Esv/tniv

Aw, you knew this was coming -- didn't you? On another thread I have compared the ESV with NIRV renderings. Here I will compare the ESV with TNIV. (May I share a secret? I kinda' favor TNIV.)

Isaiah

10:1
ESV : those who decree iniquitous decrees
TNIV : those who make unjust laws

10:7
ESV : to cut off nations not a few
TNIV : to put an end to many nations

13:7
ESV : every human heart will melt
TNIV : every man's heart will melt
[What? The TNIV caught the celebrated male nuance and the ESV missed this? Sarcasm off.]

19:17
ESV : will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them
TNIV : will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them

20:2
ESV : loose the sackcloth
TNIV : Take off the sackcloth

27:4
ESV : Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
TNIV : If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!

35:4
ESV : with the recompense of God
TNIV : with divine retribution

41:24
ESV :an abomination is he who chooses you
TNIV : those who choose you are detestable

45:10
ESV : With what are you in labor?
TNIV : What have you brought to birth?

48:1
ESV : but not in truth and right
TNIV : but not in truth and righteousness

51:3
ESV : he comforts all her waste places
TNIV : will look with compassion on all her ruins

52:7
ESV : who publishes salvation
TNIV : who proclaim salvation

 

I completely agree with you.

I have done the same.

I am looking forward to the 2011 NIV. But still, in some places I may still prefer the TNIV rendering.

By the way, TNIV committee just completed three weeks of revision work in Whistler Canada.

 

I agree for the most part with this post of yours.

 

Deuteronomy

1:28
ESV : fortified up to heaven
TNIV : with walls up to the sky

1:39
ESV : would become a prey
TNIV : would be taken captive

3:10
ESV : all the cities of the tableland
All the towns on the plateau

9:27
ESV : Do not regard the stubbornness
TNIV : Overlook the stubbornness

13:10
ESV : You shall stone him to death with stones
TNIV : Stone them to death.

19:13,21
ESV : Your eye shall not pity him
TNIV : show no pity

20:7
ESV : who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her
TNIV : Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her?

20:8
ESV : lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own
TNIV : so that the others will not become disheartened too

23:23
ESV : You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips
TNIV : Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do

24:6
ESV : for that would be taking a life in pledge
TNIV : because that would be taking a person's livelihood as security

24:12
ESV : you shall not sleep in his pledge
TNIV : do not go to sleep with that pledge in your possession

24:13
ESV : And it shall be righteousness for you
TNIV : it will be regarded as a righteous act

25:18
ESV : cut off your tail
TNIV : attacked all who were lagging behind

 

Deut. Continued

26:15
ESV : your holy habitation
TNIV : your holy dwelling place

28:21
ESV : until he has consumed you off the land
TNIV : until he has destroyed you from the land

28:50
ESV : a hard-faced nation
TNIV : a fierce-looking nation

28:65
ESV : a languishing soul
TNIV : a despairing heart

31:2
ESV : I am no longer able to go out and come in
TNIV : I am no longer able to lead you

31:20
ESV : they have eaten and are grown fat
TNIV : eat their fill and thrive

32:28
ESV : void of counsel
TNIV : without sense

32:25
ESV : Vengeance is mine, and recompense
TNIV : It is mine to avenge;I will repay

32:43
ESV : cleanses his people's land
TNIV : make atonement for his land and people

32:47
ESV : it is no empty word for you
TNIV : They are not just idle words for you

33:7
ESV : With your hands contend for him
TNIV : With his own hands he defends his cause

33:11
ESV : his substance
TNIV : all his skills

33:20
ESV : Blessed be he
TNIV : Blessed is he

33:29
ESV : shall come fawning to you
TNIV : will cower before you

 

Hebrews

1:8
ESV : the scepter of uprightness
TNIV : a scepter of justice
[BTW,The NJB,REB,HCSB,GW and NLT also agree with the TNIV wording.]

3:1
ESV : consider Jesus
TNIV : fix your thoughts on Jesus

5:5
ESV : this day I have begotten you
TNIV : today I have become your Father

5:7
ESV : In the days of his flesh
TNIV : During the days of Jesus' life on earth

5:11
ESV : you have become dull of hearing
TNIV : you no longer try to understand

5:13
ESV : the word of righteousness
TNIV : the teaching about righteousness

6:6
ESV : holding him up to contempt
TNIV : subjecting him to public disgrace

7:2
ESV : and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything
TNIV : Abraham gave him a tenth of everything

7:25
ESV : Consquently, he is able to save to the uttermost
TNIV : Therefore he is able to save completely

9:13
ESV : defiled persons
TNIV : those who are cermonially unclean

9:22
ESV : there is no forgiveness of sins
TNIV : there is no forgiveness

9:27
ESV : it is appointed for man to die once
TNIV : people are destined to die once

 

Continuing In Hebrews

9:28
ESV : offered once
TNIV : sacrificed once

10:18
ESV : there is no longer any offering for sin
TNIV : sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary

10:23
esv : the confession of our hope
TNIV : the hope of our confession

10:24
ESV : how to stir up one another
TNIV : how we may spur one another on

10:25
ESV : as is the habit of some
TNIV : as some are in the habit of doing

10:27
ESV : the adversaries
TNIV : the enemies of God

10:28
ESV : Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses
TNIV : Anyone who rejected the law of Moses

10:29
ESV : spurned the Son of God
TNIV : trampled the Son of God underfoot

10:29
ESV : outraged the Spirit of grace
TNIV : insulted the Spirit of grace

10:33
ESV : being partners with those so treated
TNIV : you stood side by side with those who were so treated

10:34
ESV : had a better possession and an abiding one
TNIV : had better and lasting possessions

10:39
ESV : but of those who have faith and preserve their souls
TNIV : but of those who believe and are saved

 

Concluding Hebrews

11:14
ESV : For people who speak thus
TNIV : People who say such things

11:17
ESV : only son
TNIV : one and only son

11:23
ESV : the child was beautiful
TNIV : he was no ordinary child

11:34
ESV : put foreign armies to flight
TNIV : routed foreign armies

12:11
ESV : the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those trained by it
TNIV : a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it

12:12
ESV : lift your drooping hands
TNIV : strengthen your feeble arms

12:13
ESV : so that which is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed
TNIV : so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed

12:15
ESV : no one fails to obtain the grace of God
TNIV : no one falls short of the grace of God

12:17
ESV : for he found no chance to repent
TNIV : he could not change what he had done

12:22
ESV : to innumerable angels in festive gathering
TNIV :to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly



12:27
ESV : the removal of things that are shaken
TNIV : the removing of what can be shaken

13:1
ESV : entertained angels unawares [Hillbilly-talk]
TNIV : have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it

13:23
ESV : with whom I shall see you if he comes soon [Awkward, thy name is ESV.]
TNIV : If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.