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Featured NASB2020 Head-To-Head With ESV

Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by RipponRedeaux, Mar 3, 2022.

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    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

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    Two members here think the NASB uses wooden English compared to what they consider the beautiful lilting language of the ESV. I'd like to put that theory to the test. I will use many of the same verse snips from my other thread --NKJV vs. NLT.

    This thread concerns the 2020 NASB, but I am sure that the 1995 version would generally use the same kind of phraseology.

    I'll use N to stand for the NASB2020 and E to stand for the ESV.

    Luke 23:41
    N : And we indeed are suffering justly
    E : And we indeed justly

    1 Cor. 9:16
    N : I am under compulsion
    E : necessity is laid upon me

    1 Tim. 3:8
    N : insincere
    E : double-tongued

    Acts 20:12
    N : were greatly comforted
    E : not a little comforted

    Ro. 8:37
    N : we overwhelmingly conquer
    E : we are more than conquerors

    Luke 18:34
    N : the meaning of this statement was hidden from them
    E : this saying was hidden from them

    Philippians 3:1
    N : it is a safeguard for you
    E : is safe for you
     
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    Luke 21:14
    N : prepare
    E : meditate

    Luke 1:48
    N : the humble state
    E : the humble estate

    Acts 7:19
    N : abandon their infants
    E : expose their infants

    1 Tim. 1:3
    N : strange doctrines
    E : different doctrines
     
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    Ro. 3:19
    N : every mouth may be closed
    E : every mouth may be stopped

    Heb. 11:33
    N : shut the mouths of lions
    E : stopped the mouths of lions

    1 Tim. 4:6
    N : pointing out these things
    E : put these things

    1 Cor. 15:58
    N : excelling in the work
    E : abounding in the work

    Acts 6:7
    N : The word of God kept spreading
    E : The word of God continued to increase

    Luke 12:51
    N : Provide peace on earth
    E : Give peace on earth

    Lk. 24:46
    N : Christ would suffer
    E : Christ should suffer

    Ro. 14:11
    N : every tongue will give praise to God
    E : every tongue will confess to God

    Ro. 12:11
    N : not lagging behind in diligence
    E : Do not be slothful in zeal

    1 Tim. 1:5
    N : the goal of our instruction
    E : the aim of our charge

    1 Tim. 5:19
    N : Do not accept an accusation
    E : Do not admit a charge
     
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    Not checked but not sure this is a fair statement. They were wanting to update wooden language in the 95 edition.
     
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    Why does everyone parrot the phrase "wooden language"? You never hear that phrase except in a NASB discussion.
     
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    Yes, they endeavored to upgrade the language of the NASB in the 1995 edition. What's not fair about that assessment?

    I got a kick out of your phrase "They wanted to update wooden language in the 95 edition." :) On the contrary, they wanted to remove the so-called wooden language.
     
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    Yeah, the NASB has taken a bad rap for that. The ESV is guilty of using stilted and awkward grammar despite hiring Leland Ryken as an English stylist. It was a rush job in the first place and their updates have only been micro-steps. They wanted to retain as much of the RSV wording as possible I guess. The translators need to remove the dead wood from the trail and truly make it a 21st century Bible version.
     
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    Luke 22:40
    N : come into temptation
    E : enter into temptation

    Matt. 1:18
    N : pregnant
    E : found to be with child

    1 Cor. 10:26
    N : and all it contains
    E : the fullness thereof

    Acts 15:25
    N : having become of one mind
    E : come to one accord

    2 Tim. 2:19
    N : keep away from wickedness
    E : depart from iniquity

    Deut. 19:3
    N : anyone who commits manslaughter
    E : manslayer

    Acts 15:18
    N : things known from long ago
    E : known from of old

    Luke 1:15
    N : wine or liquor
    E : strong drink

    Acts 2:3
    N : looked like fire
    E : as of fire
     
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    I see what you mean about the ESV using "stilted and awkward grammar."
     
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    I distinctly remember that you agreed that the grammar of the ESV was off-putting a few years back when I made a thread containing scores of ESV examples.
     
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    I'm sure you're right. I am, indeed, an indecisive individual.
     
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    Ro. 5:18
    N : all mankind
    E : all men

    Matt. 4:19
    N : fishers of people
    E : fishers of men

    1 Cor. 2:5
    N : wisdom of mankind
    E : wisdom of men

    Eph. 4:8
    N : gave gifts to people
    E : gave gifts to men

    Ro. 1:18
    N : unrighteousness of people
    E : unrighteousness of men

    Luke 12:50
    N : I have a baptism to undergo
    E : I have a baptism to be baptized with
     
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    With the exception of Luke 12:50, I can certainly see where the updated NASB now utilizes "gender inclusive" language (which is to be expected).

    For those who aren't fond of that, the NASB95 is still in print, for the foreseeable future (which is a blessing, I believe.)
     
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    Luke 22:47
    N : a crowd came
    E : there came a crowd

    Luke 1:53
    N : sent the rich away empty-handed
    E : the rich he has sent away empty

    Matt. 24:32
    N : Now learn the parable from the fig tree
    E : From the fig tree learn its lesson

    Ps. 37:1
    N : Do not get upset because of evildoers
    E : Fret not yourself because of evildoers

    Luke 13:23
    N : are there just a few who are being saved?
    E : will those who are saved be few?

    Luke 22:47
    N : a crowd came
    E : there came a crowd

    1 Thess. 1;3
    N : perseverance of hope
    E : steadfastness of hope

    Heb. 2:9
    N : His suffering death
    E : the suffering of death
     
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    Forms of the word steadfast in various Bible versions :

    NLT : 0
    CSB : 3
    CEB : 7
    2020 NASB : 8
    NIV : 10
    NET : 12
    1995 NASB : 16
    NKJV : 24
    LEB : 30
    ESV : 219

    The ESV likes to retain older words. It's out-of-tune compared with other modern versions in that regard.
     
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    The updated NASB is certainly more "readable" than its predecessor.
     
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    In the examples I cited of the 2020 NASB using inclusive language do you disagree with any of them? If so why?

    A few decades ago there was a hue and cry about dropping thee, thou and thine. I think the flap about inclusive language is along the same order --nonsensical.
     
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    And it is certainly more readable than the ESV.
     
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    WEB : 0
    2020 NASB : 0
    LEB : 3
    KJV : 3
    NKJV : 13
    WYC : 14
    1995 NASB : 19
    ESV : 20

    Isn't that odd? The KJV only used the word 3 times; whereas the ESV used it 20 times.
     
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    I don't disagree with them. It's simply "not my cup of tea," so to speak.

    In other words, it's not what I prefer, but I don't have a problem with it.
     
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