What is the best Bible translation that you would recommend?
For me, I do not believe it really matters since it is His Spirit that guides us in all truth.
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Quote from: jugghead on May 28, 2019, 01:38:52 AM
For me, I do not believe it really matters since it is His Spirit that guides us in all truth.
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:thumbsup: I as well .
Quote from: Christus Victor on May 27, 2019, 05:06:41 AM
What is the best Bible translation that you would recommend?
I would recommend Modern Young's Literal. It is a more accurate translation than many others, and also has taken the "thees" and "thous" out of the original Young's, so it's an easier read.
Quote from: jabcat on May 28, 2019, 03:08:51 AM
Quote from: Christus Victor on May 27, 2019, 05:06:41 AM
What is the best Bible translation that you would recommend?
I would recommend Modern Young's Literal. It is a more accurate translation than many others, and also has taken the "thees" and "thous" out of the original Young's, so it's an easier read.
Sounds great! I didn't know there was a 'modern' one.
D.
Quote from: Dandelion on May 28, 2019, 04:23:15 AM
Quote from: jabcat on May 28, 2019, 03:08:51 AM
Quote from: Christus Victor on May 27, 2019, 05:06:41 AM
What is the best Bible translation that you would recommend?
I would recommend Modern Young's Literal. It is a more accurate translation than many others, and also has taken the "thees" and "thous" out of the original Young's, so it's an easier read.
Sounds great! I didn't know there was a 'modern' one.
D.
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Only New Testament and Psalms, but my daily reader. I have other literal translations, but this is my go-to :)
I have this on another thread , but it applies here too .
I was brain washed by persuasion into thinking King James only , and that was hard to undo as were many things we are taught of men to follow and pursue .
I would love to help you out , but not sure how , the Bible hub https://biblehub.com/ (https://biblehub.com/)has some amazing bible translations on the same scriptures and that helped me once the fear of being misled was replaced by faith in God to help
anyone at any time and any where , God so chooses to do so .
It took several things to loose the bondage of that " death hold " thinking on me personally , I was raised in a hell fire Baptist
preaching environment for most of my childhood and young adult life .
It was when Jesus told a young disciple he had chosen , when asked if he could bury his father , Jesus told him , "Let the dead bury their dead ", you come follow Me " by proclaiming the Kingdom of God . For me , it is the good news of the gospel and ministry of reconciliation and the joy set before us keeping the hope alive though sharing and caring for the ones seeking to find the Lords presence in their lives also and gather in His Holy name .
It took many things , by the Holy Spirit , guiding the course , the death of my brother , meeting my sister and her testimony , being led the Kingdomtalk and than here to the Tentmaker site and just a lot of reading and searching things out with the Blue Letter bible site bible hub and many handy bible tools and brothers and sisters coming and going , asking Jesus a million questions in alone times . etc . just to get this far .
I am a poor writer and have a hard time putting in words such thoughts , but by the grace of GOD , we do as we are led to do .trusting in God all the while , and His power to do as He so chooses too, by the Lord Jesus Christ , quickening His own Word by His own Spirit in us all . we keep on keeping on .
Many blessings of hope in your seeking Him brother . :HeartThrob:
One of the major challenges facing a person is knowing which Bible to study. There are so many translations. Some are truer to the original text than others. Some are translated to make it easier for the modern reader to understand, but often contain inaccuracies.
Each translation has the power to transform your life. However, although there is great value in reading and studying any of these versions, some can lead to a misunderstanding of the original intent and meaning of verses and words. If you desire to get to the real meaning and intent of scripture, you need to read a translation that most closely replicates the original language of the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek text.
However some will say that a translation should transfer the message, that is, the exact thought and emotion of the original text. To do this, it should use as many words as are necessary to reproduce the idea precisely in English. This is a noble goal but often results in the translators own preconceived ideas and biases as to what the exact thought of the original inspired writers was. They are often off the mark.
Those of us who love God's Word, have choices on which bible version to study. Many who have a bible will say that theirs is the best. Maybe because it is easy to read, maybe it is the version their parents used, maybe it is the one their church endorses.
A concordance can be used to derive a deeper meaning of words or phrases. The concordant method of studying the scriptures uses a concordance to discover the meaning of a word in the original text. Look up the occurrences of the word in the Hebrew, Chaldee, or Greek, and determine how it may be translated into English.
So, which bible to use? The solution is to have one or more that is as close a translation to the original text as possible. This includes Rotherham's Emphasized Bible, Modern Young's Literal (mentioned by Jabcat), the Concordant Literal Version or the Emphatic Diaglott (NT only). They are most certainly not the most popular, but they are the most true to God's inspired word
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I have been enjoying a version simply called "The Scriptures," translated by a group in South Africa and printed in (of all places) China. So far, it leaves "hell" out and has a particular Hebraic flavor, since it renders God's name and Jesus' names in Hebrew. A full recommendation must wait until I am done reading it, but it looks very promising. I stumbled onto it at half-price books.
I also like the Ferrar Fenton Version. It does things no other version does, such as appending I John at the end of John's Gospel, and translating the Song of Songs in dramatic format. It works, but Fenton did rely too much on modern scholarship (Westcott and Hort).
Quote from: Lazarus Short on June 11, 2019, 07:43:05 PM
I have been enjoying a version simply called "The Scriptures," translated by a group in South Africa and printed in (of all places) China. So far, it leaves "hell" out and has a particular Hebraic flavor, since it renders God's name and Jesus' names in Hebrew. A full recommendation must wait until I am done reading it, but it looks very promising. I stumbled onto it at half-price books.
"The Scriptures" sounds awesome!
https://www.amazon.com/Scriptures-Institute-Scripture-Research/dp/B0039Q6S1W
Published by Institute for Scripture Institute, which I googled and is from South Africa so I am assuming it is the right one..
This one on Ebay, 6 listings, lowest price being $18.99, has more pictures - https://www.ebay.com/p/The-Scriptures-ISR-Softcover-Institute-for-Scripture-Research-Bible/1900028752
Song of Songs (S.O.S./help Lord! lol.) in dramatic format in the other version sounds good too!
It does sound like an interesting version!
I believe you have to look at the best version that helps you understand better , what helps you be FREE IN CHRIST as your new head and authority on truth matters
I have enjoyed many versions and checked out all of them by comparing them to each other for meaning , and it is not for nothing , God s love and Light will shine and break though those dark areas and give you peace , keep looking and praying and asking Him for truth and help Victor .
just my thoughts :2c:
Ephesians 2:8-10 The Message (MSG)
7-10 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.
Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it.
It's God's gift from start to finish! We don't play the major role.
If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing!
No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving.
He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.
The message to me is not anything more than a helpful boost when I get super discouraged in life and need a simple push , not to get down and out , because there are times when it happens to the best of us , I believe so .
sometimes no Word helps it is only the Holy Spirit Itself that breathes in deeply and exhales relief . Romans 8:26
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
After having about 10 different hardback versions[quiet times ] and the online bible gateway & bible hub & bible tools and yes, google searches :laughing7: , the best we can do is dig in and deeply keep praying for the hunger and thirst desiring to Know God in all His glory will not fail any of us EVER .
I HAVE complete CONFIDENCE IN GOD to do as HE promises HE will do . and I love Him so much for that . God knows .
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Amen Rose! :cloud9: :dsunny:
The Aionian Bible is a great improvement over the modern popular translations in use today such as the NIV, RSV, NKJV, among others. It correctly uses the words hades rather than hell, age or ages (eon or eons) rather than eternity or forever and ever, and gehenna rather than hell. This is consistent with the Greek.
Other than these valuable corrections, it does not deal with some other difficulties that modern versions have.
A major problem is the use of the word consummate instead of eonian (aiōnios g166). This is inappropriate IMO. Eonian is the adjective form of eon.
Example of one scripture from the Aionian Bible :
Mat 25:46 These will go away into consummate (aiōnios g166) punishment, but the righteous into consummate (aiōnios g166) life."
Dictionary meaning of consummate:
adjective- perfect, excellent, ideal, flawless, supreme, complete, absolute, total, unmitigated, utter,
This word "consummate" falls short of real meaning. Rotherham translates it as age-abiding. Youngs translates it as age during. Concordant Literal Version translates it as eonian. Eonian is an authentic English word.
There are other inconsistencies in this Aionian Bible but are not as consequential as the one mentioned above. Overall it is a good version, much better than the versions in common usage today. Every version is of some benefit leading to understanding God, but some versions provide deeper spiritual understanding than others. I hope the Aionian Bible grows in popularity.
On Line Bible Translations
Rotherham Emphasized
https://studybible.info/version/Rotherham
The Message (MSG)
https://www.biblestudytools.com/msg/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/msg/)
The Passion Translation (TPT)
https://www.biblegateway.com/version...ible/#booklist (https://www.biblegateway.com/version...ible/#booklist)
Weymouth New Testament
https://www.biblestudytools.com/wnt/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/wnt/)
J.B Phillips
https://ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPNT.htm (https://ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPNT.htm)
https://ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPhillips.htm (https://ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPhillips.htm)
Jonathan Mitchell Bible Translation
http://www.greater-emmanuel.org/jmt/
The Recovery Version Bible
https://online.recoveryversion.bible/ (https://online.recoveryversion.bible/)
The Bible For Everyone (N.T. Wright)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...+1&version=NTE (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...+1&version=NTE)
The Concordant Bible
https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-new-testament-online/ (https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-new-testament-online/)
Douay-Rheims Translation
https://www.biblestudytools.com/rhe/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/rhe/)
American Standard Version
https://www.biblestudytools.com/asv/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/asv/)
New Living Translation
https://www.biblestudytools.com/nlt/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/nlt/)
Good News Translation
https://www.biblestudytools.com/gnt/ (https://www.biblestudytools.com/gnt/)
Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
https://www.biblestudytools.com/lxx/