Which version should I read?
>>25521737
the Kings James Version is the most broken English translation available.
>>25521737
Why ask /r9k/ of all places?
>>25521737
KJV if you want to read something more true to the original texts. NIV is easier to comprehend on a sentence by sentence level.
Neither? The fuck is wrong with you? Think for yourself stupid
>>25521737
Neither
Douay-Rheims
Nice b8 m8
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>>25521840
This.
completely original comment
>>25521840
Any eastern orthodox version, since catholicism and protestantism are heresies/lost.
>>25521769
K thanks
>>25521774
Fuck off
>>25521818
Appreciate this but NIV is different from NIrV
>>25521825
Fuck off
>>25521840
Thanks so much!
>>25521882
Not baiting so please fuck off
>>25521892
Agreed>>25521908
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the KJV was a really good translation for its time - because while it only used 6 manuscripts* as its source - the team that worked on it were pretty discerning guys, able to extrapolate much of the authorial intent
in comparision, modern translations are able to employ over 5000 early manuscripts dating back to the 2nd Century (100AD - 200AD) and more thoroughly corroborate the shared text which the early church was using - not needing to rely on 3rd hand copies of the Greek like the KJV translators
so if you wanna grab a really good modern tranlsation, you can't go too wrong with the NASB or the ESV
after that it really comes down to which you find easier to follow the flow of, and before you shell out any moniez, you can read both versions (and more) on biblegateway dot com
merry christmas
also; small sidenote - the word 'bondservant' is borrowed from the geneva translation, and is not a concept found in hebrew or greek thought - but for the purposes of sensitivity it was employed as a synonym for 'slave'
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some hebrew, some greek, with a little borrowed from the codex vaticanus at the end of Revelations
>>25522118
> codex vaticanus
Latin Vulgate
fxd
also; there was meant to be a little asterisk at the start of that footnote - apologies
>>25522207
>>25522118
Nice, not OP or religious but as a bible fan I find this helpful.
>>25522419
de nada mang - i need to know this stuff as part of my apologia
>>25521924
what a tolerant useful idiot.
Get an Orthodox one preferably separate books with both Hebrew and Greek translations so you can compare.
I borrowed such a version of genesis, dunno if they're hard to find.
>>25521737
If you want to comprehend the narrative easily get the New international.
If you want to have a religious experience and be blown away by the beauty of the language of Almighty God then get the KJV.
