What bible translation do you read and why?
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Hello brother Garee;
I never looked at it like that! LL!
Not sure where I heard that but it would seem to be a good way of questioning one another and trying to come to a agreement.
That is interesting. English is not my forte I like writing, but takes a long time to check and recheck and I read a lot both have help me improve in those areas of grammar that I am not proficient in. That's why I make (youtube videos) to express myself.
But I always envy folks (in a good way) like you who are educated in it. My son reads 2-5 books a week and that is not an exaggeration. And some of them are that very old (and thick) literature from a long time ago. And when he writes it is so well and expresses himself too. He is finishing up his studies in neuroscience, but with his love of history , literature and is a believing christian I will be interested where God will use him in it. i know one of things the study is used for is A.I. it would be good to have christians there because it is encompassing so much of our lives.
I also like the Nkjv, mainly die to it being very formal, and also gives the alternate readings in the MT and the CT!
The 1984 Niv was very good, but when they decided to go into inclusive languaging, really made it worse!
That is why like the Nas so much, as it kept the flair of the Kjv, but more accurant to Greek text!
Yes, it has the best of both camps. Somewhere between a Porsche and a VW Beetle. lol
I was personally acquainted with one of the Old Testament translators of the NKJV, Dr. James Price, who taught Hebrew at the same institution where I taught English. We would chat often about translation methods and principles. He explained the translation methodology employed by the NKJV translators; instead of using purely formal equivalence or dynamic equivalence, they used a method termed complete equivalence. Complete equivalence is more thorough because it involves recreating elided material from original language participle phrases and translating the whole meaning of the passage in question.
Hello BibleLover;
Good post. I like how you mentioned and explained the formal and dynamic equivalence. In my first year at seminary these equivalences helped me understand the various translations and can appreciate everyone's preference here in use of their studies.
There is another one called the Free Translation. Crossnote mentions The Message. Two others are the New English Bible and the Living Bible. On one hand the free translation takes much away from the original Hebrew and Greek and leans more on the English (American) writing and very close to being a commentary. On the other hand it can be fresh and vivid in expressing the Old writings for the Christian who may not be an avid study reader.
But for the more serious reader in this topic, most are using Bible translations closer to the original writings.
I have never heard of "complete equivalence" and will research that.
Thank you for sharing.
They called it "optimal equivalance", and Dr price wroye excellent book on bile translation ,methods, why KJVO was not vallid!
Dr. Price published a PDF paper on complete equivalence which may be found on his website, jamesdprice.com I took the liberty to attach a copy
Of course beyond the translating process, comes the issue of sifting through the manuscripts and manuscript fragments and determine which should be admitted into the text and which should be omitted. But sigh, matters much too grand for a petit pea like mee. lol
he seems to be very good balanced, as he advocates for the Critical greek text, but with corrections from the Majority text when warranted!
I like this version as well, do you have a reason for choosing this one that you want to share?
I have just downloaded NASB. bible study tools is quite informative.
It also replaces "the" and "Thou" with ME AND YOU!
And yet those really into Kjv at times knock it for losing the singular and plural!
I guess that I'm one of those. As I dig into Greek and Hebrew grammar, I really appreciate the subtleties and nuances that still remained in the KJV.
I tend to go right into the Greek text when doing serious studies, so not having that in English translation not a concern that much to me!