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What version would you recommend that is easier to read but yet very accurate?
I second the opinion about the Common English Bible and for more reasons too. yabt (yet another bible translation): the common english bible | âshields-upâNKJV has been my personal version for a long time, but I like what I see and hear about the ESV mentioned by MrJim. That would be the next version that I would buy and use.
I would beware of the newest version called the Common English Bible. It makes changes to be politically correct which changes some key meanings, e.g. in Daniel 7, the apocalyptic figure of Son of Man, is changed to 'human being.' This refers to Christ's coming in glory.
For the NT, I still like one of the earliest and best modern versions, Phillips' translation. [He never completed the OT. As there are 66 books in the Bible, Elton Trueblood once asked J.B. Phillips if he would call his version Phillips 66. Elton said that JB didn't get the joke--he was British-- he hadn't heard of "the gas that won the West."]
What version would you recommend that is easier to read but yet very accurate?
Confraternity version is the best for for Sirach and about Joseph in GenesisI have a lot of Bibles- [...] Confraternity Version,
I would say that JB (Jerusalem Bible) Standard Edition is the best
I read the [...] and the NRSV.
I'm quite fond of the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
What version would you recommend that is easier to read but yet very accurate?
What version would you recommend that is easier to read but yet very accurate?
New American Standard is the best and most literal version. But, beware the bible is full of flaws and even contradictions.
Peace!
For the New Testament... [...] I usually end up going with:
- Holman Christian Standard
- ESV
- NET