Bible Translations

I am a translator of the Word of God from Greek to English and I have already published THE WILL New Testament (Greek to English), GENESIS & EXODUS (Greek to English), and some others shown at http://www.lulu.com/arseniajoaquin I translate the Word of God PLAINLY - that is from the Greek word to its corresponding English equivalent and therefore my translations are very much different from the existing versions of the Holy Bible circulating around the world. I hope you visit the site and see the description and details and I hope you could acquire some of them.

All English bibles are translations of documents we no longer have the originals of. Although archaeologists have found some early scrolls that are versions of the scriptures no one has ever found the whole, complete autograph. Having said that, the great majority of modern translations are very, very close to what we imagine the originals to have been. Further the very act of translation means that something is always lost in the process. Bibles, generally, come in two kinds, a word-for-word translation, such as the New American Standard Bible or a thought for thought translation such as the NIV. Neither way of translation is better than the other, word-for-word translations tend to be more accurate but harder to read while thought-for-thought translations are easier to read but less accurate. The King James Version was a good one FOR ITS TIME but since then we have discovered older manuscripts than the KJV translator's had access to and it is those manuscripts which have helped us see where the KJV translators added things to the text, so instead of the NIV taking verses away, it was the KJV which added them in the first place. Paraphrases such as the Living Bible or the Good News or the Common English Version or even the Message are really good for folk who are just starting out, they are also quite excellent for folk for whom English is a second language. All in all the Bible that is best is the one which speaks to your condition, which deepens your relationship with God and your fellow human-beings. kiwimac

I read the KJV and sometimes the NIV version to compare. I believe God tells us what he wants us to know when we read. The more I read things over and over the more he tells me.

I'm using the Concordant Literal New Testament with the the Keyword Concordance. A direct transaltion from the Greek. This means that if word is translatend it is not transalted different in another place. Adn that happens sometimes using different translations for the same word.

I read the Bible and I use the KJV. I consider it the most accurate. I read a bit about how the predecessors to the NIV came about, that it came from another Greek translation that was rather well preserved for its age, unlike the one that the KJV and previous translations came from. It would have been almost destroyed by many people reading it, and they would have had to make copies. I believe that since the KJV came from the Bishops Bible and the Genevan Bible, and these were revisions of other Bibles before them, and so on back to the past, the scholars who worked on them did not exactly had to start from scratch and they go back to the original Greek translation.

Bible was originally written in Hebrew. It is an ancient language, very few people now know how to read passages written with it. Translation of the bible is not easy. There are ar least 6 kinds of translation approach. Paraphrase is one of them. Scholars maintain that using just paraphrase approach to interpret the Bible may bring forth misleading texts. They believe selecting more than one translation approach is useful in getting the meaning inside the scripture. But some hold an idea that paraphrase may be suitable to be employed for grasping the initial meaning of a passage.

I'm sure that any Bible translation has inaccuracies from the original texts just because all of them, including the King James version were translated by fallible human beings. I really don't think God cares which version we read as long as we read it. There is plenty of material in every translation to keep us occupied for a lifetime without worrying about whether a few verses are missing. Will those verses really change the course of our lives? How are we sure that the King James translator was totally accurate, anyway? All of this has to be done on faith that the people who did whatever translation we choose did a good job.

I have reallt trie dto follow with the bible but to me it makes no sense. This bible has been around for centuries how do we know whats in the text really happened after so many years of being updated and added to. I don't think we will ever know the true way the bible came to be.

U SHUD read the old testament but it is not a word of god i can prove this by any way scientifically also only the holy book QURAN IS THE BOOk of the god and i challenge no one can prove this is incorrect and don't get me wrong we all love jesus but i deny the fact he is god or son of god.be bold and check on the net for ISLAMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION TO GET ALL THE ANSWERS also u can check for PEACE CHANNEL on t.v.

I read the Bible, the King James Version. I hate when I go to church and they read the translated version.

Reading the Bible in different translations is helpful because you can get the different shades of meaning of the original word. It is a must for a serious Bible study. But reading just for inspirational purposes, newer translations in plain English is sufficient enough. Paraphrase editions use the priciple of dynamic equivalence in translation, they translate not only the words but more especially the thoughts of the verses in order for it to be more understandable to the modern reader. Another principle is the use of formal equivalence, the literal translation of the words.

if there is transaltion, there will be missings or omissions, I think. But It doesn't matter what version we are using. We are reading Bibles and Learning Bibles, we are on the way to search the essence of Bible. The different version are just forms, and the meaning of these words are the essence. It the essence is there, I don't mind what version I am reading and learning.

i use the parallel bible that i got from TBN. one on side of the page its KJV and the other side its the new living version. i really really like it.

I prefer the KJV because it's the original translation. I grew up in a Christian school and we memorize verses every week using KJV. Up to now, it's still in my memory. I also read the NIV, I am not aware that some verses are missing. I still use KJV when memorizing verses.

Yes, I read the Bible, and believe it to be the Word of God for all times, and you cannot go wrong in reading the Bible. I own a KJV bible, and find this the best one in my opinion. It is the one I have grown up being around, and personally even though it might be the hardest to understand for many, it is the one I prefer.

I personally prefer the New King James Bible and am looking for Extra Large Print in that version.

I study religious education with concentration in Christian education up to a masters level. King James version of the Bible still remains the accurate translation of the bible. the only problem with the King James version today is the issue of English. As you might have known, English is not a stable language. The English language spoken in King James' time most of them are no longer relevant in our modern world. The most modern and accurate translation of the Bible in existence today is the (NIV) New International Version of the Bible. Living Bible, Good News Bible and other parphrased translations are only good for some kind of simplicity. Some of their interpretations are not accurate but their own opinions of what they think the bible is saying. They might be right and they might be wrong in their interpretations and opinions. Those kind of translations are not reliable and in some instance not accurate

Some people do concern about the Bible translation. Perhabs I am the one who doesn't pay much, attention? lol I read KJV, NIV and translation in my own language. I do think that there might be some lost in translation here and there. But when I read the Bible, I just read it as it is, meditate for a while and ask The Holy spirit of the understanding He wants me to accept or receive.

I use the King James Version. I think that some of the other versions take things out of context when they translate it their way. I do think, especially for people that are just starting to read the bible, that they have a very good Amplified Bible so that they can get a clearer understanding of something that they don't understand. It would be best for someone to ask their pastor what version they would choose as the best for them to use in their studies.