Has anyone else here used "Bible Gateway"?

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I found this site a while back and have been using it pretty often. Particularly “Youngs Literal Translation”.
Have others here used it?
What are your opinions of the site and the translations?

James
 
Yup. But in order to get to the oh-so-scary Catholic versions you have to get by the warnings and turn them on in your preferences. I use it to look something up quick on the computer or to compare Bible versions on specific verses.
 
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Yup. But in order to get to the oh-so-scary Catholic versions you have to get by the warnings and turn them on in your preferences. I use it to look something up quick on the computer or to compare Bible versions on specific verses.
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How do you do that? It doesn’t seem to have the RSV-CE available.
 
I don’t believe the RSV-CE is available, but the Douay-Rheims and others are. When you turn on the Catholic versions (versions with the apochrypha) they will show up.

If you want to use the RSV-CE online you should use EWTN’s website. Go to EWTN and click on “Bible Search” at the bottom right.
 
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I didn’t know about the preferences either.
To get the Catholic versions you need to turn on the deuterocanonical option. Include the deutero’s

James
 
Yes I use Bible Gateway it has an excellent Search engine, after I do my Search I go back to a Catholic bible site.
 
JRKH said:
I found this site a while back and have been using it pretty often. Particularly “Youngs Literal Translation”.
Have others here used it?
What are your opinions of the site and the translations?

James
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Its a pretty good website. Someone mentioned the quality of the search engine, and I agree. It even contains the Douay Rheims but its not on the main translations menu.
 
JRKH said:
I found this site a while back and have been using it pretty often. Particularly “Youngs Literal Translation”.
Have others here used it?
What are your opinions of the site and the translations?

James
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I use it almost every day, it is a good resource, especially because I do a lot of cut and pasting from the Bible into the forums.

You should also check out a free and legal program called “E-Sword” (google it). You can get a bunch of bible study tools as well as Young’s translation.
 
JRKH said:
I found this site a while back and have been using it pretty often. Particularly “Youngs Literal Translation”.
Have others here used it?
What are your opinions of the site and the translations?

James
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***Hi, James!

I’ve have been using it for some years (did a lot of non-Catholic sites); I enjoy the multiple version setting where you can get up to 25 different versions at once (I think it’s 25). Also the passage search helps find specific Scriptures.

I cannot recommend any of the versions since I did not know till today that they had a Catholicised (if that’s a word) Bible on the engine.

I understand that the Vatican has the Jerusalem Bible on-line (I’ve not been there yet–I will check a link that was e-d to me); if you are interested let me know and I’ll post the link.

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
jcrichton said:
***Hi, James!

I’ve have been using it for some years (did a lot of non-Catholic sites); I enjoy the multiple version setting where you can get up to 25 different versions at once (I think it’s 25). Also the passage search helps find specific Scriptures.

I cannot recommend any of the versions since I did not know till today that they had a Catholicised (if that’s a word) Bible on the engine.

I understand that the Vatican has the Jerusalem Bible on-line (I’ve not been there yet–I will check a link that was e-d to me); if you are interested let me know and I’ll post the link.

Maran atha!

Angel***
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The Vatican site has the RNAB on line, without the (1991) Psalms, since they are really that bad (way too inclusivized). Admittedly, this must look pretty dumb - it does to me - and I would rather a better English translation be placed there.

Since the Catechism uses the ecumenical RSV (NOT THE CATHOLIC EDITION!), perhaps this could be the one.

Now having the Douay-Rheims there would REALLY be making a statement, wouldn’t it? :bounce:
 
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The Vatican site has the RNAB on line, without the (1991) Psalms, since they are really that bad (way too inclusivized). Admittedly, this must look pretty dumb - it does to me - and I would rather a better English translation be placed there.

Since the Catechism uses the ecumenical RSV (NOT THE CATHOLIC EDITION!), perhaps this could be the one.

Now having the Douay-Rheims there would REALLY be making a statement, wouldn’t it? :bounce:
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***Hi, Manfred!

…you think with all of the resources that we have at least the Vatican would create an excellent site with a clear modern-day English translation that would include heavy concordance; study aides; extansive footnotes (commentators) and a non-inclusive language?

I visited the site a few days ago and they do have La Biblia de Jerusalén (new ed); I asked the original source if they had a link to the JB in English and they e-d a link (will check it tomorrow–or is it later on).

I have a copy of the JB in Spanish (the French version) and I just do not understand why this particular version has not been printed in English.

I also have the Douay-Rheims on my computer–I must admit that I find it difficult sometimes… searching for passages is a pain because it is based on Old English and I’m not familiar with the text (i.e.: Holy Spirit is Holy Ghost)… when searching for text I always forget the sentence structures and sometimes I have to view upwards of fifty different verses to find the correct one.

I think that I came across a version that uses contemporary English–I’ll check for that one later on too.

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
jcrichton said:
***Hi, Manfred!

…you think with all of the resources that we have at least the Vatican would create an excellent site with a clear modern-day English translation that would include heavy concordance; study aides; extansive footnotes (commentators) and a non-inclusive language?

I visited the site a few days ago and they do have La Biblia de Jerusalén (new ed); I asked the original source if they had a link to the JB in English and they e-d a link (will check it tomorrow–or is it later on).

I have a copy of the JB in Spanish (the French version) and I just do not understand why this particular version has not been printed in English.

I also have the Douay-Rheims on my computer–I must admit that I find it difficult sometimes… searching for passages is a pain because it is based on Old English and I’m not familiar with the text (i.e.: Holy Spirit is Holy Ghost)… when searching for text I always forget the sentence structures and sometimes I have to view upwards of fifty different verses to find the correct one.

I think that I came across a version that uses contemporary English–I’ll check for that one later on too.

Maran atha!

Angel***
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Angel,

The JB is in English, of course; most of it is from the original languages, but in a few places it was translated following the French for guidance. There would be no need to translate one into English from the Spanish or German or any other modern language.

Besides - the NJB is much better than the JB. It’s less of a dynamic equivalent than its predecessor and its incorporation of inclusive language is quite restrained in contrast to the RNAB or the NRSV.

The Douay-Rheims is worth the extra effort required to read it. It excels all the other modern versions for accuracy, despite, not because of, its being based on the Vulgate.
 
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Angel,

The JB is in English, of course; most of it is from the original languages, but in a few places it was translated following the French for guidance. There would be no need to translate one into English from the Spanish or German or any other modern language.

Besides - the NJB is much better than the JB. It’s less of a dynamic equivalent than its predecessor and its incorporation of inclusive language is quite restrained in contrast to the RNAB or the NRSV.

The Douay-Rheims is worth the extra effort required to read it. It excels all the other modern versions for accuracy, despite, not because of, its being based on the Vulgate.
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***Hi, Manfred!

I think that both the extensive notes and concordance with the language just gets me (JB–Spanish French version):

JB opened on Dt 1: concordance: 16 Notes: 4 (easily involving over 35+ lines)
NJB as above: concordance: 2 Notes: 1 (1 double line)

I am not saying that one Bible is clearly better than the other nor that I read through every single concordance/note… just that it is great to have additional material/notations.

When you say that the “Douay-Rheims… excels all the other modern versions for accuracy,” are you saying that this version is closer to the actual meaning/form of the original Greek/Hebrew text?

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
I found an interesting online site, particularly if you are learning (or, like me, need to brush up on) Greek or Hebrew. Lots of neat parallel Bibles, including a number of Greek texts, translations (including Douay-Rheims) and other various cool stuff. Haven’t looked at all the goodies, but from what I could see on a quick tour, looks pretty nice.

Give it a try. greeknewtestament.com/

This will link you to (obviously) the NT section. It’s actually part of a larger site at htmlbible.com/ .
 
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