Bible Question: Which Bible is toe most correct, word for word and why. Please give an answer that is enough detail to understand, and defend why you believ as you do. |
Bible Answer: Hi Justme. What a Fun question. I learned to read the Bible just two years ago, and what I used was a KJV, with a Good News Bible to help me through the tight spots. My Bible teacher told me at the time how to answer the question of which Bible is best. (The one you will read.) Now, I use several various translations at one time to do some serious study. Whenever I see a new translation, I turn to Heb. 1:3 and see what this version uses as a description of Jesus. The KJV says (in a comparison to God), Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, NIV says, The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, Then, the NLT says, The Son "reflects" God's own glory, and everything about him represents God exactly. this I have a problem with, because this word 'reflect' to me compares Jesus to the Father as the moon is to the sun, where the moon does not shed any light of its own. I DO like the ASV which says, who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, (effulgence means great brilliance) I also like the NAB which uses refulgence (which means a shining radiance) Anyway, I feel I get more knowledge, and absorb it better, if I use several Bibles and compare the language as a thesaurus would do. In this way I have also raised my reading level from a high school level to a college level. Praise God for wisdom that can only come from above! see,James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy (NIV) Peace, Tim |