Bible translation

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jonathanbchristian

jonathanbchristian

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Do you believe that the Bible should be translated word for word using the equivalent of the word in our language or do you like translations that paraphrase and take more liberty in translating?

Do you believe the Bible should be taken literally? Who gave anyone a liscense to take it any other way?

Do you ever take out the italisized words in the KJV to see what the Bible says without the translators adding words?
 
damombomb

damombomb

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I like KJ version, others seem to change words when translated
Be blessed!
 
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RachelBibleStudent

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jonathanbchristian said:
Do you believe that the Bible should be translated word for word using the equivalent of the word in our language or do you like translations that paraphrase and take more liberty in translating?

Do you believe the Bible should be taken literally? Who gave anyone a liscense to take it any other way?

Do you ever take out the italisized words in the KJV to see what the Bible says without the translators adding words?
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sometimes a word for word translation is not appropriate...times when the word for word meaning is -not- the actual meaning of a word or phrase... idioms are an example of that

no bible is entirely word for word... a word for word bible would be almost incomprehensible... all bibles are a compromise between literalness for accuracy and paraphrase for understandability

usually the bible should be taken literally...but there are times when a figurative meaning is obviously intended...like when a metaphor or parable is used

sometimes i have tried mentally ignoring italicized words to get a better idea of what the original text sounds like...

another thing i like to do is paying attention to the words in the new american standard bible that have a star next to them...and reading those words in their original verb tense to get an appreciation for the storytelling style of the writers
 
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