King James Only?

[davidcm]

[Karen]

[Steve]

[Jeff]

Hmm, I'm no expert, but I do know that most Greek Catholics and Greek Orthodox consider the King James Version to be the best English translation of the entire Bible. This is because it relies heavily on the Byzantine manuscripts (which were copied by the Greek Christians), as well as the Septuagint, the authoritative Greek translation of the Old Testament, which the early Church used almost exclusively.

Personally, when it comes to the New Testament, I really like The Orthodox New Testament (scroll down):



I like this one because it pays extremely close attention to Greek verb tense.

[Steve]

[Karen]

[Karen]

[Roonwit]

[John Anthony]

David--

A couple of years ago, I asked much the same questions in this forum, and got much useful information and advice. I also did some research on the internet and found several helpful sites there. Here are four of them:

http://ebible.org/bible/biblefaq.htm#translation

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_vers2.htm

http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=663

http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/biblever.htm

I finally wound up adding the NEB to the KJV I already had. Since then I've been consulting the NET frequently online. I like its scholarliness and ease of use.

John

[Jeff]

[The Seventh Son]

[Sylvia Lee]

[Roonwit]

[Jeff]

[Sylvia Lee]

Out of curiosity, has anyone here read or skimmed through any of these new teen versions out on the market? I must admit I am hesitant to even look for fear of finding something along the lines of "...and Jesus came to his disciples and said 'Dudes! I asked you guys to wait up for me!'"