What is your favourite Bible translation?

[ted]

KJV

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[Ovedya]

Recovery Version New Testament (As if you all didn't already know).

[Guest prodigaldaughter]

This is a very interesting site: http://www.av1611.org/

If you go to the area it talks about the latest "version's", and many other things too of course.

I found a scripture in a NIV (The prayer of Jabez) and if you compare what the NKJV says to what the KJV says, you get 2 different meanings. In particular:

NKJV "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain"

The KJV: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying. "Oh, that THOU WOULDEST bless me indeed, and enlarge my COAST, AND that THINE hand MIGHT be with me, and that THOU WOULDEST keep ME from evil, that IT may not GRIEVE ME."

I found a big difference in the particular words of "I may not cause pain" and "It may not grieve me"

[Crusader4Christ]

Crusader,

Are you sure its the 1611? A 1611 is almost impossible to find. The 1611 contained the Apocrypha, the Prayers for the Dead, a list of Holy Days including The Purification of the Blessed Virgin and The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. This is an actual page from the 1611. The English is completely different from today. The original 1611 is markedly differently from the KJV you can buy from the local Christian bookstore. The KJV has been through four main revisions the last in 1769.

Go to http://www.bible.ca/Kjv-1611-parable-sower.gif and see a page from the original 1611.

- Steve

Hello Journey. Yes, I rechecked, and no, it's not a KJV 1611.

It has no apocrypha, prayers to the dead, etc. It does have a Bible plan though, and maps, and the different miracles of Jesus, the parables, verses

when in need of help, and it also has a concordance.

On the second page of the my KJV Bible, it says "Authorized King James version." Is that a different translation from the normal KJV?

God bless you brothers and sisters.

[The Journey]

Crusader,

Your version is the 1769 the fourth revision. An important point is that a translation is only as good as how closely it conveys the underlying Greek or Hebrew text. As prodigaldaughter points out sometimes the language of the KJV can be confusing. "To grieve" in Elizabethan English is the same as "pain" in the NIV.

- Steve

[Crusader4Christ]

Yes, you're right. It can be very confusing, but, who cares?

[The Journey]

Crusader,

LOL!!! Brother, we should all care that God's Word be available for the entire world. Read the preface of the 1611. The Translators of the KJV wanted to make a new version so that God's word could be read and understood by the world of the 17th century. If it causes confusion then maybe a more recent translation would be better.

- Steve

[Catsmeow]

I'm surprised the NKJV hasn't been chosen...that would be my second choice. I really love the King James minus the "Thee's and thou's"...

[The Journey]

Cats,

You know I have been looking more at the NKJV. I hate to admit this but in discussing this with RCruise I have been looking more at the Byzantine texts. There is some good arguments that give them superiority over the older Critical Texts. That would make the NKJV my #1 pick. But for now I will revel in my most excellent ESV. It is so well translated!! Makes Scriptures I have read a thousand times come alive again.

- Steve

[Crusader4Christ]

Quote from Journey:

Crusader,

LOL!!! Brother, we should all care that God's Word be available for the entire world. Read the preface of the 1611. The Translators of the KJV wanted to make a new version so that God's word could be read and understood by the world of the 17th century. If it causes confusion then maybe a more recent translation would be better.

- Steve

LOL! Oh, my brother, I was just joking. I know we care about the

Bible being available for the entire world to read. You know I'm not like that.

God bless you brother.