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Just bought this. What am I in for?

>> No.11739336

>>11739328
Read it and find out.

>> No.11739365

>>11739328
the most overrated book in existence

>> No.11739371

>>11739328
Wisdom

>> No.11739373

Darn, that's even bigger than my complete Harry Potter lol

>> No.11739399

>>11739328
Can't you get bibles with the same amount of content that fit inside your pocket? This tome seems a bit excessive.

>> No.11739408
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11739408

>>11739365
Even moreso than other bibles, it seems like people (christians (americans)) are really obsessed with it. That this translation is completely accurate and that all others are wrong and sinful. As if a translation could ever be wholly correct, a translation of poetry no less.

>> No.11739413

>>11739328
A Jahweh of a time

>> No.11739418

>>11739328
That's a big book

>> No.11739425

>>11739373
Kys

>> No.11739427
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11739427

>>11739399
There's no such thing as an excessive book

>> No.11739430

>>11739408
It's the most epic sounding, though. It was designed to be read out loud.

>> No.11739439

Tyndale > Shakespeare, Milton

>> No.11739442

One royal of a time.

>> No.11739484

>>11739328
That's a behemoth of a book

>> No.11739778

>>11739484
TOO big, some would say.

>> No.11739824

>>11739778
yep, gotta be snappy and with a good story to keep this readers attention. I know what I like

>> No.11739879

>>11739328
Yikes, that's a tacky looking book.

>> No.11739881

>>11739427
Superb photo

>> No.11739894

>>11739328
Holy shit OP that's beautiful

>> No.11739915
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11739915

>>11739439
I'm a Coverdale man myself.

>> No.11739928
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11739928

I think you are in for a good time if you read at random places that you like and take most things literal

>> No.11739976

>>11739427
Two pieces of trash beside one another.

>> No.11740066

an overrated version
New Heart English Bible
is best bible

>> No.11740277
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11740277

Pick a catholic or a mormon bible. They have more books.

>> No.11740284

>>11739976
like ur mum n dad m8

>> No.11740429

>>11739408
Sola Scriptura is a powerful drug, but America is in a league of its own when it comes to Christianity in general

>> No.11740438

>>11739328
Tacky: the book

>> No.11740464

>>11740277
king james has apocrypha

>> No.11740847

>>11739328
You children are literal goldfish.
>>/lit/thread/S11721337

>> No.11742175

>>11739328
Do i need to read it to better experience moby dick

>> No.11742190

U bought the wrong edition. Also you shouldnt buy it at all if its in open domain you fool