Amplified Bible vs NLT

[CredoBiblicist]

I'm looking for a secondary version to supplement my main Bibles (NKJV/KJV). If you had to choose between the Amplified and NLT which one would you choose and why?

Or is there a better option for a secondary Bible than these 2?

 

[Knee V]

Hmmm...

If I had to pick one of those two, I would go with the Amplified. I loathe the NLT. The reason for that is that it is a revision of a paraphrase (The Living Bible), but markets itself as a new translation. I find that dishonest and a little devious. It takes incredible license with the text, inserting conjecture and bias all over the place. If it marketed itself as the paraphrase that it is, that theological bias could be excused (a paraphrase is always going to display the bias of those doing the work). But since it markets itself as a genuine translation, many people read its text thinking that it is portraying the genuine meaning of the original text. I have a big problem with that.

The Amplified, for what I have seen of it, just seems to put alternate renderings of words and phrases directly into the text instead of putting them in the margins or foot notes. I don't find that too troubling, per se.