What Bible translation(s) do you prefer?

[SeekerOfChrist94]

I really like the New Living Translation a lot. I prefer KJV and NIV for very specific verses, such as KJV for John 14:27 and NIV for Jeremiah 29:11.

 

[Bloodborn]

NLT#1 much love to the nasb and kjv/nkjv as well.

 

[StassiT]

I've been reading NLT

 

[ryanmercer]

My church uses NLT, until I started going there I'd never even looked at it. I like it, I do love me some King James though too.

 

[Bloodborn]

I've always been a KJV or NKJV kinda guy. But I bought a NLT Bible from LifeWay and completely love it. I breeze through the chapters and absorb a lot more of what I read.

 

[GraceC]

My church uses the NKJV so I was using that along with the ESV. I've recently began reading the NLT and really love it. I have a high reading comprehension so the NKJV and ESV aren't difficult for me per se but I love reading the NLT and just "getting it" the first time I read. For example, vestments in the NKJV and ESV is robes in the NLT. That's what it must have been like for the 1st century Christians when a letter was read to them, they just got it and immediately understood what was being said because the letter was written in their common everyday language. Anyway, long story short, I'm now considering making my NLT my primary bible and referring to my NKJV and ESV when doing in-depth study.

 

[Di1533]

I like the ESV and NIV...I use a Bible app on my iPod to read the ESV and my actual Bible is NIV =)

Sometimes I check out other versions like the AMP to give me a little more details.

 

[ElainaMor]

I'm finding that I really like the NIV 2011. I've been using the ESV but have noticed that my NIV has become my go-to version. I think I'm about to retire my ESV.

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

I grew up with the KJV Bible, and I still love it, but it can be hard to understand sometimes. I also like the NIV and ESV. I just started reading the GNT and it's so easy to understand, I understand what I'm reading very well.

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

I've been liking the NLT a lot lately. A very clear translation.

 

[holyrokker]

I like to use ESV, NIV and NASB

 

[ALoveDivine]

The NASB is my favorite. It is clear and straightforward, translated into contemporary English, and is perhaps the most literally accurate word-for-word translation into the English language.

The ESV is good too but is not, in my view, on par with the NASB.

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

I really enjoy the NLT. I find it to be very clear and like the way it phrases things. GNT is good too, as is NASB.

 

[rick357]

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[yeshuaslavejeff]

for seekers of Yhvh, realize that Hebrew, Arabic and Greek Word Studies open up a whole new and more accurate picture or many things throughout Scripture (as long as you find objective, not denominational, word studies) . Denominational studies may drive a soul even further from the truth while they thing they are learning simple truths hidden from the public. Test any and all, stay in prayer, don't trust some things from the same author just because previous things tested out truthful - again, test everything; praying always, and perhaps Yhvh will delight to instruct and reveal the truth.

Word studies aren't 'needed', per se, for a persons faith, but there aren't many ways nor places a person can go and trust the instructors,
while Yhvh is always reliable and trustworthy,
and the 'simple' original Word is much more life-giving (literally) in Yahshua than
the later (any) translations (in english). Be prepared though - as Yahshua said plainly and simply, members of your own family and group may reject you and may be your worst enemy. (not necessarily, if they love truth; but not everyone loves truth, as many have found out painfully).