Bible "versions"?

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Dino246

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fredoheaven said:
Ahh, the legendary Septuagint, Jesus says concerning what scripture he used, No mentioned of Septuagint. Many have erroneously propagated as BC documents but are not.
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Where is the evidence for your claims?
 
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MalikB said:
I look at God's "Word" as literally meaning "What He Says"... His "Words".

Like when we say "word is bond"... and to "keep your word".... we are speaking about the things we say.

This is how The Messiah was "The Word made flesh"... He was a physical representation of what The Father says... His "Word".

Writings can contain God's Word (what He says) in them, but the bible as a whole does not define what God's Word is. His Word is perfect... without error.... infallible. The bible is not.

Seeing that The Messiah represented the Word perfectly, I believe that he was able to pick about the scriptures and rightly divide God's Word from what was not of The Father. I believe we should be following His lead and attempting to do the same.
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My Bible is perfect and without error. I trust that God fulfilled His promise to preserve His words.
 
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Dino246 said:
How does the graphic relate to my post?
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:cautious: was not trying to put on your post.was just struggling to paste it.as far as the topic it has to do with 3 different translations for Deuteronomy 32:8. I ran out of time with it.:mad:
 
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John146 said:
My Bible is perfect and without error. I trust that God fulfilled His promise to preserve His words.
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You have the freedom to believe whatever you like. Which bible version is this... and with or without the Apocrypha?
 
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John146 said:
Why prove that there is no such BC Septuagint? It doesn’t exist. Prove that it does.
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Fredoheaven made the assertion that it doesn't. It is up to him to support his assertion. Now that you have echoed the assertion, the onus is on you as well.
 
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John146 said:
My Bible is perfect and without error. I trust that God fulfilled His promise to preserve His words.
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Was that the promise to preserve it from this generation?
 
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John146 said:
Why prove that there is no such BC Septuagint? It doesn’t exist. Prove that it does.
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The Letter of Aristeas, called so because it was a letter addressed from Aristeas of Marmora to his brother Philocrates,[5] deals primarily with the reason the Greek translation of the Hebrew Law, also called the Septuagint, was created, as well as the people and processes involved. The letter's author claims to be a courtier of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (reigned 281-246 BC).Even tho they call many old testament books the Greek the Septuagint.It was only the first 5 books that where written in Alexander Egypt,This is not amtemp of proof.Only the holy spirit can give you the answer.
 
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they never get word for word ...[an-are-he ing o logos k o logos pros tone they-own.][In the beginning the word and the word was first with god] John 1:1
 
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Icedaisey said:
What is the most accurate translation of the Bible in the world?



1.New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is regarded as one of the most literal word-for-word translations. A group of conservative scholars originally produced the most accurate Bible translation in the world.
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A literal (word for word) translation can come in handy when doing some deeper studying or getting stuck on specific words. I will sometimes compare verses between the bible I'm currently looking at with a more literal translation. They do have their downside though.... For example: Languages have idioms- certain groups of words that need to remain as a group in order for their meaning to be conveyed accurately. A word for word translation can sometimes break up that idiom and cause it to no longer make sense in the new language.

I do want to mention that the chart that you posted is focused on the most popular translations, not necessarily the most accurate. I personally wouldn't put any of those bible versions on my top 5 list.... maybe not even the top 10. I do use the KJV quite a bit on my bible app, but not because of the translation itself.... The KJV is one of the most popular translations, so you can find the most electronic study tools to go along with it. So the version of the KJV I have on my app has clickable Strong's numbers next to each word, so I can conveniently get the Hebrew or Greek of each word and information from the concordance, lexicon and dictionary I have downloaded on the app.

As far as the translation itself though, If your goal is a word for word translation, there is.... Young's Literal, Julia Smiths, The LSV, KJ3, The Good News of Messiah (NT only), The Hebrew Bible (OT only), and of course interlinear bibles to name a few. Again, I would typically use these for comparison or deeper studying bibles than one to carry around for daily reading. Also, like I've mentioned in previous posts, I believe translations from The Septuagint are overall more accurate (closer to the original) than Masoretic Text translations (like the bibles on the chart you posted and the ones I listed above). The LSV does put the Septuagint differences in brackets when reading the scriptures though, and The ABP (Apostolic Bible Polyglot) is a Septuagint interlinear.
 
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John146 said:
The King James Bible
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Which version of the KJV.... what year? Is the 1611 with the Apocrypha the "perfect one without error" that you claim... or did it become perfect after the Apocrypha was removed from canon?
 
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MalikB said:
Which version of the KJV.... what year? Is the 1611 with the Apocrypha the "perfect one without error" that you claim... or did it become perfect after the Apocrypha was removed from canon?
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Old argument and easily refuted. The Apocrypha was never part of the KJV text. It was an insert at first, but removed shortly thereafter. Nice try, come again.
 
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Hence,
14 Remind the people of these facts, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good, and [upsets and undermines and] ruins [the faith of] those who listen.
15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.

God Bless!
 
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