Featured Which version Moe accurate between the NKJV or NIV 2011?

While considered a misspelling today, "more" was sometimes spelled as "moe" in the 1611 edition of the KJV.

Judges 16:30 [mo--1560 Geneva, 1568 Bishops; moe--1602 Bishops]
moe [1629, 1873 Cambridge] {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1634, 1660 London} (2000 ZOND)
mo (1709 Oxford) [1637, 1638, 1683 Cambridge] {1640, 1672 London}
more (1675, 1769 Oxford, SRB) [1769 Cambridge, DKJB} {1711 London}

 

Judg. 16:30 ". . . So the dead which he slew at his death were mo than they which he slew in his life."

That is too ridiculously funny! Thanks for pointing it out.

 

Hardly. It is, in fact, much LESS accurate

 

NKJV is more accurate.

 

A more interesting question to discuss would be "Which is moe accurate, the NKJV or the WEB. Both are based on the Byzantine Text Type.
Since the WEB does not have the TR corruptions, I think a case can be made for the WEB being a more accurate translation of the original text.

 

The World English Bible lineage includes the 1901 ASV.

 

New King James Version.

 

I'd say the NKJV because it is a (mostly) a word-for-word translation and not a dynamic equivalent.

 

Nkjv

NKJV, unquestionably. On this issue, see Accuracy of Translation and the New International Version by Robert P. Martin. Another excellent resource is Michael Marlowe's Bible Research site. Here are his reviews of the NKJV and the NIV Mr. Marlowe is an advocate of the modern Critical Texts yet has high admiration for the NKJV. The NKJV is just about as literal as the NASB and exceeds it at times.

It's very interesting how the CT advocates will defend the CT against the KJVO's on the basis that no doctrine is at stake yet will turn around and snub their nose at anyone carrying the NKJV (much less the KJV) because they view it as a defective translation.

 

An interesting thead as I use NKJV to read at church, but do study from an NIV. I find both quite adequate. I certainly have no problem with those who prefer KJV. The controversy expressed in threads between KJVO and other versions is exceeded only in being ridiculous by the Calvin-free will threads.

 

I carry a tattered KJV to church because my church uses the KJV. I have the NKJV set as the default translation on my computer and my smartphone. I also consult the NIV if I want to see how they translate a particular verse. It's been helpful.

My church has anti-MV pamphlets out on the literature table in the back of the church. "How to Spot A Counterfeit Bible", "Satan's Attack on God's Word", etc. Of course they make a lot out of the 'missing verses' in the MV's vs. the KJV. I really think they are doing a disservice to their evangelism efforts by displaying these pamphlets. I imagine many first time visitors are only time visitors because of this sort of thing.

 

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Which version Moe accurate between the NKJV or NIV 2011?

Must....not....make....joke...about....copyist...errors.....


I cannot read Greek, so I have nothing to add to the conversation other that a whimsical comment.