What is your preferred translation of The Bible and Why
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There is no intention of denigrating any other believer.
It is between you and God what Bible version you choose to read...
How then is the information given denigrating to you; unless you choose to divulge that you are stubbornly reading a translation that you know is going to produce within you spiritual anemia?
Even then, I am not denigrating you because I am only telling you what you need to know so that you will better be edified by the translation that you read (because you will hopefully choose to read a translation that will not result in spiritual anemia)
It is intended as a warning...so that you will read a translation that is "more nutritious" in what it includes in every meal that you will partake of when you read from that translation.
It is between you and God what Bible version you choose to read...
How then is the information given denigrating to you; unless you choose to divulge that you are stubbornly reading a translation that you know is going to produce within you spiritual anemia?
Even then, I am not denigrating you because I am only telling you what you need to know so that you will better be edified by the translation that you read (because you will hopefully choose to read a translation that will not result in spiritual anemia)
It is intended as a warning...so that you will read a translation that is "more nutritious" in what it includes in every meal that you will partake of when you read from that translation.
As I read any translation I am constantly aware that the thought it is telling me of comes from a God who first used Hebrew to give His thoughts to man and no translation can give us those thoughts perfectly.
I try to think of the men who wrote the translation and what their prejudices were and how it could influence the words they chose. So I use many different translations. I find that when a large group of men work at translating it is more accurate.
I find the KJV the most poetic and fun, but I read it knowing that the translators lived in an age when they were even killing Jews in Spain as a good thing to do, so I see they translated the word Passover as the word Easter, for example. The word Passover means only that death passes over humans when the blood of the lamb is used, the word Easter includes fertility, rabbits, and eggs.
I try to think of the men who wrote the translation and what their prejudices were and how it could influence the words they chose. So I use many different translations. I find that when a large group of men work at translating it is more accurate.
I find the KJV the most poetic and fun, but I read it knowing that the translators lived in an age when they were even killing Jews in Spain as a good thing to do, so I see they translated the word Passover as the word Easter, for example. The word Passover means only that death passes over humans when the blood of the lamb is used, the word Easter includes fertility, rabbits, and eggs.
When I was fifteen years old I was rummaging around some old books that was in the house and I came across the “The Way” New Testament. It was probably a Charismatic volume of the Good News bible. I read that from cover to cover twice crying all the way. I met Jesus Christ through that bible and fell in love with Him. Somewhere around 19, I started reading a 1944 copy of the Gideon King James Version. I loved old books, if that bible had clean white pages, I probably wouldn’t have read any of it. But, God knows exactly what we like. So, I read that bible and I was hooked. The rendering was like sucking me toward it. I felt the LORD pull me toward it like a magnet. I’ve tried other versions, but none of them come close. Ampilfied is great as a reference. My mother reads the Lamsa translation.
I read Koine Greek well. I've had 4 semesters of Koine Greek, with one of the top Greek scholars in the world for my professor. He was also on many translation committees. He says that the KJV is the most corrupt version there is. He speaks modern Greek and used to show us the differences between modern Greek, Koine Greek & Ancient Greek. They are very different languages - different letters, grammar & vocabulary. I can understand a few things in modern Greek, but not enough to get the gist.
You could have googled that instead of just passing on information that is totally untrue!
You could have googled that instead of just passing on information that is totally untrue!
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