Bibles

[EricH]

I would read some of your favorite passages in several versions and pick the one that is best for you. NASB, RSV, NIV, KJV etc. are all good.

[RGR]

Somewhere on here someone listed a link for the Net Bible and I have part of it used in my sig line along with a link for it!

[Zildja]

I use King James because the strongs is set up for KJ, but I also use Youngs literal Translation because it is a word for word Tranlation. Unlike Most Bibles out there. But to really get a good understanding you need to have a good understanding of the language it was writen in. That's when it really becomes fun to study. I am spending alot of time learning Hebrew. Alittle greek but not much so far.

Somewhere on here someone listed a link for the Net Bible and I have part of it used in my sig line along with a link for it!

[Zildja]

Thought I'd add this link, one good place to study Hebrew.

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/U...pictograms.html

I use King James because the strongs is set up for KJ, but I also use Youngs literal Translation because it is a word for word Tranlation. Unlike Most Bibles out there. But to really get a good understanding you need to have a good understanding of the language it was writen in. That's when it really becomes fun to study. I am spending alot of time learning Hebrew. Alittle greek but not much so far.

Somewhere on here someone listed a link for the Net Bible and I have part of it used in my sig line along with a link for it!

[jesussaves]

The King James Version is the Bible I read and study. If I don't quit grasp something or want a more in depth meaning I will go to bible gate way and look in different versions.

It is never long, however, before I run across verses taken out of other versions. Just this week alone I ran across two key verses missing from other versions.

Psalm 15:5 reads in the KJV, "He that puts not out his money to usury (for interest), nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved."

I wanted to know more about not charging people interest when they borrow from us...so I looked in the Message Bible...it left out that entire verse! (It is really good to have a firm grip on the KJV before venturing off to other translations.)

Then I read Mark 9:29 in the KJV..."And He said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing but prayer and fasting." I went to the New American Standard to read what it said. That version left out fasting all together. I know the devil must've loved to see that verse in print!!!

Another I read just this week was Mark 8:19 KJV..."When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They said to Him 12." I went to Wycliff to see what it had to say and it said baskets...then below that was a description of baskets...it said coffins??? Made absolutely NO sense that the disciples took up 12 coffins of fragments!

I know many people would argue their favorite version and why the KJV is loved because it is so poetic...but I still won't compromise what I know to be the Word of God... the KJV is sound and solid. I don't know it all. I haven't arrived yet...but I know enough to know that we should lean toward the KJV for a firm grip on the Word and ofcourse prayerfully ask the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth.

P.S....not writing this for debate...just want to help anyone along that may not know much about Bible versions yet. If we study the word out, especially using a good concordance to reference and cross reference, we really get a better grip on what the Lord is saying. However, there are those wonderful scriptures we have read a dozen times and all of a sudden He "spiritually illuminates" it and we read is as if for the first time as He speaks to us through that verse. That, is called revelation knowledge, which the Lord gives us both of Himself and His word.

[>> Hannah <<]

i use the NLT for personal studying but in church we use CEV. enjoy both. wat do people think of the message?

[JamieW]

I like the NKJ and the New living translations. The amplified is often very beauftiful and The Message is often handy if you want a modern take on language.

[Iryssa]

NIV and NASB are the two I use primarily. I use several more for studying (we always have to compare translations for projects), and I use the KJV whenever I use Strong's.

[>> Hannah <<]

my friend who is a youth pastor, has a fantastic bible that has 2 translations in it, on one half of the page its NIV and next to it is the message. it really helps him when puttin together a study for the young people he works with x

[kittylover0991]

Yeah Butero!! KJV ALL THE WAY!!

*takes a chill pill* I use only the KJV as I believe that it is the pure word of God. God said he woudl preserve his perfect words down through the ages, as tried by fire seven times. I do not use any other version that has been put into "modern terms" because I believe it corrupts the pure word of God and changes around what he has said. Hence, many of the controversial issues we have today

Yep, I am one of them too.. and proud of it