literally accurate translation" from the original languages. Today the NASB remains the most literally accurate Bible in the English language. I use many translations every week, but after 30 years of reading, studying, teaching and praying in the NASB, it is my personal favorite over all the others. . . . The advocates of the King James Only movement are violently opposed to any and all modern translations. Their view is the KJV is the only perfect (without error) English Bible in existence. I merely define their views, as I understand them. I refuse to be drawn into a dispute over the King James Only controversy. I personally love and respect the King James and have done all my memory work in it. But is it the most literally accurate Bible in the English language? No. While it contains a remarkable degree of general accuracy, it cannot and does not make the claim for itself of being the only perfect English translation. NO TRANSLATION IS PERFECT, INERRANT AND INFALLIBLE. Inerrancy can be said to apply only to the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. No honest Bible scholar would claim otherwise. . . . Brothers and sisters, let us live at peace with one another. Back to my original answer: The best Bible version is the one you use -- the one you can understand AND trust. |
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3 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | jg8ball | 623 | ||
Excellent answer! I myself have used primarily the NIV but will be getting a NASB soon. I usually use the computer to check different versions (www.blueletterbible.com has some nice features for this) but sometimes there's nothing like the real book. I'm looking forward to comparing the "thought for thought" translation to the "word for word" translation. thanks for your answer. |
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4 | Does 'earth' mean dirt? | Bible general Archive 1 | pklamb1 | 3310 | ||
Is 'earth' only the dust under our feet, or does it imply a proper place? Is 'world' rather implied as universal creation...which infers other life in the universe? | ||||||
5 | Does 'earth' mean dirt? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 3319 | ||
The noun 'earth' has at least 7 different meanings (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary), which are as follows: . . . Main Entry: earth. Pronunciation: 'erth. Function: noun. Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda earth, Greek era. Date: before 12th century . . . 1 : the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially : cultivable soil . . . 2 : the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life -- compare HEAVEN, HELL . . . 3 a : areas of land as distinguished from sea and air b : the solid footing formed of soil : GROUND . . . 4 often capitalized : the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun -- see PLANET table . . . 5 a : the people of the planet Earth b : the mortal human body c : the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of earthly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns . . . 6 : the lair of a burrowing animal . . . 7 : an excessive amount of money -- used with the (real suede, wich costs the earth to clean -- Joanne Winship) . . . - earth·like /-"lIk/ adjective . . . - on earth -- used as an intensive (to find out what on earth he was up to -- Michael Holroyd) . . . The various Greek words translated in the English Bible as world have been previously discussed at this Forum. (Use the Forum's Search function to look it up here.) . . . Re "other life in the universe," where the Bible is silent I choose to remain silent rather than to speculate (Deut 29:29). . . . Some evidence (undocumented) occasionally sufaces to argue that there is intelligent life on earth. But no conclusive proof is available at the date of this writing. |
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