Favorite Bible's

Messianic Israelite · Sep 4, 2019

I'm curious to know what people's favourite Bibles are. I assume most people will go for the King James Version which does have a number of mistakes in the text but the style of reading, although rather archaic, appeals to many people. I use the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition, which for those who question this Bible it is basically the American Standard Version but it uses the names Yahweh for G-d, and Yahshua for J-sus. His name was certainly not Yeshua, that was a lie to prevent the name Yah being used. Yahshua's name is consistent with Acs 4:12 which tells us there is no other name under heaven in which there is salvation as Yahshua means Yahweh is salvation. It is one of the more prominent Sacred Name Bibles, therefore, it uses the original Hebrew names. I also happen to favour the New International Version. I think i's quite accurate especially when you look up the original words in a Strong's Concordance. As a secondary question, do you use a Strong's Concordance in your studies and what music if any, do you like listening to when reading your Bible?

Rival · Sep 4, 2019

I use the Koren Tanakh and usually don't listen to music but if I do, it's generally low-key background music from the likes of Kevin MacLeod.

Shadow Wolf · Sep 4, 2019

The Satanic Bible - no special music for studying it.

sun rise · Sep 4, 2019

In spite of mistakes, King James gets my vote. Sometimes I'll check other versions but the depth of the poetic imagery has been replaced by prosaic language.

Saint Frankenstein · Sep 4, 2019

I don't really read the Bible anymore (I actually just got rid of a few) as I'm no longer a Christian and prefer to focus on my own religion, but the KJV is definitely best when it comes to the poetic aspect. But as I was Catholic, I preferred the RSV 2nd Catholic Edition and the New American Bible: Revised Edition. Both of those are good for devotional reading. The NAB is good for study as it has a large amount of footnotes. The Douay-Rheims is nice to have around as it is basically the Catholic equivalent to the KJV. But the DR's language is archaic even compared to the KJV, making even more difficult to understand.

Ellen Brown · Sep 4, 2019

I use the KJV, not because it is the best but I am most familiar with it, and have spent more time dealing with its mistakes.

Not to derail the thread, but many years ago when I was still deeply immersed in Evangelicalism, a Pastor told me that only about 10% of Christians read the Bible at all. I suppose that would translate to other belief systems and their sacred books?

Rival · Sep 4, 2019

When reciting I often default to the KJV though because of the flow and that's simply what I learnt; for instance, when I say psalm 23 it always comes out as translated by the KJV.

Heyo · Sep 4, 2019

I don't read the bible as my agnosticism isn't specific to one religion. I just want to mention the Jefferson Bible - Wikipedia which I might not have identified as a fairy tale at once.
And music that goes well study:

Ellen Brown · Sep 4, 2019

Heyo said:
I don't read the bible as my agnosticism isn't specific to one religion. I just want to mention the Jefferson Bible - Wikipedia which I might not have identified as a fairy tale at once.
And music that goes well study:

Isn't Thomas Jefferson the one who is known to have torn pages out of the Bible if he didn't like them?

I think that perhaps the "Ellen" version of the Bible would have the OT as is, the four Gospels, and get rid of the rest save for the Book of Revelations.

InChrist · Sep 4, 2019

I usually read the NKJV, but also have other versions.

Heyo · Sep 4, 2019

Ellen Brown said:
Isn't Thomas Jefferson the one who is known to have torn pages out of the Bible if he didn't like them?

That may be myth. The Jefferson Bible was meticulously cut out with scissors and razors and glued together. It still exists and can be view in the Smithonian or online. (Link is on the Wikipedia page.)

shmogie · Sep 4, 2019

Messianic Israelite said:
I'm curious to know what people's favourite Bibles are. I assume most people will go for the King James Version which does have a number of mistakes in the text but the style of reading, although rather archaic, appeals to many people. I use the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition, which for those who question this Bible it is basically the American Standard Version but it uses the names Yahweh for G-d, and Yahshua for J-sus. His name was certainly not Yeshua, that was a lie to prevent the name Yah being used. Yahshua's name is consistent with Acs 4:12 which tells us there is no other name under heaven in which there is salvation as Yahshua means Yahweh is salvation. It is one of the more prominent Sacred Name Bibles, therefore, it uses the original Hebrew names. I also happen to favour the New International Version. I think i's quite accurate especially when you look up the original words in a Strong's Concordance. As a secondary question, do you use a Strong's Concordance in your studies and what music if any, do you like listening to when reading your Bible?

I have 9 different English translations. My favorites being the NKJV and the NEB. Yes, I use Strong´s, but over a difficult word or passage I like to compare the various translations.

Music ? No

shmogie · Sep 4, 2019

Ellen Brown said:
I use the KJV, not because it is the best but I am most familiar with it, and have spent more time dealing with its mistakes.

Not to derail the thread, but many years ago when I was still deeply immersed in Evangelicalism, a Pastor told me that only about 10% of Christians read the Bible at all. I suppose that would translate to other belief systems and their sacred books?

Heyo said:
I don't read the bible as my agnosticism isn't specific to one religion. I just want to mention the Jefferson Bible - Wikipedia which I might not have identified as a fairy tale at once.
And music that goes well study:

The Jefferson Bible isn´t a Bible, it is the result of one man editing the Bible so it says what he wants it to say, his opinion of what it should say.

He did much better with the Declaration of Independence.

MikeDwight · Sep 4, 2019

shmogie said:
I have 9 different English translations. My favorites being the NKJV and the NEB. Yes, I use Strong´s, but over a difficult word or passage I like to compare the various translations.

Music ? No

Is there anything more Selfish than we got 10 English translations. Choosing English Translations?! And that is our religious landscape. The King James Version is the Only Bible for Baptists? SOuthern Baptists?! Like Mohammad forces his one Quranic language on all the peoples of the Middle-East. That's the state of religion today. What about the Westminster Confession demanding translation into every native and vulgar tongue, vulgar being compared to High Latin? The Orthodox Churches have no shared alphabets even. These are original Christian missions of the type that brought Into the Nations the Peace of the nations. People believe that we have More or Less Greek scholars today?! Really? For translating the original New Testament? There are very few complaints about the medieval scholars to be Able to Translate such a short book!

man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord

So this line from Deuteronomy quoted again by Scripture in the New Testament wondering in the Wilderness is so popular and important from the King James Version that the American Revised Version hasn't yet done the standard translation to " a person shall not live by bread alone, but a person lives by every word'. Are they really trying to say Not just men? You got to be questioning these American Revised people at every turn, because 9 other places it is Actually in jewish or greek saying a Man, Women should starve and read the Bible, really.

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood up before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
Check out this Alarming thing I've been seeing about the translations of "Religious" versus "Superstitious" versus "daemon-Worshipping". If the Aramaic and the King James is saying "Superstitious" fine, but that's just so surprising to disagree.

shmogie · Sep 4, 2019

MikeDwight said:
Is there anything more Selfish than we got 10 English translations. Choosing English Translations?! And that is our religious landscape. The King James Version is the Only Bible for Baptists? SOuthern Baptists?! Like Mohammad forces his one Quranic language on all the peoples of the Middle-East. That's the state of religion today. What about the Westminster Confession demanding translation into every native and vulgar tongue, vulgar being compared to High Latin? The Orthodox Churches have no shared alphabets even. These are original Christian missions of the type that brought Into the Nations the Peace of the nations. People believe that we have More or Less Greek scholars today?! Really? For translating the original New Testament? There are very few complaints about the medieval scholars to be Able to Translate such a short book!

man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord

So this line from Deuteronomy quoted again by Scripture in the New Testament wondering in the Wilderness is so popular and important from the King James Version that the American Revised Version hasn't yet done the standard translation to " a person shall not live by bread alone, but a person lives by every word'. Are they really trying to say Not just men? You got to be questioning these American Revised people at every turn, because 9 other places it is Actually in jewish or greek saying a Man, Women should starve and read the Bible, really.

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood up before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
Check out this Alarming thing I've been seeing about the translations of "Religious" versus "Superstitious" versus "daemon-Worshipping". If the Aramaic and the King James is saying "Superstitious" fine, but that's just so surprising to disagree.

What in the world are you taking about ? If I was educated in Hebrew, I would read the original Hebrew. If I were educated in Koine Greek, I would read from the original source documents that are written in Koine Greek.

I study the Bible, and as far as possible I want to know what it says, and since I only read English, I must study in English. So I study, scripture by scripture, line upon line in my selfishly acquired varied translations.

Now I know what a hockey game using a warped puck looks like.

MikeDwight · Sep 4, 2019

shmogie said:
What in the world are you taking about ? If I was educated in Hebrew, I would read the original Hebrew. If I were educated in Koine Greek, I would read from the original source documents that are written in Koine Greek.

I study the Bible, and as far as possible I want to know what it says, and since I only read English, I must study in English. So I study, scripture by scripture, line upon line in my selfishly acquired varied translations.

Now I know what a hockey game using a warped puck looks like.

Of Course! Yet I've heard 10 years of squawking about Yahweh. Didn't Jesus Christ's line specifically revert back to Jewish, "Oh God why have you forsaken me"? Can't God hear every single language and where did God list a unified holy language, as if God needed one of them? God has a preference, he can hear in all languages, didn't he make them, at the tower of babel. Plus, what about when the Catholics had the officiating priests only do things in mind for communication to God with the congregants there for ceremony and observation. People are forgetting for Whom is being sung, etc, with a Protestant choir, and people aren't using psalms, and the psalter, we have uninspired authors make up songs. This is when Protestants are supposed to be Priests themselves.

People are using cultural-translation and time-sensitive and environment-sensitive understandings as pastors to Harm not help the Faith.
Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy - Wikipedia
Had you ever heard of anything more dastardly. I have my fat wallet full of donations so that I can mislead you.
I heard a good Baptist sermon not too long ago about the type of bread in the Middle East. People forget that. They didn't have our European communion loaves, they had flatbread like many know the Festival of Unleavened Bread, like Pita bread. Such simple things to be able to Reach for the actual words of Jesus Christ. They raised sheep!

shmogie · Sep 4, 2019

MikeDwight said:
Of Course! Yet I've heard 10 years of squawking about Yahweh. Didn't Jesus Christ's line specifically revert back to Jewish, "Oh God why have you forsaken me"? Can't God hear every single language and where did God list a unified holy language, as if God needed one of them? God has a preference, he can hear in all languages, didn't he make them, at the tower of babel. Plus, what about when the Catholics had the officiating priests only do things in mind for communication to God with the congregants there for ceremony and observation. People are forgetting for Whom is being sung, etc, with a Protestant choir, and people aren't using psalms, and the psalter, we have uninspired authors make up songs. This is when Protestants are supposed to be Priests themselves.

People are using cultural-translation and time-sensitive and environment-sensitive understandings as pastors to Harm not help the Faith.
Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy - Wikipedia
Had you ever heard of anything more dastardly. I have my fat wallet full of donations so that I can mislead you.
I heard a good Baptist sermon not too long ago about the type of bread in the Middle East. People forget that. They didn't have our European communion loaves, they had flatbread like many know the Festival of Unleavened Bread, like Pita bread. Such simple things to be able to Reach for the actual words of Jesus Christ. They raised sheep!

I like tortilla´s myself.

Messianic Israelite · Sep 5, 2019

MikeDwight said:
Of Course! Yet I've heard 10 years of squawking about Yahweh. Didn't Jesus Christ's line specifically revert back to Jewish, "Oh God why have you forsaken me"? Can't God hear every single language and where did God list a unified holy language, as if God needed one of them? God has a preference, he can hear in all languages, didn't he make them, at the tower of babel. Plus, what about when the Catholics had the officiating priests only do things in mind for communication to God with the congregants there for ceremony and observation. People are forgetting for Whom is being sung, etc, with a Protestant choir, and people aren't using psalms, and the psalter, we have uninspired authors make up songs. This is when Protestants are supposed to be Priests themselves.

People are using cultural-translation and time-sensitive and environment-sensitive understandings as pastors to Harm not help the Faith.
Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy - Wikipedia
Had you ever heard of anything more dastardly. I have my fat wallet full of donations so that I can mislead you.
I heard a good Baptist sermon not too long ago about the type of bread in the Middle East. People forget that. They didn't have our European communion loaves, they had flatbread like many know the Festival of Unleavened Bread, like Pita bread. Such simple things to be able to Reach for the actual words of Jesus Christ. They raised sheep!

Although it's obvious that Yahweh can hear every language and understand it (Acts 2:6), the only language that Yahweh has spoken to mankind with is Hebrew, for example Acts 26:14. That doesn't mean to say Yahweh can't speak in English, it's just the original language of the Bible and that was taught to Adam and Eve was a form of Hebrew.

shmogie · Sep 5, 2019

Messianic Israelite said:
Although it's obvious that Yahweh can hear every language and understand it (Acts 2:6), the only language that Yahweh has spoken to mankind with is Hebrew, for example Acts 26:14. That doesn't mean to say Yahweh can't speak in English, it's just the original language of the Bible and that was taught to Adam and Eve was a form of Hebrew.

Actually, Christ did not speak Hebrew, He spoke Aramaic, a colloquial, modified, street version of Hebrew. A very strong dialect. There is a written form of Aramaic, but the NT was written in Koine Greek.

The common people of Israel at the time of Christ spoke Aramaic.

Eyad Sarraj · Dec 24, 2019

I like the famous Wicked Bible, because its states "Thou Shall Commit Adultery"! Check it out!

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