NET Bible

Hello,

I'm not sure if this has already been discussed in the past or not on the BB. I am curious what folks think about the NET Bible translation. www.bible.org

I purchased the full version for E-Sword and I have really been enjoying the translation. It is particularly useful for someone like me who has exposure but not expertise in the original languages. I mostly use the NKJV for preaching and sermon preparation / study but I may find myself gradually moving toward the NET Bible.

I am considering purchasing one in print (http://store.bible.org/category.asp?CategoryID=1&ParentID=0) and I wonder if anyone owns one. I am curious about the leather and binding quality; a true bibliophile like myself, I can't stand for poor quality leather, binding, or a poor qaulity new Bible smell for that matter

The translation has been almost completely a DTS project, at least DTS professors and graduates seem to have led the way and done most of the work. Any thoughts?

 

Thanks. The more I look at them online the more I think I ought to get one in print. The E-Sword version is great, I love E-Sword too by the way :thumbs: , but I like to have the text in front of me to mark up and obviously I don't walk around the alter area with my laptop to preach from

 

Bible Arrived!

I received my First Edition Genuine Top Grain Leather Edition of the NET Bible last week and I have had time to use it and get to know it.

I strongly recommend the NET Bible to any pastor or serious student of the Scriptures. The commentary alone is worth the visit to www.bible.org, the download to the E-Sword module or other software, or the purchase of one of the print editions.

Whether you are a language scholar or not, however, the notes are very valuable; much of them are on a commentary level while many are specifics to the original languages.

The Binding is very strong and I trust this Bible will last a long time. The Smyth Sewn pages are strong and tight. My only complaint (as a lover of fine Bible binding) is that the leather is a little thin for a "Top Grain Leather" edition. Just a little thinner than a Kirkbride edition Thompson Chain (though comparable) and significantly lesser quality than the calfskin leather Bibles being put out by Crossway in the ESV.

All-in-all this is a great Bible and a must have for anyone studying the original languages. Good translation and good study tool.

 

I agree with you that the ISV is a good translation. However, good translation is not as powerful in this Christian culture as marketing muscle and it doesn't have enough of that to compete with the HCSB, ESV, or the NIV for that matter in terms of getting out the word or combining it with great study tools like the others mentioned.