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how many people here who say "read the bible" have actually done anything more than skim through job and ecclesiastes and memorize the deepest sounding verses

>> No.13210074

im currently reading through the bible. just started 1 kings

>> No.13210087

>>13210063
I've read the Bible, King James Version, but I haven't read the Apocrypha yet. You'll be able to find quite a few people who have on this board. There are some people on this board who have read the Bible, some Dostoevsky and very little else.

>> No.13210088

>>13210063
as someone who wants to read the bible, what translation should i go with? i'm thinking kjv just because its the "standard", but it seems like it'd be pretty tedious to actually read through the entire bible in that style.

>> No.13210098

>>13210063
I'm the read the bible poster and I've read the bible

>> No.13210110
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13210110

I've read the NT several times, Genesis, most of the books of the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, Daniel, and the Psalms. KJV of course.

I like to read from the NT before bed.

>> No.13210111

>>13210088
If you are reading the Bible for literary purposes, read the KJV. If you are reading it for theological or personal/faith reasons, then you should read either the NKJV or the NIV.

>> No.13210113

>>13210063
>how many people here who say "read the bible" have actually done anything more than skim through job and ecclesiastes and memorize the deepest sounding verses
me.

>> No.13210117

KJV is best for singing Psalms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9A2R_zNv5Y

>> No.13210121

>>13210063
I read the bible and try to do lectio divina.

>> No.13210128

>>13210088
well worth the tedium, i'm currently making my way through and am in Numbers.

>> No.13210159

>>13210063
I really want to read Ecclesiastes and Revelation, but as of now I'm reading "The death of Ivan Ilitch". I got some book that I'll read after this, but I think I'll pull it off to read Ecclesiastes and then Revelation.

>> No.13210171

Was gonna start tonight by reading a few chapters possibly a book per night as my before bed reading routine

>> No.13210393

>>13210063
Im going from start to end. Its been a little less than a year and im finishing psalms. I read at a very slow pace. I will finish other books inbetween while having the Bible going as a sort of a slow constant. I will pick up the pace after i fiish the other book im currently reading as Id like to finish the Bible before 2021.

>> No.13210404

>>13210393
I suspect Ill manage as the new testament is a smooth read relative to the stuff like leviticus.

>> No.13210405

i have read it front to back in portuguese and english. Have read a few books in italian as practice and intent to read the same few in german when I get good enough with it

>> No.13210421

>>13210063
I read the entire Bible in high school and I recommend that you don't read the entire thing. A lot of the prose is really mediocre and repeats itself incessantly since that's kind of the point of the whole text.

>> No.13210610

I read the New Testement but it didn’t tie me into a Christian

>> No.13210633

>>13210088

RSV2CE, NABRE, Knox, NLTCE if you're a brainlet

>> No.13210654

>>13210088
Just learn Latin you dumb fuck.

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>>13210633
>RSV2CE, NABRE, Knox, NLTCE
lol