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Coco82
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What are people’s (here) thoughts on the NKJV?
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Buddyroe
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NKJV is a fine translation which is based on the Received Text just like the KJV.
It is a word for word translation using modern English where clarity is needed but preserving the classic KJV language for well known and familiar passages such as the 23rd Psalm and our Lords’ Prayer.
Reading Grade level is 9.0, for comparison KJV is 12.0 NASB is 11.0 NIV is 7.0.
It his highly recommended if you want a contemporary translation that is culturally conservative and is not influenced by modernism. The between the testament books are not likely to be available.
I have used and enjoyed a NKJV study Bible by Thomas Nelson for years.
It is a word for word translation using modern English where clarity is needed but preserving the classic KJV language for well known and familiar passages such as the 23rd Psalm and our Lords’ Prayer.
Reading Grade level is 9.0, for comparison KJV is 12.0 NASB is 11.0 NIV is 7.0.
It his highly recommended if you want a contemporary translation that is culturally conservative and is not influenced by modernism. The between the testament books are not likely to be available.
I have used and enjoyed a NKJV study Bible by Thomas Nelson for years.
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Saint_Frank
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Douay-RheimsNKJV is a fine translation which is based on the Received Text just like the KJV.
It is a word for word translation using modern English where clarity is needed but preserving the classic KJV language for well known and familiar passages such as the 23rd Psalm and our Lords’ Prayer.
Reading Grade level is 9.0, for comparison KJV is 12.0 NASB is 11.0 NIV is 7.0.
It his highly recommended if you want a contemporary translation that is culturally conservative and is not influenced by modernism. The between the testament books are not likely to be available.
I have used and enjoyed a NKJV study Bible by Thomas Nelson for years.
RSV-2CE
The Fireside Study Bible (NAB-RE)
The DR is for the beauty of the language, but it’s too archaic for me to use for study. The other two, especially the Fireside one, are for study.
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TarkanAttila
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I’m gonna recommend the RSV-CE, too. It strikes a good balance of being relatively easy to read and relatively accurate. Compared to the New American Bible (the one they read from at Mass in most ordinary Catholic churches) it is similar, but superior. The language, vocabulary, and the form of the sentences is usually more fluid in the RSV.
And, for folks who like the KJV, it is a revision of an older revision (the ASV) of the KJV. Which is probably why it is both good-sounding and relatively accurate.
Oh, BTW, pick a Bible with the deuterocanonical books (also called the “apocrypha” by our Protestant brethren). The RSV-CE has these seven other books; the RSV does not.
Interestingly, the original KJV also had them:
amazon.com/Apocrypha-King-James-Version/dp/0521506743
And, for folks who like the KJV, it is a revision of an older revision (the ASV) of the KJV. Which is probably why it is both good-sounding and relatively accurate.
Oh, BTW, pick a Bible with the deuterocanonical books (also called the “apocrypha” by our Protestant brethren). The RSV-CE has these seven other books; the RSV does not.
Interestingly, the original KJV also had them:
amazon.com/Apocrypha-King-James-Version/dp/0521506743
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Coco82
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Yeah, I was looking for a new study Bible and wasn’t sure what to choose between NIV and NKJV. NKJV sounds good though.
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mamlukman
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Hello again!
Oxford publishes “The Complete Parallel Bible” with 4 translations side by side; also “Precise Parallel New Testament” which I think gives even more translations as well as the original Greek–all translations on same 2 pages so you can quickly compare.
I personally use them, because (just as with the Qur’an!) it is illuminating to see where they agree or disagree.
Oxford publishes “The Complete Parallel Bible” with 4 translations side by side; also “Precise Parallel New Testament” which I think gives even more translations as well as the original Greek–all translations on same 2 pages so you can quickly compare.
I personally use them, because (just as with the Qur’an!) it is illuminating to see where they agree or disagree.
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crai7
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Old NIV first published in the 1980s is well regarded. The new version published by Zondervan uses gender ‘neutral’ language and has been rejected by certain denominations.I am looking into getting a New Bible.
Debating between the ESV vs NASB 77.
That said, all bible translations have their problems, and mistranslations of certain sentences/paragraphs appear once in a while. Thankfully, God ensured the bible is corruption proof by engineering in redundancy - so the most important messages are repeated multiple times and in different ways so that even when parts of the bible are lost, the overall message still gets through.
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HungerNThirst4R
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The Jerusalem and New Jerusalem Bibles, very accurately translated and lots of notes!!!
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Starwarsfan2
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I use the NIV but I wish it had the 7 so called catholic deuterocanical books .
Check out post # 14 for a link to the DC’s, a Lutheran edition. It is ESV, and has lots of notes, etc.I use the NIV but I wish it had the 7 so called catholic deuterocanical books .
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adamhovey1988
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RSV 2nd Catholic edition. RSV is a solid version, and many Protestants seem to love the non-Catholic edition. Thanks for asking.I am looking into getting a New Bible.
Debating between the ESV vs NASB 77.
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