Which version of the bible do you prefer?

MrDanger · Postby **MrDanger** » February 22nd, 2005, 4:17 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:
Mike Vande wrote:I read the NIV but I tend to think in KJV, if that makes any sense.

Absolute sense. I love to read NIV but when it comes to my memory it is KJV from years and years of exposure.

Same here. I also enjoy the New Century Version.

Pastor Bill · Postby **Pastor Bill** » February 22nd, 2005, 4:21 am

I'm with Scooter, I tend to always fall back on the KJV. Primarily for two main reasons.

My Mom bought me my first good study Bible after I got saved, and didn't know about different translations, she went to get me a Bible like my sisters (Thompson Chain Reference NIV) but came home with a KJV.

KJV is accepted everywhere. I live in an area where there are still many who don't trust anything but KJV, so having gotten used to KJV, that's one less excuse people have to turn it away.

Don't know if anyone has seen it, but I just bought my son a NIrV (New International Readers version) it is basically the NIV but rewritten in easy words for new readers 6-8 years old. He had been wanting to read mine, and really struggling with it when I found this one, I would love to find him one of the old Picture Bibles as well, but you just can't find them anymore.

curiouspk · Postby **curiouspk** » February 22nd, 2005, 4:28 am

i like the NKJV

lady4jc · Postby **lady4jc** » February 22nd, 2005, 9:08 am

I have nkjv , niv, amp and kjv but I read the kjv more than any of them. When I am studing something it helps to read what other versions say.

pastor mike · Postby **pastor mike** » February 26th, 2005, 9:29 pm

I'm an NLT man. That is what I read from daily, and what I teach/preach from. When I am studying though, I study with an NLT, a KJV, a RSV, and Young's Literal Translation.

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » February 27th, 2005, 3:29 pm

Who new wrote:If I want to turn my mind on then sometimes the Amplified Bible.

I love the Amplified to help me understand the Word better, but I most always preach from KJV.

pastorables

PastorP · Postby **PastorP** » February 27th, 2005, 4:35 pm

Musician4him wrote:I personally use the NIV bible because of the people i come in contact with on an everyday basis. Teenagers are now leaning towards NIV and NLT from my observation. I think NLT is great if used for devotional purposes, but to difficult to follow along with a message in KJV. What do you all think?

I prefer the NIV, but most people here like the KJV, you know the one that disciples used. LOL!

turbotim · Postby **turbotim** » February 28th, 2005, 3:46 am

I like the KJV but use the others as references. Pastor Ables, I don't have an Amplified but wouldn't mind checking it out.

dalebert · Postby **dalebert** » February 28th, 2005, 4:16 am

I was i n a bible class once and they were talking a bout the different types of translation of the bible and this little old lady(old path) said "i like the KJV and it was good enough for Paul and the other guys its good enough for today" it was every thing it took for the instructor to reframe form losing it... as well as the rest of the class..... :lol:

Ginger · Postby **Ginger** » February 28th, 2005, 10:13 am

[quote="daleman"]I was i n a bible class once and they were talking a bout the different types of translation of the bible and this little old lady(old path) said "i like the KJV and it was good enough for Paul and the other guys its

What? You mean paul didn't write the that bible?

Messianic Believer · Postby **Messianic Believer** » February 28th, 2005, 12:11 pm

I prefer to use The Scriptures and the Hebrew Tanach. But I also use E-sword for study and reference to many different translations and commentary.[/url]

dave c · Postby **dave c** » March 1st, 2005, 3:16 am

I pretty much read equally NIV, NASV, and NKJV (right now I'm carrying the NKJV with me all the time). Each seems to reflect a suggestion of cultural bias, so if I'm really trying to study a verse/verses I also reference NRSV, The Amplified Bible (and some others), plus a Hebrew/Greek literal translation. By far and away, my favorite study Bible is the Nelson Study Bible. I'm not very fond of NLT, The Message, etc., but I firmly believe that God speaks to us through all of them, if we will allow Him to. I used to work in a Christian Book Store, also, and several times listened to the 1611 KJV people only berate the store for spreading false teachings. The owner generally kept a contemporary copy of the 1611 under the counter, and he would pull it out and ask the speaker to find and read to him their favorite passages. Since it's written in Middle English, they, of course, wouldn't be able to find it--much less read it. He didn't do this to be mean (he was always a gentle, loving guy), but to try to help them actually see that what they were so smugly proclaiming probably wasn't accurate. I have often wondered if 1611'rs are aware that it included the Apocrapha (sp?)--I wonder what they think of the Book of Tobit? Oh, me--how the arrogance of some people inflames my own. Time to close and go ask God to please forgive me.

Jude 2