What version Bible do you read?

[tooth and nail]

Amplified rocks, the big lettering is fine by me.

The Salvation Army uses the NIV. Therefore it has to be a good one to read as there are a lot of them all around the world.

God bless :rainbow: :rose:

True, but there's just this disconnect I have with the NIV. I have no idea why. I mighht give it another go after awhile, right now I'm using the NKJV.

 

[Cody]

Hey does anyone use the NASB? If so, can you tell me your thoughts on it. Is it easy to read and is it a good translation? I have read and listen to sermons on the NIV and I really didn't like what I heard. I currently read the KJV, I think its a good translation, but it is hard for me to understand without a dictionary by my side sometimes. So if anyone has studied on the NASB, please tell me your thoughts. God Bless

 

[Faithful Son]

NIV is actually a very good translation brother Cody2. I think most people try to discredit a Bible translation because they are misinformed about it.

NASB is a good Bible version as well. It's best to check it out on Biblegateway.com and compare which reads better to you.

I read the Message Bible mainly when I read a physical Bible, but my mom bought me an NIV as well. Both of these Bibles have a preface which tells you in detail what work and effort it took to write these translations.

Eugene Peterson wrote the Message in two parts, starting with an Old Testament translation and finally after 10 or more years released the New Testament translation.

The NIV translation was put together by more than 50 Bible scholars, so it's really been thought out and well preserved.

Any Bible which holds true to the true Gospel of Jesus and God's work of the Old Testament is okay in my books.

I really do enjoy reading the NASB, I actually used it for more than a few months when I was a new comer on TJ, it helped me learn a lot, it's a gracious Bible which uses beautiful language to convey the Word, much like the KJV

God bless
Much love
teraside

 

[Cody]

Yeah, you're right. There is good and bad things about every Bible. I have a sermon on the NIV, if you would like to listen to it. One thing is for sure, God's word is perfect.

 

[Dreamer]

lol, Heather, I agree! I just got a new large-print bible and I chose Holman Christian Standard. It's smooth and readable, and it reads the way we talk today without taking away any meanings. Prior to Holman, I have always favored NIV. I still like NIV very much and can't decide between it and Holman.

I participate in a jail ministry and we always try to get the inmates NIV bibles.

Lol, I have never quoted myself before and didn't know if it would actually work!:shade:

I STILL love my Holman Christian Standard Bible. I ordered 2 of them around Easter, and gave my hubby one and one for me. They are illustrated and have lots of interesting photos of real bible areas and items that real bible people used! I love pictures.

There is nothing wrong with reading the bible, people! Focusing on which translation can cause us to take time away from actually reading the bible!

I have seen lots of online speeches against NIV and NKJV. If you ask me, these people that spend all this time tearing apart and criticizing versions, need to be spending their time immersing themselves in God's Word. Period!
Just allowing the words (what ever translation!) to embed in their heart and mind without analyzing which and what words were changed in the translation.

I love God's Word and Holman Christian Standard Version is my favorite, but if it were not available I would read NIV. I love ALL the versions. They are ALL God's Word.

It is hard for me to believe that people who have given their lives to bible translation have an evil desire to thwart the Word of God and destroy the world. I suppose that not all bible translators are holy, but I would assume that many of them know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, otherwise they would not be bothering to make the bible their life's work.

 

[ladylovesJesus]

I like different ones, the amplified as it gives extra reading. The Message as it speaks in every day language. I often read the NIV. I had not read the NASB until last night but did like what I read. I have not seen the Holman Christian Standard Version before. I do not like reading the KJV.

I forgot to mention the other one which I really like to read is the NLT. I heard it being read on Premier Radio and then he told us he uses the NLT. In fact I have a compact Bible with the NLT, so it is easy to carry around.

God bless

LLJ :rainbow: :rose:

 

[Word of Life]

I have seen lots of online speeches against NIV and NKJV. If you ask me, these people that spend all this time tearing apart and criticizing versions, need to be spending their time immersing themselves in God's Word. Period! Just allowing the words (what ever translation!) to embed in their heart and mind without analyzing which and what words were changed in the
translation.

I love God's Word and Holman Christian Standard Version is my favorite, but if it were not available I would read NIV. I love ALL the versions. They are ALL God's Word. .

I am sorry, I don't agree with what you have said here. One word CAN make a huge difference and could lead someone, totally away from eternity and away from the True living God and straight to hell. There is so much division out in the world of Christianity today, it's frightening and it's just getting worse.

2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Tit 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Each church has their own "Statement of Faith" but there is only one. Each Bible translation can cause divisions, among the followers/believers. The scriptures tell us to search the scriptures, but if I read two different Bible versions and they could mean something completely different, and confusion will arise?

1Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

It is hard for me to believe that people who have given their lives to bible translation have an evil desire to thwart the Word of God and destroy the world. I suppose that not all bible translators are holy, but I would assume that many of them know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, otherwise they would not be bothering to make the bible their life's work.

I don't think this has been done deliberately, as we all love God, we all seek to know more about Him, and to be in His presence, and it becomes a passion, as we all want answers, but one can get too proud, money could come in the way, and before you know it, you are in idolatry and have got sucked in by satans lies. It's easy and is quick as that.

Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

If I told you a story and you tell the same story, the basics would be there, but words could be added or deleted, which could make the original story different and wrong. It's happened to me, I have heard something, but when repeating it to someone else, I have added or deleted words. This was not done deliberately, but sometimes, it just happens, as we are human.

Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

The above scriptures is for us, not for the non-Christians, because they are not reading the Bible.

The KJV, was written in 1611, it also has the added words in italics. At first, it was extremely difficult to read and understand. I kept saying to myself "I would never understand this" I even went out and brought another Bible "The Passion Bible"

After a while it became easier and easier to read, because I asked God to help me with it and He did.

 

[jiggyfly]

I am sorry, I don't agree with what you have said here. One word CAN make a huge difference and could lead someone, totally away from eternity and away from the True living God and straight to hell. There is so much division out in the world of Christianity today, it's frightening and it's just getting worse.

2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Tit 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Each church has their own "Statement of Faith" but there is only one. Each Bible translation can cause divisions, among the followers/believers. The scriptures tell us to search the scriptures, but if I read two different Bible versions and they could mean something completely different, and confusion will arise?

1Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.



I don't think this has been done deliberately, as we all love God, we all seek to know more about Him, and to be in His presence, and it becomes a passion, as we all want answers, but one can get too proud, money could come in the way, and before you know it, you are in idolatry and have got sucked in by satans lies. It's easy and is quick as that.

Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

If I told you a story and you tell the same story, the basics would be there, but words could be added or deleted, which could make the original story different and wrong. It's happened to me, I have heard something, but when repeating it to someone else, I have added or deleted words. This was not done deliberately, but sometimes, it just happens, as we are human.

Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

The above scriptures is for us, not for the non-Christians, because they are not reading the Bible.

The KJV, was written in 1611, it also has the added words in italics. At first, it was extremely difficult to read and understand. I kept saying to myself "I would never understand this" I even went out and brought another Bible "The Passion Bible"

After a while it became easier and easier to read, because I asked God to help me with it and He did.

I understand your point Word Of Life, but we are not one(united) in the written word, we are one(united) in the Spirit. I mentioned in another thread that we are to be led by HolySpirit not HolyBible. The bible is a tool from which the Spirit can teach us, but He is not limited to it. There are some things in the KJV that you can get goofed up on too.

 

[Chad]

I'm in agreement with brother jiggy. I highly doubt one word can doom someone of salvation in Christ. That's a steep thing to assume that the Holy Spirit cannot lead one to Christ if a word is not entirely accurate. If we let the Holy Spirit lead, who can get in His way? No one but ourselves when we do not listen to the Holy Spirit.

 

[Dreamer]

I'm also in agreement with brother jiggyfly

Jesus is the Son of God and His spirit is the one and only Holy Spirit. We must trust the Holy Spirit to show us the meaning of His words!!!!

Soon after I became a Christian in Feb. 1991, a good friend of mine gave me a beautiful, brand new, hard-cover bible with study notes and a very thorough Concordance. Just so happens it was an NIV bible. It had studies also on individual people in the bible, like David, Esther, etc. It had maps. It had everything! But most importantly, it had God's Word!:shade:

Through daily reading this NIV bible my friend had given me, I grew and grew and grew! I underlined passage after passage time and again and marked dates and notes of things my Lord showed me though reading the passage.

One day, in the year 2000, I set the bible on the sink at my church's restroom so I could use the bathroom. The side of the sink was apparently wet or slippery, because the bible fell to the floor. It broke in half and the cover was completely torn from the bible, and the first 30 chapters of Genesis were completely separated from the remainder of the bible.

Would it be wrong for me to say that my NIV bible was well-used? Would it be wrong to proclaim that I became close to my Lord and my Savior by savoring His Word in that particular translation? Am I bragging on myself, or the Word? I am bragging on the Word of God!

I kept that old bible....but it was bereft of the first chapters of Genesis and had no cover, as the cover was broken. But I still read it, because I was a single mom at the time and actually did not have extra money to buy a new bible.

About a year ago, I invested in a plain, leather Holman Christian Standard. I liked it so much, and my husband liked it so much---that I eventually bought both of us a more upscaled version: the Holman Christian Standard STUDY Bible, which has more references and lots of photos and pics and background added. We can have bible study together as a couple and be reading the exact same translation. It is cool! My husband is a visual person and loves the photographs and maps that are included in the bible.

We have learned alot studying separately, and together. My husband usually doesn't study the Word on his own, but if I ask him to study with me, he is happy to do it. So it's cool that we both have the same version.

The Holman is a little more "wordy" than the NIV, and I believe that not as many words were "taken out" from this translation. However, I still have a high admiration for the NIV bible, and no one will ever be able to convince me that owning and using a NIV bible, among other translations, is an evil or sinful practive.

Too many people have been saved and fed on NIV bibles for us to sit here and point our fingers and discredit the whole translation. That is God's call to judge any translation or translators. Maybe there are some better translations than NIV. But it is not a worthless mode of communication. It is still God's Word. Let us have respect for that.

 

[willb]

I have spent a lot of time researching this recently.

I love the ESV bible its to me a wonderful translation but i dont like the manuscripts its based on...i prefer the textus receptus of KJV and NKJV there are less errors in those.

After thinking about this i am going to start using the NKJV (the KJV is just too archaic for me) as i think its a more reliable.

I voted ESV above because thats the one im using just now but it will soon be the NKJV.

 

[Cody]

King James was no homosexual

QUESTION: I have been told that King James was a homosexual. Is this true?

ANSWER: No.

EXPLANATION: King James I of England, who authorized the translation of the now famous King James Bible, was considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, monarchs that England has ever seen.
Through his wisdom and determination he united the warring tribes of Scotland into a unified nation, and then joined England and Scotland to form the foundation for what is now known as the British Empire.
At a time when only the churches of England possessed the Bible in English, King James' desire was that the common people should have the Bible in their native tongue. Thus, in 1603, King James called 54 of history's most learned men together to accomplish this great task. At a time when the leaders of the world wished to keep their subjects in spiritual ignorance, King James offered his subjects the greatest gift that he could give them. Their own copy of the Word of God in English.
James, who was fluent in Latin, Greek, and French, and schooled in Italian and Spanish even wrote a tract entitled "Counterblast to Tobacco",which was written to help thwart the use of tobacco in England.
Such a man was sure to have enemies. One such man, Anthony Weldon, had to be excluded from the court. Weldon swore vengeance. It was not until 1650, twenty-five years after the death of James that Weldon saw his chance. He wrote a paper calling James a homosexual. Obviously, James, being dead, was in no condition to defend himself.
The report was largely ignored since there were still enough people alive who knew it wasn't true. In fact, it lay dormant for years, until recently when it was picked up by Christians who hoped that vilifying King James, would tarnish the Bible that bears his name so that Christians would turn away from God's book to a more "modern" translation.
It seems though, that Weldon's false account is being once again largely ignored by the majority of Christianity with the exception of those with an ulterior motive, such as its author had.
It might also be mentioned here that the Roman Catholic Church was so desperate to keep the true Bible out of the hands of the English people that it attempted to kill King James and all of Parliament in 1605.
In 1605 a Roman Catholic by the name of Guy Fawkes, under the direction of a Jesuit priest by the name of Henry Garnet, was found in the basement of Parliament with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder which he was to use to blow up King James and the entire Parliament. After killing the king, they planned on imprisoning his children, re-establishing England as a state loyal to the Pope and kill all who resisted. Needless to say, the perfect English Bible would have been one of the plot's victims. Fawkes and Garnet and eight other conspirators were caught and hanged.
It seems that those who work so hard to discredit the character of King James join an unholy lot.

Was King James a homosexual?

 

[jiggyfly]

QUESTION: I have been told that King James was a homosexual. Is this true?

ANSWER: No.

EXPLANATION: King James I of England, who authorized the translation of the now famous King James Bible, was considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, monarchs that England has ever seen.
Through his wisdom and determination he united the warring tribes of Scotland into a unified nation, and then joined England and Scotland to form the foundation for what is now known as the British Empire.
At a time when only the churches of England possessed the Bible in English, King James' desire was that the common people should have the Bible in their native tongue. Thus, in 1603, King James called 54 of history's most learned men together to accomplish this great task. At a time when the leaders of the world wished to keep their subjects in spiritual ignorance, King James offered his subjects the greatest gift that he could give them. Their own copy of the Word of God in English.
James, who was fluent in Latin, Greek, and French, and schooled in Italian and Spanish even wrote a tract entitled "Counterblast to Tobacco",which was written to help thwart the use of tobacco in England.
Such a man was sure to have enemies. One such man, Anthony Weldon, had to be excluded from the court. Weldon swore vengeance. It was not until 1650, twenty-five years after the death of James that Weldon saw his chance. He wrote a paper calling James a homosexual. Obviously, James, being dead, was in no condition to defend himself.
The report was largely ignored since there were still enough people alive who knew it wasn't true. In fact, it lay dormant for years, until recently when it was picked up by Christians who hoped that vilifying King James, would tarnish the Bible that bears his name so that Christians would turn away from God's book to a more "modern" translation.
It seems though, that Weldon's false account is being once again largely ignored by the majority of Christianity with the exception of those with an ulterior motive, such as its author had.
It might also be mentioned here that the Roman Catholic Church was so desperate to keep the true Bible out of the hands of the English people that it attempted to kill King James and all of Parliament in 1605.
In 1605 a Roman Catholic by the name of Guy Fawkes, under the direction of a Jesuit priest by the name of Henry Garnet, was found in the basement of Parliament with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder which he was to use to blow up King James and the entire Parliament. After killing the king, they planned on imprisoning his children, re-establishing England as a state loyal to the Pope and kill all who resisted. Needless to say, the perfect English Bible would have been one of the plot's victims. Fawkes and Garnet and eight other conspirators were caught and hanged.
It seems that those who work so hard to discredit the character of King James join an unholy lot.

Was King James a homosexual?

Cody, King James controversy has atleast two opposing sides from which there comes a flood of propaganda. A very good book about King James and the KJV bible is "In The Beginning" by Alister McGrath. It is neither for or against King James or KJV but is a very acurate historical account of the climate in which this historical event took place.

 

[Cody]

Something else of note should be mentioned here, too. I am sure some of you who hear this message know of William Tyndale. He was one of the greatest of scholars. He was the one who said the time will come when every plow boy in England will be able to read the Bible. William Tyndale was at home in eight languages. He translated all of the New Testament and some parts of the Old Testament. He did such a tremendous job that the King James translators kept well over sixty percent of his translation intact, just as it was, to be used in the King James translation. William Tyndale was hounded like a wild animal by those who hated him and wanted him burned at the stake. Finally King Henry VII, through one of his stooges, caused Tyndale to be betrayed. He was thrown in prison, and finally at Vilvord, just outside of Brussels, Belgium, he was strangled to death by order of the king, and then his body was burned. Now, the last thing he said before he died, was this: "Oh, God, open the eyes of the king of England!" And do you know what? God answered that prayer in less than a year, when all of England had the Bible in the English language. It has been my privilege to stand there at that small monument that was erected some years after in Tyndale's memory.

Which Bible is Preserved of God?

Brief History of the KJV

I thought I would post some history on the King James Version. I just posted one paragraph, but if you want you can visit the above links to read more about the history.

I find it amazing how God answered William Tyndale's prayer that was, "Oh, God, open the eyes of the king of England!". Remember the kings before this was against translating the Bible into English. Then shortly after, God answered his prayer when King James allowed a team of people to get together and work on translating the Bible. After they were done it was printed out in the English language for all of England. This is why I love the King James Bible. The King James Bible was a prayer answered by God and people died for this Bible.

God is good.

Love in Christ and God Bless

 

[rizen1]

Thanks Cody, I'll check it out.

 

[Cody]

Here is some more history on the King James Version. This article is by Dr. Laurence M. Vance.

THE AV 1611: Purified Seven Times

Psalms 12:6
"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." KJV

 

[willb]

The KJV is a ok bible. A great bible for the period but now a lot of its words are obsolete the language is outdated and could cause people to misinterpreted verses etc.

Some can read it some cant. I like its beauty. But i would never use it as a daily version.

Thats why i use the ESV its literal but very readable.

 

[xr6]

10 pages !!!

10 pages of comments on "what bible do you read" great!
shows that people are interested in there bibles!

 

[Christy74]

I compare several different versions when I'm studying something specific, but the one I read most often is New King James.

 

[Cody]

Did you know the King James Version is the only Bible coming from Antioch? All the other versions come from Egypt. Should we read versions that have Egyptian roots? Take a look at the link below and lets see what the Bible says about Antioch and Egypt.

Antioch Bible?
or
Alexandrian Bible?