This new translation consciously combines scholarly fidelity with natural English. GOD’S WORD®, produced at the end of this century by our mission society, fills a need that has been claimed, but in actuality remains unmet, by other English Bibles: to communicate clearly to today’s Americans without compromising the accuracy of the Bible’s message. This includes English as well as foreign language translations. The twentieth century has produced more Bible translations than any other. The GNT is characterized, on the whole, by natural English. Ooriginally translated by the American Bible Society (ABS) for speakers of English as a second language but found by many native English speakers to be a very readable and helpful translation. thought-for-thought and word-for-wordĬlear, simple English that even a child can understand, but with a mature style that adults can appreciate.Ī recent version, produced by theologically conservative scholars, which slightly updates the RSV. It attempts to substitute more traditional biblical terminology with more natural wording. The Common English Bible is a translation of the scriptures intended to be a comfortable reading level for over half of all English readers. We will be constantly up-dating The Bible Source to give you more convenience and value…with innovations that provide growth and understanding of our one and only product…The Bible.Īmplified Popular translation used to help understand the hidden meaning of the original Greek and Hebrew languages, expanded Bible text with added synonyms, explanatory notes in parentheses, a unique system of punctuation, italics, and references. Now you can hear the stories and the Wisdom, and possibly find new understanding. People heard the stories and passed them on. The Word of God was told over campfires, in gatherings and amongst followers of Jesus. After all, the Bible was originally an “oral book”. We have chosen to make possible more hearing of the Word through this web site. The Bible offers us a chance to find out who God is and what our relationship with Him was and is. The goal is to prove to you that all Bibles do not say the same thing.Whether you are a Christian or not, there is no doubt that the Bible has been and remains the most popular book in the world. I do believe that the very nature of the differences can convince someone that the modern Bibles are corrupt, but that is not the primary goal here. When you see glaring differences between Bible versions that create shrouds of doubt surrounding the veracity of sola scriptura, you should want to know why these differences exist. What these charts will do is stir you to study. You simply cannot see the differences and honestly say they do not exist!ĭo these verse charts in some way prove that the KJV is perfect? Of course not, and they are not meant to. There are several articles on this website describing this fact and these competing texts (their sources, history, and content), and you are encouraged to read them.īut the purpose of these comparisons is mainly to show you that anyone telling you there is no substantive difference between the KJV and modern Bibles is either ignorant or intentionally deceiving you. One of the primary reasons for these differences is that the underlying original-language text of the Bible that was used for 1800 years has been replaced by modern scholarship with a text that was assembled in the nineteenth century. There are many, many reasons for the differences we are about to examine. To say otherwise is to accuse the Holy Spirit of doublespeak. Why is this important? It is simple: if two books say different things, or if two books say inherently contradictory things, or if of two books one says more than the other, they cannot both be God's word. Here we will focus on the claim that "all versions really say the same thing." There are many problems with these claims. One of the fundamental deceptions being promoted by modern Bible publishers is that the new Bibles are merely in different styles of writing that they are simply easier to read than the KJV that nothing is being removed or changed in God's word. Bible Versions and the Preeminence of ChristĪ table-style view of how our Lord is addressed in different Bible versions.Would you take a magic marker to your Bible and cross out words from passages? This chart illustrates what was done when the text used by Christianity for 1800 years was replaced with a text assembled by Westcott and Hort in the nineteenth century and now serves as the basis for nearly all modern New Testament translations.Ī table-style view of some differences between Bible versions including verses that are indisputably contradictory. Westcott and Hort's Magic Marker Binge (1/2), (2/2).
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