Hello!
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In my search for Jesus and God, I am nearly ready to buy a bible. However, I am stuck for choice!
I have been looking at the NIV versions and whilst it's true that they are the most readable, I think that for me, this makes their word seem more of a story. When I read a little from a KJV version, it sounded far more like it was written as God's word 2000 years ago, and I was enthralled by the beauty of the words.
However, looking at an excerpt from an NASB version, it seemed far more modern in terms of ease of reading, but it is in fact closer to a word-for-word translation (source: zondervanbibles.com).
Would the KJB still be a reliable, word-for-word text to read? I was considering purchasing a parallel text - NIV and KJB.
But yet another dilemma - before the translation issue, I was thinking of a study bible (I love the Zondervan ones). But there are no study bibles with the KJV translation. So what to do?! I was thinking about getting a study bible with the NASB translation, but I know that the KJV is more popular. Perhaps I should get two bibles!
Thanks everybody. This is really .... exciting!
I haven't posted in this forum before, so check the New Member Introductions for a little about me.
In my search for Jesus and God, I am nearly ready to buy a bible. However, I am stuck for choice!
I have been looking at the NIV versions and whilst it's true that they are the most readable, I think that for me, this makes their word seem more of a story. When I read a little from a KJV version, it sounded far more like it was written as God's word 2000 years ago, and I was enthralled by the beauty of the words.
However, looking at an excerpt from an NASB version, it seemed far more modern in terms of ease of reading, but it is in fact closer to a word-for-word translation (source: zondervanbibles.com).
Would the KJB still be a reliable, word-for-word text to read? I was considering purchasing a parallel text - NIV and KJB.
But yet another dilemma - before the translation issue, I was thinking of a study bible (I love the Zondervan ones). But there are no study bibles with the KJV translation. So what to do?! I was thinking about getting a study bible with the NASB translation, but I know that the KJV is more popular. Perhaps I should get two bibles!
Thanks everybody. This is really .... exciting!