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NASB | 1 Chronicles 20:3 He brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Chronicles 20:3 He brought out the people who were in it, and put them [to work] with saws, iron picks, and axes. David dealt in this way with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. |
Subject: NASB Updated and ESV. |
Bible Note: I use both. In the Psalms, ESV is close to the KJV, where the NASB is not. Esv also has a better handle on the distinction between "shall" and "will" than either the KJV or NASB, but in all versions, these future tenses are employed haphazardly (compare Psalm 63 in these translations). For musicality, style, concision. I vote ESV over NASB in the Psalms and in most poetical areas of the OT, Isaiah in particular. In the NT, it's the NASB all the way. The ESV's choice of "mind" over "heart" in 2 cor 9.7 may be acceptable, but it doesn't sound either right or memorable: "Each one must give as he has made up his mind..." (ESV) "Each one must do as he has purposed in his heart..." (NASB). The NASB is my preferred versus the ESV, which comes off as another language tweak among the many of today; for this reason, and some textual reasons as well, I prefer the NKJV by far over the ESV. I still urge you to consult the excellent exchange on this Forum when the ESV debuted, particularly Makarios' observations. It wasn't clear from your post whether you had done so. Colin |