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Originally Posted by Biblethumper
I just bought a NKJV Study Bible today.. just before I went to the dentist. I really like NKJV the best. I hear a lot of people "dissing" the NIV. Why is that?
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some people are simply misinformed, and slam the NIV because of some "KJVonly" site they may have visited.... others have a problem with how a couple of verses here and there have been translated, and speaking of that point.... some people slam the NIV because it is what is called a "Dynamic Equivalency" translation, eg it is a "thought for thought" translation (the range of translation is from a loose paraphrase, to dynamic equivalency, to word for word) and some people prefer the so-called "word for word" translations and slam the NIV simply because it is not a word for word... although no English Bible is a pure word for word without having other words in that do not appear in the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek. The KJV "adds" words just like every other English translation. Having said that, I prefer the English Standard Translation, then the updated New American Standard, then the New Living Translation, though I use many more versions... oh... I should add that the reason I do not prefer the KJV or the NKJV or their many spin-offs is because of the manuscript tradition that stands behind them... I just don't think the Textus Receptus family is the best way to go... blessings