Is there a Catholic NKJV Bible?

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I love NKJV! I was wondering if they have NKJV with the 7 books that were taken out during the Protestant reformation.
 
I don’t think they updated the translation of the Deuterocanonicals since 1611. There are plenty of Catholic translations and probably one or two that meet your needs. Did you try the RSV-CE?
 
Hi Peony,

Google “NKJV with apocrypha”. You will find many options.

Verbum
 
SonCatcher said:
I don’t think they updated the translation of the Deuterocanonicals since 1611. There are plenty of Catholic translations and probably one or two that meet your needs. Did you try the RSV-CE?
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Actually, you can get the Third Millennium King James Bible, which has the apocrypha. It’s updated, but not as good as the NKJV.
 
The closest I’ve found, is the Orthodox Study Bible. It uses the NKJV as the base translation guideline, but translates the OT from the Byzantine texts (including their slightly broader deuterocanon than that of Rome) which means there are quite a few differences in the OT. However, the New Testament is the straight NKJV, since that translation already relied on the normative Byzantine Greek texts, anyway.

If you’re looking for a catholic/orthodox version of the NKJV, I think this is the best one out there. It has become my favorite single volume Bible.

Blessings to you.
White_Peony said:
I love NKJV! I was wondering if they have NKJV with the 7 books that were taken out during the Protestant reformation.
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As a Protestant for decades, I have owned the NKJV of the Bible since it came out in the early 80’s. It was, and is, considered a watered-down version of the Authorized version, still based on texts that have been proven erroneous. Nevertheless, we are blessed in the English language with a whole pile of different translations from which to choose. I’m no real fan of the NAB; I find it clumsy and inaccurate. However, I default to the R-D and the RSV.

I still think daily reading of any translation is better than none at all!
 
Friend,

Without entering into a source text debate that I’m sure the OP wasn’t intending, I would offer that the consideration you note below is certainly not unanimous. The NKJV does represent a particular textual family that has fallen out of favor with modern textual critics, but it is heavily footnoted and cross referenced in most printings with various other text families, so as to preserve a critical element.

And, again, it’s closer to the text forms common in Byzantium and the East, which have a long history of use in vibrant churches. One need not be pejorative toward the Majority Text / Septuagint / Byzantine text families, when noting that they differ from modern western critical text sources. The NKJV is a relatively sound translation of a rather traditional set of source texts, and when employed in the Orthodox Study Bible, adds the weight of a well respected Septuagint source, too.

Peace be with you.
johnr55 said:
As a Protestant for decades, I have owned the NKJV of the Bible since it came out in the early 80’s. It was, and is, considered a watered-down version of the Authorized version, still based on texts that have been proven erroneous. Nevertheless, we are blessed in the English language with a whole pile of different translations from which to choose. I’m no real fan of the NAB; I find it clumsy and inaccurate. However, I default to the R-D and the RSV.

I still think daily reading of any translation is better than none at all!
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johnr55 said:
As a Protestant for decades, I have owned the NKJV of the Bible since it came out in the early 80’s. It was, and is, considered a watered-down version of the Authorized version, still based on texts that have been proven erroneous. Nevertheless, we are blessed in the English language with a whole pile of different translations from which to choose. I’m no real fan of the NAB; I find it clumsy and inaccurate. However, I default to the R-D and the RSV.

I still think daily reading of any translation is better than none at all!
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I agree. If I can’t find a NKJV, I’ll read any other. A Bible is a Bible!
 
WorkerPriest said:
The closest I’ve found, is the Orthodox Study Bible. It uses the NKJV as the base translation guideline, but translates the OT from the Byzantine texts (including their slightly broader deuterocanon than that of Rome) which means there are quite a few differences in the OT. However, the New Testament is the straight NKJV, since that translation already relied on the normative Byzantine Greek texts, anyway.

If you’re looking for a catholic/orthodox version of the NKJV, I think this is the best one out there. It has become my favorite single volume Bible.

Blessings to you.
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White_Peony said:
I love NKJV! I was wondering if they have NKJV with the 7 books that were taken out during the Protestant reformation.
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If you love the style of KJV then you need to get a Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.

KJV is incomplete, as most protestant bibles. The Douay-Rheims is complete and the most faithful translation of the Latin.

Stick to the Catholic material…you can’t go wrong.
 
WorkerPriest said:
The closest I’ve found, is the Orthodox Study Bible. It uses the NKJV as the base translation guideline, but translates the OT from the Byzantine texts (including their slightly broader deuterocanon than that of Rome) which means there are quite a few differences in the OT. However, the New Testament is the straight NKJV, since that translation already relied on the normative Byzantine Greek texts, anyway. If you’re looking for a catholic/orthodox version of the NKJV, I think this is the best one out there. It has become my favorite single volume Bible…
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I love this one as well. Part of the appeal is it is loaded with Icons.
 
White_Peony said:
I love NKJV! I was wondering if they have NKJV with the 7 books that were taken out during the Protestant reformation.
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I did find “The Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha” by Oxford Press. It’s really a pretty nice bible, and useful when discussing things with protestant friends and relatives. I digress. This is the only King James bible I’ve found that has most everything the Catholic bibles have. I most often use the second edition of the RSV-2CE, and increasingly, (as many have advised), the Douay Rheims, which really is my favorite. My only problem with the DR is that it doesn’t synch in many areas of the OT, even with other Catholic bibles. My RSV-2CE has an addendum to the table of contents which shows where to find the DR writings within the RSV-2CE text, and this can also be applied, with a little more work to my KJV w/apocrypha. This is mainly a problem when quote of bible passages in apologetic books, Englisth papal documents, the CCC, or pretty much anything quoting bible passages, Protestant or Catholic. They don’t use Vulgate citations. So when you’re looking up a bible quote citation from the OT in the DR (or Vulgate for that matter), it’s a bit of a challenge to find the citation. I do wish that ALL bible citations, (even if they ignore the 7 books of controversy), were standardized on the Vulgate OT in numbering, book names, etc… It would make things a lot easier. In that case, I would use the DR, or actually my interlinear DR/Vulgate, exclusively. As it is, I use the DR to for private reading, when not having to cross reference OT passages to other bibles. I use ift for all NT except when doing bible study with my wife at night, because our study bible uses RSV-2CE as it’s source material, and we’re both big Scott Hahn fans, and that’s what he uses for his bible study guides and helps. I’d be interested in finding a really good DR Study Bible. I have the Haydock commentary, in my family DR, and it’s really good, but the font is very difficult for me to read, even with my glasses.

Ah…I’ve gotten way off track. I’m going to read the rest of the posts.

Peace,

Steven
 
StevenFrancis said:
I did find “The Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha” by Oxford Press. It’s really a pretty nice bible, and useful when discussing things with protestant friends and relatives. I digress. This is the only King James bible I’ve found that has most everything the Catholic bibles have. I most often use the second edition of the RSV-2CE, and increasingly, (as many have advised), the Douay Rheims, which really is my favorite. My only problem with the DR is that it doesn’t synch in many areas of the OT, even with other Catholic bibles. My RSV-2CE has an addendum to the table of contents which shows where to find the DR writings within the RSV-2CE text, and this can also be applied, with a little more work to my KJV w/apocrypha. This is mainly a problem when quote of bible passages in apologetic books, Englisth papal documents, the CCC, or pretty much anything quoting bible passages, Protestant or Catholic. They don’t use Vulgate citations. So when you’re looking up a bible quote citation from the OT in the DR (or Vulgate for that matter), it’s a bit of a challenge to find the citation. I do wish that ALL bible citations, (even if they ignore the 7 books of controversy), were standardized on the Vulgate OT in numbering, book names, etc… It would make things a lot easier. In that case, I would use the DR, or actually my interlinear DR/Vulgate, exclusively. As it is, I use the DR to for private reading, when not having to cross reference OT passages to other bibles. I use ift for all NT except when doing bible study with my wife at night, because our study bible uses RSV-2CE as it’s source material, and we’re both big Scott Hahn fans, and that’s what he uses for his bible study guides and helps. I’d be interested in finding a really good DR Study Bible. I have the Haydock commentary, in my family DR, and it’s really good, but the font is very difficult for me to read, even with my glasses.

Ah…I’ve gotten way off track. I’m going to read the rest of the posts.

Peace,

Steven
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The Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha" by Oxford Press. - I really liked this one - as this was another bible I checked out of the library. Also, the catholic bookstore had it on sale - however, I bought the New Jerusalem bible instead. Later, I was able to get a hold of an old addition of the New Jerusalem bible, which I like just as much. Yes the Oxford Press addition has some very good commentaries - information on passages. I liked it.

Mary
 
I just treated myself (after Confirmation:D) by buying a couple of Hendrickson Bibles. The first was a NRSV Pew Bible w/ Apocrypha, and the second was a KJV 400th Anniversary (facsimile) edition, also w/ Apocrypha.
 
you might want to check out - FREE - The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision,pdf large print perfect for mobile/cell phone or sony reader t.co/ydTJtjA
 
bauerice said:
I just recently got this one too. Really nice one to have.
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Yes, it is. There are many excellent religious books that I really would like to have because of who wrote them (for starters) and also what they have to write. I could sit down and spent the entire day reading them without any problem. There are only certain chapters (books) out of the bible that I look around for other sources - commentaries, especially when it comes to the old testament. However, this one comes the closest to some of the information that I found. So, I might have lost out on buying this bible, when it was on sale, but I was really looking for a good Catholic bible, at that time.

Mary
 
The author of that article, Laurence M. Vance, refers to the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament, 4th ed. and the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. as “corrupt.” Most Bible scholars hold these Greek texts in high regard. This should be a major clue that he is a Textus Receptus man, in other words, he’s in the “King James Only” camp. It explains a lot of his polemic word choices throughout the article. Still, not a bad article if you understand where the author is coming from.
 
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