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I thought I'd provoke a little with the subject line, actually I would like comparison between
the CEV, NJB, Today's English Version, REB, and New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh!
I read Gal 5:24b in CEV: have killed our selfish feelings and desires.
.. and that seemed like a good translation. Sometimes I read people saying that the CEV was an improvement over the Today's English Version. What are the improvements?
(I have Logos 4 Original Languages base-package, so I can check later, tomorrow, whether that's a good translation.)
I like more dynamic equivalent versions better than for example ESV, NRSV, HCSB and such versions which I've discarded from start. But on the other hand, I've never liked for example the NIV, especially not the 2011 version.
I don't care what version it's related to, that doesn't matter. The CEV is not directly related to the TEV, except that both are works of the American Bible Society. Source
Where there any substantial manuscript finds for the OT that were implemented in the first half of the '90s, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Please refrain from comparing to the CEB, I won't budge, I don't like that one.
One disadvantage of the CEV, is that it's too easy to read: http://naeced.org/downloads/pdf/NAECED_Adult_Bible_Resource.pdf
If I do a comparison of Bible versions with this chart:
Bible Version Comparison Tool.
... CEV scores pretty well (86). Although there is an error: CEV is designated an 8 in reading level and GNT a 9, it should be the other way around, GNT an 8 and CEV a 9. It must be a typo.
Other versions that would be an option, from that chart, would be: Phillip's New Testament (scores 105) (I use it for some parts of the NT however cautiously), Today's English Version (scores 67) (I have several, for example the 1992 English (British) Catholic Edition and I'm thinking of using it more than I have so far), NJB (scores 66) (I have 2), REB (scores 53) (I have had it two times in my life, lost them accidentally, the only one spared was the separate Apocrypha, seriously thinking of buying a New Testament and a Pauline Epistles again). And the chart also suggest the 1917 Jewish Publication Society Tanakh (scores 65). I have the 1985 New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh and the 1997 Revised Jewish Publication Society Psalms. The chart also suggest the LB, I have the NT but I use it only for a few parts-of verses in the entire NT.
Like You can see from how I filled out that chart, I don't want it to be a good study Bible. I don't like consistency, and I don't need footnotes: I think footnotes are always too brief and I have many separate commentaries instead, like You can see from the thread: http://www.christianforums.com/t7541241 I have all of those I suggest, + I have the Jimmy Swaggart commentary on 1 Cor. Plus I have the Logos 4 software and it has many notes to verses and commentaries.
Here are 2 threads about the CEV:
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=4676
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=521785
Here's a post about the CEV compared to Today's English Version:
http://bibleversiondiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/44323/Best-Bible-Version-For-Seekers#reply-44323
Here's a thread that compares different versions:
http://bibleversiondiscussionboard....sions-transitivity-study-results#.T52EjtVov1U
Conclusion:
From my own judgement, the battle would then be between the NJB (surprisingly as I hadn't considered using it) and the Today's English Version, and to use the REB for some Pauline epistles (Ro, parts of 2 Cor, Col, Phil). The chart didn't give the right scores because it has the typo in the reading level of CEV and Today's English Version. The low reading level of the CEV is a really bad disadvantage.
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the CEV, NJB, Today's English Version, REB, and New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh!
I read Gal 5:24b in CEV: have killed our selfish feelings and desires.
.. and that seemed like a good translation. Sometimes I read people saying that the CEV was an improvement over the Today's English Version. What are the improvements?
(I have Logos 4 Original Languages base-package, so I can check later, tomorrow, whether that's a good translation.)
I like more dynamic equivalent versions better than for example ESV, NRSV, HCSB and such versions which I've discarded from start. But on the other hand, I've never liked for example the NIV, especially not the 2011 version.
I don't care what version it's related to, that doesn't matter. The CEV is not directly related to the TEV, except that both are works of the American Bible Society. Source
Where there any substantial manuscript finds for the OT that were implemented in the first half of the '90s, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Please refrain from comparing to the CEB, I won't budge, I don't like that one.
One disadvantage of the CEV, is that it's too easy to read: http://naeced.org/downloads/pdf/NAECED_Adult_Bible_Resource.pdf
If I do a comparison of Bible versions with this chart:
Bible Version Comparison Tool.
... CEV scores pretty well (86). Although there is an error: CEV is designated an 8 in reading level and GNT a 9, it should be the other way around, GNT an 8 and CEV a 9. It must be a typo.
Other versions that would be an option, from that chart, would be: Phillip's New Testament (scores 105) (I use it for some parts of the NT however cautiously), Today's English Version (scores 67) (I have several, for example the 1992 English (British) Catholic Edition and I'm thinking of using it more than I have so far), NJB (scores 66) (I have 2), REB (scores 53) (I have had it two times in my life, lost them accidentally, the only one spared was the separate Apocrypha, seriously thinking of buying a New Testament and a Pauline Epistles again). And the chart also suggest the 1917 Jewish Publication Society Tanakh (scores 65). I have the 1985 New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh and the 1997 Revised Jewish Publication Society Psalms. The chart also suggest the LB, I have the NT but I use it only for a few parts-of verses in the entire NT.
Like You can see from how I filled out that chart, I don't want it to be a good study Bible. I don't like consistency, and I don't need footnotes: I think footnotes are always too brief and I have many separate commentaries instead, like You can see from the thread: http://www.christianforums.com/t7541241 I have all of those I suggest, + I have the Jimmy Swaggart commentary on 1 Cor. Plus I have the Logos 4 software and it has many notes to verses and commentaries.
Here are 2 threads about the CEV:
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=4676
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=521785
Here's a post about the CEV compared to Today's English Version:
http://bibleversiondiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/44323/Best-Bible-Version-For-Seekers#reply-44323
Here's a thread that compares different versions:
http://bibleversiondiscussionboard....sions-transitivity-study-results#.T52EjtVov1U
Conclusion:
From my own judgement, the battle would then be between the NJB (surprisingly as I hadn't considered using it) and the Today's English Version, and to use the REB for some Pauline epistles (Ro, parts of 2 Cor, Col, Phil). The chart didn't give the right scores because it has the typo in the reading level of CEV and Today's English Version. The low reading level of the CEV is a really bad disadvantage.
Previously edited by Unix; 29th April 2012 at 06:48 PM local time. Reason: add links to CAF
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