Which English edition of the Bible is the best? (scriptures, Jerusalem)

[pgd]

Which English edition of the Bible, in your view, is the most accurate, most inspiring, and easiest to read?

The KJV?

The NKJV?

Other?

[Seyorni]

The Jerusalem Bible, of course. No contest.

[HelpMe]

The Scriptures > The Jerusalem Bible.

imho

http://www.eliyah.com/thescriptures/


i believe a collection to compare is better than 1 imo.

[jade0887]

I like to read the King James Version as a result of it's poetic style. It's gotten to the point that I don't feel like I'm reading the Bible unless it's in King James style. However, each version has it's strengths and weaknesses and one should exercise judgment in that regard. In other words, I favor the King James without dismissing other editions.
Jamie

[Scuba Pete]

I like the NIV when I am not reading the Greek.

[jade0887]

Originally Posted by NetDoc

reading the Greek.

I'm impressed beyond words!
Jamie

[Scuba Pete]

Don't be, I never read the Greek. (Gotcha!) It's the NIV for me. I do dabble in the Greek but am NOT a Greek scholar.

[t3gah]

I used to like the New World Translation and I've checked out the American Standard Version, New American Standard Version, King James Version, New King James Version, Amplified Bible, New International Version, Scofield Bible, Bible in Basic English, and the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible. The Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible is missing Psalms 83:16-18 which is weird. I like the World English Bible these days.

Ever since I started my quest for the most accurate bible and posted them on my "Errors in Bible translations..." thread, I never really thought about categorizing any of them into a "Best Bible" league.

But, the best..... now that I seen there's "The Scriptures", I'm going to have to hold off on "the best" which I was going to say about the World English Bible, until I check out "The Scriptures". Of course I'm going to keep all of the other bibles for reference. All the translations are nice, but they all have errors. But the worst is the KJV 'unicorn' bit. Unsettling to say the least. Hope "The Scriptures" isn't like the rest......

[keevelish]

So does anyone have any actual REASON as to why they like their version, or is it just because they like it?

[keevelish]

I read the King James version because it was developed from manuscripts that were poured over for historical and doctrinal accuracies. The scholars gathered manuscripts and compared them one to another and to the old testament. Any scriptures that contained errors were dismissed. The King James version was formulated from the Textus receptus which is the underlying Greek text. The manuscripts that comprise the Textus Receptus agree with all known scripture 95 percent and number over 5000. All recent versions have been formulated from older manuscripts that were found that contain errors both in doctrine and historical accuracy. Westcott and Hort formulated the English Revised Edition from manuscripts found in the Vatican and the Sinaiticus (CodexAleph) which was found in a monastary wastebasket. This manuscript had over 12,000 changes to it. THe New American Standard Version uses the 23rd edition of the Nestle Greek New testament, which is patterned after the corrupt Westcott-Hort edition. The new versions leave out sections of scripture- some are Acts 8:37, Mark 7-9, and they change portions in many different instances. When the King James Version was directly translated from the Septuagint and the greek new testament, the scholars had to add in certain words in order for the text to flow in a logical manner. THey put these words in italics so that the reader would know for sure that these were the words of the scholars and NOT the word of God. The new versions of the Bible do NOT put words in italic, but completely change the sentence structure- the reader cannot know which is the word of God and which is not. Revelation 22:19 testifies that judgement will be upon any who change the Words that God has written.