Which Bible translation is your...

Which Bible translation is your "go to," "every day," "read the most" Bible?

Which Bible translation is your "go to" choice or preference when you're seeking a more "formal equivalence" rendering of a particular Bible passage?

And which Bible translation is your "go to" when you wish to read a more "dynamic equivalence" rendering of a given passage of scripture?

Now, as for me, my "every day" Bible translation of choice is the NIV.

My "functional equivalence" preference is the NLT.

(And, yes, before anyone points it out to me, I am cognizant of the fact that the NIV Bible translation is a "dynamic equivalence" translation, as well.)

As for my "formal equivalence" preference, I tend to consult the NASB.

Thank you in advance for taking the time and effort to comment on my post!

 

I have been using/reading the NASB for forty years.

I consult other translations as necessary for study/research purposes.

 

If you're reading the NASB aloud to others, do you encounter any difficulties, as far as stumbling over passages, or sensing that other people are having difficulty comprehending the NASB (in that particular type of setting or situation)?

 

Currently, my "go to" translation is a giant print (14-pt font) NKJV. A big Bible that takes up almost half of my desk when open, but easy on my aging eyes.

I follow my initial reading with a reading from a large print self-pronouncing KJV. I usually read the KJV several times--is it the language, the repeated readings, or something divine--but the KJV reaches a height the other translations sometimes fail to reach.

Next I leave the Textus Receptus path, and turn to my current favorites on the critical path in the dynamics: NIV, CSB, Message, and CEB.

And then I come full circle with readings from the literals: the critical text NASB, and another reading of the KJV.

At this point the KJV really begins to soar. I cannot explain it. But windows and doors begin to open.

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And finally, thanks with help from RL Vaughn, I have add a few readings/singings from reprints of old hymn books. Hymns still sung in Primitive Baptist and Old Regular Baptist congregations. These old hymns--some going back several centuries--add a height all their own.

 

KJV

 

CSB & LEB.

 

I regularly switch versions, about every two years.

I’ve been teaching through Isaiah 40-66 these past few months; my teaching partner taught the first half using the ESV, so I continued with it.

But before that I was regularly using the CSB.

I’m looking forward to the publication of the NASB 2020, that will be my next version to use.

The NASB was the first Bible I used regularly, much of my memorization came from it or from the Scofield KJV.

Rob

 

I still use the 1977 edition of Nas, not so much 1995 update, and the 2020 update does not seem to bode well!

 

Nas 1977/Esv/1984 Niv

 

KJV

 

KJV

 

KJV

 

KJV

 

ESV but when doing deep study I usually have it pulled up in Logos Bible Software beside both NASB and NIV. But ESV is my go-to. And if you want to get really technical, I prefer the ESV 2011 text. But those are hard to find.

 

KJV

 

ESV -paper

ESV, NET and CSB on Olive Tree

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NKJV, KJV, CSB

 

Those are three solid choices, I must say.

 

Which edition was their "fixed as permanent" one that later on quit behind fixed?

 

Yeah, what a howler that flip flop was.

August 2016 ❧ Our Work is Done — We Present the ESV Permanent Text, which Will Remain Unchanged for Perpetuity

...Psych!

LOL, their 'perpetuity' declaration lasted what, a few weeks?

Sept. 2016 ❧ Oops, scratch that

Oh well.