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Anonymous Wed Jul 29 22:12:42 2015 No.6900460 [Reply] [Original]

What is the most recommended version of the Bible? KJV and all the other editions go over my head and I just want to read the original text. Is there a general "best"?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 22:23:51 2015 No.6900530 >>6900460 >the original text And here we go...

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 22:28:29 2015 No.6900556 >>6900460 I like ESV. Meets poetry and accessibility halfway.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 00:15:32 2015 No.6901091 >>6900460 I like the NRSV

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 00:21:39 2015 No.6901114 >>6900460 If you want to read the "original text", you need to learn ancient Hebrew and Greek. The Bible wasn't written in English.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 00:24:55 2015 No.6901135 ESV for a version that's literary and extremely accurate. It's a descendant of the KJV. NRSV is good too. Get the ESV Reader's Bible for paragraphs and single columns without any b.s. Reads like a novel.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 01:11:24 2015 No.6901299 >>6900460 i would just read king james. its not hard once you get used to the archaic words

Anonymous Thu Jul 30 01:55:34 2015 No.6901451

>>6900460
If your're wanting a version that most mainstream Protestants would endorse, the New International Version. Prose is fairly easy to follow but not in any way a paraphrase. Accuracywise, though it's probably not the best, having been doctored here and there for theological purposes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 02:04:38 2015 No.6901472 >>6901451 this, or NKJV (fits the "evangelical but still intending to live in the 21st century" group)

Anonymous Thu Jul 30 02:08:09 2015 No.6901480

You can't read the original text in English.

The first official translation of the Bible is the King James Version. It's very poetic, and borrows many lines from Shakespeare(he translated certain lines.)

If it goes over your head too much, which isn't anything to be ashamed of- the text can be difficult to understand at times- just read the New International Version.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 03:15:52 2015 No.6901650 >>6900460 The newest edition of course. Older translations, KJV in particular, are known for errors.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 08:19:26 2015 No.6902248 >>6901480 >borrows many lines from Shakespeare(he translated certain lines.) sauce, pls

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