Bible translations

Ex-smoker

Before i got ahold of the info about the JWs on the net i had started to read the Christion greek scriptures. Now that I know about Changes of words in the NWT i want to read a different traslation. Any suggestionis as which one i should go with?

Narkissos

Hi ex-smoker,

I'm not familiar with too many English translations but I think the New Jerusalem Bible and the New Revised Standard Version are generally good.

Terry

I have fallen in love with THE MESSAGE bible.

I read passages I've read a thousand times and suddenly---only in the MESSAGE bible does the "meaning" unfold like a puzzle solved.

I love this bible!

Read the 23rd Psalm and see if you don't think it "says something" you've never quite heard before.

Psalm 23 (The Message)
Psalm 23
A David Psalm
1-3 God , my shepherd! I don't need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.

4 Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I'm not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd's crook
makes me feel secure.

5 You serve me a six-course dinner
right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
my cup brims with blessing.

6 Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I'm back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.

Quentin

New Jerusalem Bible

I have a copy...like it, and it's understandable....

Message Bible is interesting...like the take on Ps 23....

snowbird

I have fallen in love with THE MESSAGE bible.
I read passages I've read a thousand times and suddenly---only in the MESSAGE bible does the "meaning" unfold like a puzzle solved.
I love this bible!

So have I, Terry. I've placed it in my FAVORITES.

How about this take on the passage with which we've been beaten across the head many a time?

From The Message Bible:

Hebrews 10:24, 25 Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.

It doesn't say anything about "works" or "meetings," does it?

Sylvia

jgnat

Try all of them. There's features on this site where you can cross compare different translations for clarity and accuracy.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/

BurnTheShips

I really like the New Jerusalem Bible myself.

And the New Revised Standard Version.

BTS

z

BTW Terry this translation is not so correct if you read it in Hebrew it’s just not the same

Hebrew is my first languish

http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/i/t/t2623.htm

Z

drew sagan

New Jerusalem Bible and the New Revised Standard Version are generally good.

I'll second that

If you can actually find the original Jerusalem Bible I would go with that. I got mine used off of amazon. It has lots of foot notes that take advantage of modern textual criticism.

Junction-Guy

From what I have heard from the KJV crowd, the ESV is a really good bible if you must read something other than a KJV.

ESV= English Standard Version

Bible translations

Psalm 23 (The Message)

Psalm 23

A David Psalm

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