Which bible is the Correct one?

[blackheartgirl2]

i have 2 questions.

1.Which bible is the most correct and why?
2.Which version of the bible is easiest to read, in your opinion?

i am just wondering, it interests me. if you could also tell me what religion you are so i know what bible that religion uses.

[baow]

1. King james is said to be the closest to the hebrew,greek and aramaic languages.

2. New Living Translation, because it puts it out there in an easy understandable way with out getting too far off with the translation. But sometimes I have to get back to the KJV to make sure it lines up.

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[baow]

Im a Pentacostal Christian btw.

[blackheartgirl2]

baow

1. King james is said to be the closest to the hebrew,greek and aramaic languages.

2. New Living Translation, because it puts it out there in an easy understandable way with out getting too far off with the translation. But sometimes I have to get back to the KJV to make sure it lines up.

smile

thank you so much smile

[baow]

No problem! smile

[Xiam]

I wouldn't say there's any "correct" Bible.

Doesn't it really all depend upon what you're hoping to get out of it, though...?

[blackheartgirl2]

Xiam

I wouldn't say there's any "correct" Bible.

Doesn't it really all depend upon what you're hoping to get out of it, though...?

your right, but each religion will believe a different book is the most true. and that is what interests me, why they believe that book is the most correct to them.

[blackheartgirl2]

baow

Im a Pentacostal Christian btw.

can you tell me about your beliefs that make you different than other christian branches (if that is the right word)?

[Pseudo-Onkelos]

blackheartgirl2

i have 2 questions.

1.Which bible is the most correct and why?

I'd say the RSV, NRSV, and ESV is the most accurate in that order from least to greatest. I think the NJPS is up there with the ESV as well, just because of the late Harry Orlinsky. The most recent translations are the most accurate because they are based on the earliest texts. I own the KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, ESV, NJPS, and ArtScroll.

Keep in mind that the most literal translation isn't the best translation. Literal translations can lose nuances, but I suppose that's to be expected in translations. It's best also to compare translations with each other.

blackheartgirl2

2.Which version of the bible is easiest to read, in your opinion?

Probably the NIV, which isn't a bad translation. It was written to be thought-for-thought, rather than word-for-word.

blackheartgirl2

i am just wondering, it interests me. if you could also tell me what religion you are so i know what bible that religion uses.

I am not affiliated with any religion, but I'd like to associate myself with Judaism.

baow

1. King james is said to be the closest to the hebrew,greek and aramaic languages.

Not by any scholars today. It's probably one of the worst.

[King INRI]

No Bible is going to be correct. There are some NT Bibles that if you understand Greek, you will know the background for Biblical changes in translations, but there is no possible way to have a correct Bible.

There are more alterations in the Bible and existing manuscripts of the NT, then there are words in the Bible.

[Lukyo]

blackheartgirl2

i have 2 questions.

1.Which bible is the most correct and why?
2.Which version of the bible is easiest to read, in your opinion?

i am just wondering, it interests me. if you could also tell me what religion you are so i know what bible that religion uses.

Well until there can be a complete and comprehensible translation from 1st century culture to the present I recommend the New American Standard Version as the most correct as it is more the most part a literal translation to English which makes it a bit difficult to read sometimes. However one of the convinces of the internet to to compare and contrast the different translation to each other.

[TrueLore]

baow

1. King james is said to be the closest to the hebrew,greek and aramaic languages.

2. New Living Translation, because it puts it out there in an easy understandable way with out getting too far off with the translation. But sometimes I have to get back to the KJV to make sure it lines up.

smile

KJV is by no means considered the closest, quite the opposite. It's quotable, as ye olde English is entertaining, but it's not accurate.

[Slutty_Eddie]

OP, your question is unanswerable. There is on "one true original Bible" to judge a translation from. All of the original manuscripts for the books of the Bible are lost to history. We have copies dating from 300 AD to 500 AD which most people produce Bibles from.

Even then, translation is an art, since language is a very slippery beast. Most accurate is more of a matter of opinion than any sort of fact.

baow

1. King james is said to be the closest to the hebrew,greek and aramaic languages.

Hahahahaha.

King James is probably the prettiest Bible in the English Language, It's also one of the least accurate. Not only because they used source material that is older than what we use now, but because the language itself has changed a lot.

[Soda Pop Knight]

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