Boanerges

What bible translations have you read from cover to cover and which are your favorites ?

this is my list to date:
King James version
New King James version
New International version
American Standard version
New Revised Standard Version
Moffatt's New Translation
The Amplified Bible
The Message
I am currently working thru Darby's 1889 translation -
These are the ones I remember off hand- my favorites were New King James version, American Standard version and especially The Amplified Bible.

James

Cover to cover? Not yet. KJV is all I am reading from, mostly all New Testament. I bounce back to the Old Testament once in a while when checking something.

Boanerges

Reading the bible is like eating ice cream- all the different translations have a little different flavor to them. I feel as though I am just scratching the surface -

mustardseed

I use King James Version.

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WasLost

I'm currently reading the New Revised Standard Version, but I've read the King James Version twice.

Pastor Gary

Rectory Study Bible: "The Companion Bible" which is an Authorized King James Version of 1611 with word origin notations in the margin from E.W. Bullinger. This 'Companion Bible" is used along with an original vintage "Strong's Complete Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Red Letter Edition", to reference back to the Original Manuscript Languages in Hebrew, Aramaic, Chaldean and 'street' Greek.

Every Day Reading: "The New Living Translation" by Tyndale Publishing ( most accurate modern wording compared to the texts of the KJV in the opinion of many evaluators.)

Also in our Chapel Library: Vintage issues of "The New International Version"; "The Revised Standard Edition" and "The Living Bible" - which are just used to determine false translation parameters as compared to the Original Manuscripts.

Please remember that possessing ANY Bible is better than none at all. Stay in God's Word - Use the research tools that God has provided. Compare various versions and try to look for the original word meanings as placed on stone tablets and parchment manuscripts by the Prophets and Scribes, for a more in-depth understanding of God's Message to us: The Holy Bible.

Boanerges

I find it interesting that there are so many camps so to speak that are convinced that they have the correct translations there seem to be quite a few- I like the bible in all its flavors and I haven't read a bad one yet.

James

That was always a concern, the translation. I would rather do the enterpreting, just let someone translate it directly. I had heard that the KJV was the best translation, so that's what I read. The "Companion Bible" sounds like something I would be interested in if it is the KJV with more background on the how things were translated.

Why bibles are manufactured the way they are is beyond me. Half of them are not made to read, they are made to look at. Pages so thin you could roll a cigarette out of one. Italics that make the words hard to read. Bindings that fail when the book is read. Spent money on one bible and it was essentially useless. Had to go out and get another one. Cost 1/10 of the price and it's a work horse.

Happiness is a good bible.

Boanerges

Happiness is a good bible.

I have read the cover of a few and they seem to me to be like old friends!

glenn316

I have read the Bible through in the New American standard version several times.

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