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Isaiah45_9
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LOL, we have a guy at work that is so incredibly OCD like Monk that we call him Monk and he likes it!!!LOL…It’s sad but true…hey…I may do an ADRIN MONK thread someday…
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dsmantz
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For Non-Catholic translations, I love the NASB and the New Living Translation. Pretty much as far away from each other as you can possibly get, but they’re wonderful. I love the NASB when doing Greek studies, to help me understand syntax and when speaking to someone more learned, but the NLT cannot be rivaled when doing my prison ministry, where most of the inmates have less than a high school education and aren’t as learned as they’d lead you to believe. Not all, but most.
Personally, for devotional reading at home, and carrying around, I love the RSV-CE and the Confraternity Edition. For father’s day my wife purchased me pocket versions of both NT’s. I love it! They go with me everywhere.
Personally, for devotional reading at home, and carrying around, I love the RSV-CE and the Confraternity Edition. For father’s day my wife purchased me pocket versions of both NT’s. I love it! They go with me everywhere.
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ETEXAS
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You know I actually want the NLT…I bought one…but alas my Dear Friends…it was a nice Cambridge Pitt Minion (their sweet thin - line Bibles.) BUT my 40 something eyes are in need of a…cough…bigger print size!
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Well about a year ago…I had sniffles…I asked our housekeeper to get me some meds…so…she LOL…THOUGHT I had gone upstairs…I was in the next room looking for something…I heard her talking to her Husband…I heard “Hon, I need to get Mr. Monk some cough syrup.” I busted out LAUGHING…she popped around the corner…RED AS A BEET…I looked at her and said I really like Monk!LOL, we have a guy at work that is so incredibly OCD like Monk that we call him Monk and he likes it!!!
True Story! I am…sigh…clean…
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LoyalViews
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Hey, you can get an NLT Catholic Reference Edition. It is a very nice, smooth translation
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bauerice
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NLT and the God’s Word Translation.
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antonivs
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Sorry, I use the Catholic Jerusalem Bible translation.
What makes this a “fun” Bible poll?
What makes this a “fun” Bible poll?
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JackVk
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NIV= “Non-Inspired Version” 
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ETEXAS
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LOL…well the NIV…and NLT are good for some things…I was showing a Section of…I don’t recall now…lol…but…he hit a wall with the RSVCE (as far as grasping it) I grabed an NIV…and bang…in a sense…you can carefully use a DE-Paraphrastic as a mini…“commentary/aid”…NIV= “Non-Inspired Version”
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Zooey
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I’m a United Methodist who likes Catholic Bibles best. Can I play??
My faves are the Douay-Rheims Challoner, & the RSV-CE.
But my favorite Protestant translations are the NKJV & the NRSV.
Can I play??My faves are the Douay-Rheims Challoner, & the RSV-CE.
But my favorite Protestant translations are the NKJV & the NRSV.
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Isaiah45_9
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Really? Where?Hey, you can get an NLT Catholic Reference Edition. It is a very nice, smooth translation
Ok, I’m out in the open as well ETEXAS…
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My Mom is Methodist!I’m a United Methodist who likes Catholic Bibles best.
My faves are the Douay-Rheims Challoner, & the RSV-CE.
But my favorite Protestant translations are the NKJV & the NRSV.
Come on in…when ETEXAS has a Thread…it’s open house and free wet bar!
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patrick457
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Ooh, a tough one. For now, here’s my list (I’m going to limit myself to Protestant translations here):
- *]Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
*]English Standard Version (ESV)
*]New American Standard Bible (NASB)
*]New King James Version (NKJV)
*]World English Bible (WEB)
*]New English Translation (NET Bible)
]American Standard Version (ASV)
]Holy Bible in Modern English (aka the Ferrar Fenton Bible)
*]Twentieth Century New Testament (TCNT)
You can pretty much guess my translation preferences from that.
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patrick457
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And it came to pass, that Jesus and his disciples were walking along the Sea of Galilee. And they asked him, saying: Lord, what shall we do when thou art taken from us? And He spake unto them, saying: Fear ye not, but trust the Lord your God.And unto Thee, I also say…yea, Have I only read the King James. So that was how I chooseth mine own selection. Ah! But, yea, the NASB by the Gideons handed out, it 'tis. Liketh do I, that one as well!
And straightaway did He raise His hands up unto the heaven in thanksgiving and saith in a loud voice: I thank thee, Abba, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou always hearest mine prayer, and I implore thee that thou helpest these poor followers of mine, and give thee unto them that precious book of thine which they shall solely need for their justification.
And no sooner had He said thus, there came a book from the heaven and dropped unto the hands of Jesus. And lo, the front and the back of the book is exceeding red as unto blood, being covered with skins, and it was exceeding thick as a stone, and it weigheth twoscore pounds, and upon its pages of parchment was written large, thick letters of black and red ink, and upon the front of it was graven thus in large letters of gold: YE HOLYE BYBLE, AUTHORYSED KYNGE JAYMES VERSYON. And below them was graven a number thus: a thousand six-hundred and eleven. And straightaway He spake unto them, saying: Take ye, distribute amongst yourselves: for verily, this is the inspired and infallible word of my Father, which is printed for you: this read in remembrance of me.
And straightaway the disciples taketh the book from the hands of the Lord, and they wondered greatly who James was. James the son of Zebedee and James the son of Alphaeus denied that it be them, and thus they pursued the matter not further. But rather they said thus amongst themselves: We shall not worry about such things small and inconsequential, for verily, the Lord hath turned his face unto us, condescending to give unto us a copy of his holy word.
And they waxed joyful and cried out, saying: Praise and glory and honour be unto God, for he hath granted us salvation and justification through his infallible word.
Then the disciples went forth and preached unto Jews and unto Gentiles as the Lord had commanded unto them, copying and printing and distributing and delivering that holy God-breathed Scriptures in the version of James the King, which alone is sufficient for their growing in righteousness and which alone is the only infallible rule of faith, and which hath but threescore and six books…
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ROLF!!! Love it! Indeed Ye Love the AV. LOL. Like I say no shame…In Newman’s Journals and some letters…(after conversion) you STILL see scattered AV refs! I recal reading for personal Devotion he still read it …Good Old JH Newman!And it came to pass, that Jesus and his disciples were walking along the Sea of Galilee. And they asked him, saying: Lord, what shall we do when thou art taken from us? And He spake unto them, saying: Fear ye not, but trust the Lord your God.
And straightaway did He raise His hands up unto the heaven in thanksgiving and saith in a loud voice: I thank thee, Abba, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou always hearest mine prayer, and I implore thee that thou helpest these poor followers of mine, and give thee unto them that precious book of thine which they shall solely need for their justification.
And no sooner had He said thus, there came a book from the heaven and dropped unto the hands of Jesus. And lo, the front and the back of the book is exceeding red as unto blood, being covered with skins, and it was exceeding thick as a stone, and it weigheth twoscore pounds, and upon its pages of parchment was written large, thick letters of black and red ink, and upon the front of it was graven thus in large letters of gold: YE HOLYE BYBLE, AUTHORYSED KYNGE JAYMES VERSYON. And below them was graven a number thus: a thousand six-hundred and eleven. And straightaway He spake unto them, saying: Take ye, distribute amongst yourselves: for verily, this is the inspired and infallible word of my Father, which is printed for you: this read in remembrance of me.
And straightaway the disciples taketh the book from the hands of the Lord, and they wondered greatly who James was. James the son of Zebedee and James the son of Alphaeus denied that it be them, and thus they pursued the matter not further. But rather they said thus amongst themselves: We shall not worry about such things small and inconsequential, for verily, the Lord hath turned his face unto us, condescending to give unto us a copy of his holy word.
And they waxed joyful and cried out, saying: Praise and glory and honour be unto God, for he hath granted us salvation and justification through his infallible word.
Then the disciples went forth and preached unto Jews and unto Gentiles as the Lord had commanded unto them, copying and printing and distributing and delivering that holy God-breathed Scriptures in the version of James the King, which alone is sufficient for their growing in righteousness and which alone is the only infallible rule of faith, and which hath but threescore and six books…
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Planty_Pall
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1611 AV. As a former Protestant, I don’t care for the Catholic paperback and hard back Bibles. Cheap paper. Cheap binding. Cheap. It makes me think of a Beatles song. It went: “Paperback Bible, Bible, Bible…”, or something like that…Heh.OK kids! (lol) I am calling this a fun Poll because if not taken in a Proper Spirit could go wrong! None of that now!
I have a 1962 Missal, and it is made with nice leather binding and the kind of paper that is meant to last. Good Catholic Missals are made like Protestant Bibles. I read the Douay-Rheims for the most part, but those TAN hardbacks fall apart the first time you go through the Pentateuch. I used to be a Scofield boy. The other thing I liked about the Scofield and Thompson Chain too, were how each verse was indented. It is much easier for locating and highlighting. Especially for locating. Of course, I don’t teach or preach anymore so I am not looking for verses “on the fly” like I once did, but I can’t shake the old preferences.
It seemed to me like the non KJV translations that I had perused were usually in the paragraph form that made them unattractive for me. The other thing about the KJV is that it has the effect on the modern ear of being in a lofty tongue that is no longer colloquial. The Jews of Jesus’ day used Hebrew in their worship and Aramaic as the vernacular tongue. We need to notice, when we open the pages of the Bible, or kneel in preparation for Mass, that we are stepping outside of our ordinary experience.
An elevated language immediately tells us that we have that we are in a place where we must “lift up our hearts” (sursum corda). Religious sensitivity is not aided by attempts to use the language of the street. That is why the Catholic Church has retained Latin for over a thousand years after the language ceased to be spoken. Besides tending to lean to the scholarship that argues for being the better translations, I prefer the KJV and the Douay-Rheims because it does for me with an English Bible what the Latin liturgy does for me in the pew.
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rotlex
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KJV. Even as a cradle Catholic, it is the most beautifully written Bible there is. IMHO of course. (Besides the fact you can get some gorgeous copies of it)!
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