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Is the RSV any good? What is /lit/'s opinion?

>> No.10615121

>>10614987
My favorite by far is the NIV

>> No.10615167

>>10614987
What's up with that cover? I'd recommend the NRSV or KJV. NASB, ESV, and RSV are also good. Also check out Lattimore's translation of the NT

>> No.10616653

RSV has a couple of problems.

Firstly, it is based on outdated scholarship, so it doesn't incorporate all the latest discoveries (dead sea scrolls etc.).

Secondly, it arbitrarily uses different terms when god is addressed ("thou") versus when a person ("you") is addressed, however the original texts make no distinction.

>> No.10617006

>>10614987
It's very good, but outdated now. The NRSV is an updated version of it. The ESV is another revision of it with a conservative protestant slant.

>>10615121
NIV is ok for devotional reading, but it's got some issues. See here:

https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/articles-and-resources/deliberate-mistranslation-in-the-new-international-version-niv/

>> No.10617056

>>10617006
Clearly the translators of the NIV were divinely inspired to correct various mistakes with previous iterations

>> No.10617319

>>10614987
Good translation, bad book.

>> No.10618019

>>10614987
No.
You want the KJV and the NLT. Use the KJV as your main Bible and NLT as a secondary.

>> No.10618030

New Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition is where it's at

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>>10618019
>NLT

>> No.10618773

RSV-2CE is the best version.