What Bible Version...

[BookishGirl]

New American Standard

 

[David Waffen]

The KJV is God's preserved Word for our time.

 

[AFPJ]

I use ESV most often, I don't think I even own a KJV anymore just because it was harder to read.

 

[faroukfarouk]

It is crazy to some but some say the KJV is hard to understand, I actually found it alot easier then the NIV

I know what you mean; some of the King James's language is vigorous and memorable.

Blessings.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

The KJV is God's preserved Word for our time.

What about those who can't read english?

What about the blind who have to read braille?


KJVO is killing our churches with this muck.

 

[beaverpond]

Are you really that naïve to think the KJV of the Bible isn't printed in other languages?

Remember when Jesus sent the disciples out two by two unto the different nations and unto the different tribes, He made sure that they could speak in the tongues of the different tribes of the different regions so they could understand His word so they too could be saved.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Are you really that naïve to think the KJV of the Bible isn't printed in other languages?

Remember when Jesus sent the disciples out two by two unto the different nations and unto the different tribes, He made sure that they could speak in the tongues of the different tribes of the different regions so they could understand His word so they too could be saved.

So spanish, french, chinese, japanese, german, russian, and other languages have -eths, thee, thou, &c in their languages?

Look, I LOVE the KJV. I have the KJV Study bible, a bunch of Nelson KJV reference bibles, a Gideon in KJV, a Dake's annotated, a Key Word Greek and Hebrew study by by Spiros Zodahites(sp?) in KJV. But it's a TRANSLATION of the inspired writings and is NOT inspired.

KJVO is killing our churches with this bunk...

 

[beaverpond]

Even the KJV written in the English Language is still a translation from the original Greek and Hebrew Texts

Most other versions are a derivative of something, it has been stated that the KJV is the closest thing we have to the old original writings inspired by God given to a select few men.

There are always people trying to find problems with every version of the Bible.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Even the KJV written in the English Language is still a translation from the original Greek and Hebrew Texts

Most other versions are a derivative of something, it has been stated that the KJV is the closest thing we have to the old original writings inspired by God given to a select few men.

There are always people trying to find problems with every version of the Bible.

All I'm saying is that to make the claim that God preserved His word in the KJV is heretical to the core. The KJVO people, which edition do they read? Is it the 1611, 1629, 1637, 1762, or 1769? Why all the new editions with corrections in them? Did God fail in preserving His word in the 1611? 1629? 1637? 1762? 1769?


I am not downing the KJV. I LOVE it. But this KJVO is killing out churches like a plague.

 

[PrincetonGuy]

Are you really that naïve to think the KJV of the Bible isn't printed in other languages?

The King James Version is a translation of badly corrupted Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts. It has never been translated into other languages.

Remember when Jesus sent the disciples out two by two unto the different nations and unto the different tribes, He made sure that they could speak in the tongues of the different tribes of the different regions so they could understand His word so they too could be saved.

Jesus sent his disciples only to Jewish people—they spoke Greek, and some of them could also speak Aramaic. Greek was spoken throughout the region and the disciples, in all likelihood, preached in Greek, Indeed, the Old Testament of the Church which was born at Pentecost was the Septuagint—a Greek translation of an ancient Hebrew text.

 

[tp552]

The KJV is God's preserved Word for our time.

it never takes long for these "what version of the Bible do you read/think is best" threads to go south....

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

NKJV. I use other versions for comparing verses, but mostly stick with NKJV.

 

[Jeffwhosoever]

NASB, NLT, NIV, Amplified, and KJV.

 

[ThisBrotherOfHis]

Almost exclusively NASB, though I have an ESV because our church uses ESV, and I've got the Amplified, NIV, KJV and CEV. Unfortunately, I rarely pick them up. I really ought to spend more time in them.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

All ye MV users are in trouble...

Turneth beforeth ye burneth....

 

[ThisBrotherOfHis]

All ye MV users are in trouble...

Turneth beforeth ye burneth....

I know a surgeon who can correct that unfortunate case of tongue-stuck-in-cheek for you, if need be.

 

[JimmyH]

I read a chapter or two in the AV and then re-read it in the 1984 NIV, the ESV, NKJV, NASB. I have other English translations, RSV, NLT, ASV, and I refer to those as well. Basically some do not trust the Critical Text, relying on the "Received Text" of Erasmus.

It is interesting to note, that while the AV had been the standard for 400 years, in the English language, the Latin Vulgate was dominant for 1,000 years preceding the English translations. A similar argument for its superiority was current when the English translations came to the fore, as we've seen with those who favor the AV over any CT based text. From Wikipedia ;

For over a thousand years (c. AD 400–1530), the Vulgate was the definitive edition of the most influential text in Western European society. Indeed, for most Western Christians, it was the only version of the Bible ever encountered. The Vulgate's influence throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance into the Early Modern Period is even greater than that of the King James Version in English; for Christians during these times the phraseology and wording of the Vulgate permeated all areas of the culture.

Aside from its use in prayer, liturgy and private study, the Vulgate served as inspiration for ecclesiastical art and architecture, hymns, countless paintings, and popular mystery plays.

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The Puritans preferred the Geneva versions from 1560 through 1691. As far as they were concerned the KJV was biased in its view of monarchy, and there is some truth to that. An example being the insistence in the AV of "church" being substituted for "congregation" in the Geneva version.

I think if we focus on 'the washing of water by the word', as 'newborn babes desiring the pure milk', whichever of the mainstream English versions we choose, we will have 'our feet shod with the Gospel of peace.'