What Bible Translation Do You Use?

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I was wondering what bible translation the majority of members of this forum use.

If you have a favorite, please share your reason for it.
 
alwayslooking said:
I was wondering what bible translation the majority of members of this forum use.

If you have a favorite, please share your reason for it.
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DR because the language matches the scriptural citations in my 1962 Missal.
 
Almost all of them :o really.

The one I prefer over all the others is the NKJV. I enjoy the language and the fact that the “controversial” verses are not missing (Matt 17:21, Matt 18:11, et al). I should not that since I started reading my RSV-2CE, I am finding myself truly enjoying it. So it is a very close second.

I really like the DR and I am about to get a Douay/Confraternity (1961). Really looking forward to it.

I also enjoy the Jerusalem Bible (1966).

I like to compare the NKJV with NASB and ESV. NASB because it is respected as the more literal translation by a lot of scholars (Also known as the Yoda bible translation, lol).

With the kids, we read the NAB and until recently the NIV. Simple language and I made sure to note differences in “selective” translations (tradition vs teaching with the NIV).

I also have the Orthodox Study Bible and the OT in this bible is mostly from the Septuagint, which I truly enjoy because of how Christocentrical it is. I am no Bible scholar but one criticism I have read from the Masoretic text is how these translators did not fully centered in Christ Divinity. I can’t remember the passages now but when I was studying the OT references and quotations from the NT, there were some major differences in how the Septuagint expressed things related to Christ.

See, I was not kidding… :o I also have the HCSB, NIV2011, NLT, NRSV.

Peace,

Jose
 
I chose the RSV-2CE. For me it is a great balance of tradition v. readability. I often compare verses to the D-R, but when it comes to ease of reading (I read the Bible daily for up to an hour at a time) I feel that you can’t beat the RSV-2CE.

The RSV-CE is a pretty good translation, but still very much a Protestant translation. The RSV-2CE removes the ‘thees’ and ‘thous’ and restores verses like Luke 1:18 from “O favored one” in the RSV to “Hail Full of Grace”.

For ease of reading and Catholic tradition I feel that you can’t beat the RSV-2CE.
 
Isaiah45_9 said:
Almost all of them :o really.

The one I prefer over all the others is the NKJV…

I like to compare the NKJV with NASB and ESV. NASB…

With the kids, we read the NAB and until recently the NIV… ]

I also have the Orthodox Study Bible…

…I also have the HCSB, NIV2011, NLT, NRSV…
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I must ask: Are you a convert to Catholicism? You seem to use a blend of Catholic and Protestant translations…
 
Isaiah45_9 said:
Almost all of them :o really.

The one I prefer over all the others is the NKJV. I enjoy the language and the fact that the “controversial” verses are not missing (Matt 17:21, Matt 18:11, et al).
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I like to compare also. Really enjoy the New Century Version for clarity, to then take to the NKJV and others.
Waiting for a CE, though…

Isaiah, could you remind me of the et al of controversial verses?
thanks
 
I use the RSV-2CE because most of the academic work I have to do with Scripture requires the accuracy it affords (for a quick glance at the text in translation, that is–if I really need accuracy I just look at the Greek and/or Hebrew, since I have a modest amount of facility in both). I read it for my own personal reading since it is not only fairly accurate, it reads easily. It does tend to prefer the LXX to the Masoretic text in the OT, which is workable, and for the most part it tends to footnote where a textual variant found in one but not the other has been used or omitted. I use the NAB-RE occasionally too; the Oxford Study Bible is worth getting for a good basic study Bible. I have a couple dozen Bibles lying around in a variety of languages, so it depends on what is close at hand. But RSV-2CE is my main go-to (the cover is falling off!)

-ACEGC
 
I grew up with the approved Catholic NAB, and I really like the study notes from that very first NAB translation (1970?). However, I really like the Good News Catholic edition that I got quite by a miracle. I got the Rainbow Study Bible (Catholic edition) for two of my kids and a Catholic Youth Bible for another. I also have a Living Translation and a KJV. I’m not really liking the most recent NAB translation, nor its study notes.
 
It changes regularly for me but lately I’ve been reading the Old Testament RSV-2CE on my Kindle and the Confraternity New Testament (physical paper Bible with vinyl cover) because it is pocket size. Most of my daily reading is done during long commutes on the train.

Sometimes I use the RSV-2CE New Testament (Study Bible) on my Kindle as well but I really love that Confraternity New Testament. I go back and forth between the two.
 
I like the New American Bible. I also like the Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition but I’m not sure if its a 2nd Edition or not.
 
alwayslooking said:
I must ask: Are you a convert to Catholicism? You seem to use a blend of Catholic and Protestant translations…
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Born and raised Catholic - walked away - ran amock denominations/non-denominations - came back to Catholic.

I never protested, I had questions. Some of them have been answered. I still have some :D.
Fides Quorum Intellectum

I love Theology and the History everything about the Bible. I am a native Spanish speaker (Castellano) and I only have 1 bible in Spanish (La Biblia de Jerusalen) although I am looking for a Nacar/Colunga.

I also have Orthodox Bibles and a couple of LXX translations.

St. Jerome said it better than anyone I know:
“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ”.

So I guess it would be better to say that I love Scriptures and not a particular Bible :D. After all there is nothing more Catholic than Scriptures 👍
 
cheezey said:
I like to compare also. Really enjoy the New Century Version for clarity, to then take to the NKJV and others.
Waiting for a CE, though…

Isaiah, could you remind me of the et al of controversial verses?
thanks
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Sure Cheezy - Other than the Johannine Comma (1 John 5-7) controversy.

Here are verses that are mostly omitted from Bible translations:

Wiki Article
  1. Matthew 17:21
  2. Matthew 18:11
  3. Matthew 23:14
  4. Mark 7:16
  5. Mark 9:44/Mark 9:46
  6. Mark 11:26
    7 Mark 15:28
  7. Luke 17:36
  8. Luke 23:17
  9. John 5:3p-4
  10. Acts 8:37
  11. Acts 15:34
  12. Acts 24:6p-7
  13. Acts 28:29
  14. Romans 16:24
Please keep in mind that I am an amateur at this :). Corrections are welcomed and encouraged 😃

Peace
 
Isaiah45_9 said:
Sure Cheezy - Other than the Johannine Comma (1 John 5-7) controversy.

Here are verses that are mostly omitted from Bible translations:

Wiki Article
  1. Matthew 17:21
  2. Matthew 18:11
  3. Matthew 23:14
  4. Mark 7:16
  5. Mark 9:44/Mark 9:46
  6. Mark 11:26
    7 Mark 15:28
  7. Luke 17:36
  8. Luke 23:17
  9. John 5:3p-4
  10. Acts 8:37
  11. Acts 15:34
  12. Acts 24:6p-7
  13. Acts 28:29
  14. Romans 16:24
Please keep in mind that I am an amateur at this :). Corrections are welcomed and encouraged 😃

Peace
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Are they outright omitted altogether, are they given as possible textual variants that appear in some ancient authorities but not others, or are they perhaps numbered differently version to version, as sometimes happens?

-ACEGC
 
I have a Douay Rheims and a New American Bible, but I prefer the Douay Rheims.
 
edward_george said:
Are they outright omitted altogether, are they given as possible textual variants that appear in some ancient authorities but not others, or are they perhaps numbered differently version to version, as sometimes happens?

-ACEGC
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Outright omitted in some translations.

Here’s the Code legend key:

O = omitted in main text.
B = bracketed in the main text – The translation team and most biblical scholars today believe were not part of the original text. However, these texts have been retained in brackets in the Holman CSB[23]
F = omission noted in the footnote.
B+F = bracketed in the main text and omission noted in the footnote.
Code: 
	Bible translation
Passage	        NIV	NASB	NKJV	RSV	NRSV	ESV	NCV	TLB	REB	HCSB	AMP	CEB	CJB	CEV	ERV	GW	EXB	GNT	Knox	LEB	MSG	Mounce	NET	NIrV	NLV	NLT	OJB
Matthew 9:34									F																		
Matthew 12:47				O	F	F				F	F		O	F			F	F								F	
Matthew 17:21	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	F	F	B	F	O	O			O	F	O		O	O	O	O			F	
Matthew 18:11	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	F	F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Matthew 21:44	F			O	F		F		F	B	F		O	F	F	F	F	O								F	
Matthew 23:14	O	B	F	O	O	F	O		F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Mark 7:16	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	F	O	O		O	F	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Mark 9:44	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	O	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Mark 9:46	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	O	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Mark 11:26	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Mark 15:28	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	F	F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Mark 16:9–20	F	B	F	F	F	B	F	F		B	F	B	F	F			B	F		B	B		B		B		
Luke 17:36	O	B	F	O	O	F			F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	
Luke 22:20									F	F								F				O				F	
Luke 22:43	F	B	F	O	F					B					F	F		F		B+F			B			F	
Luke 22:44	F	B	F	O	F					B				F	F	F		F		B+F			B			F	
Luke 23:17	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Luke 24:12				O					F					F	O			F									
Luke 24:40				F	F	F			F									F									
John 5:4	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	F	F	B		O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O		B	O	B
John 7:53–8:11	F	B	F	O	F	B	F	F		B	F						B			B+F			B				
Acts 8:37	O	B	F	O	F	F	O	F	F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O		B	O	B
Acts 15:34	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	O	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Acts 24:7	O	B	F	O	O	F	O		F	B		O	O			O		O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Acts 28:29	O	B	F	O	O	F	O	O	F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O		O	O	O	O			O	B
Romans 16:24	O	B	F	O	O	F	O		F	B	F	O	O		O	O	F	O			O	O	O			O	B
This is taken from the Wiki link I posted before.

ETA: The code did not paste right and the Columns are not exactly under the translation.

ETA2: I think I fixed it.
 
I use the Douay-Rheims. I am a supporter of the Clementine Latin Vulgate and the Greek Majority Text (ie I want to have all of the missing verses not including the Johannine Comma as these verses are found in the writings of the Early Church Fathers).

In the 1600s the politicks regarding translation was whether it was to be Catholic or Protestant. The modern translations are full of crazy politicks: Majority Text or Critical Text, gender neutral or not gender neutral, literal translation or dynamic equivalence or even paraphrase, and commercialism (ie we need a new translation because it will make us more money).
 
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