Posted on 09/29/2015 4:05:35 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
I am looking for a good study Bible that will really help the reader understand God's Word. I prefer it in NKJV.
I currently have the Tyndale Life Application Study Bible. That may be the best out there but I'm doubting that as the notes will skip swaths of scripture or not really explain well enough to grasp.
So, being as freepers ARE the smartest, most resourceful bunch in the whole wide world, I would really welcome your input and direction on this.
Biblehub and blueletterbible are excellent study sites. I’ve not cracked a paper bible in many years, except when I forget my phone at church and have to use the one in the back of the pew.
I do still have my old pre-1984 NIV if the grid goes down. :-)
Kjv has different sources than the others. Its why there are occasional verses that are in one but not the other. And the big question in those cases is, did one version leave them out of did one version are them, and which is in error?
It’s fun dinner conversation.:-)
I would recommend the Message bible. However, reading any bible is not as useful as joining a noisy charismatic church.
Read the New Testament and accept Christianity as a way of life rather than just a religion.
The rewards are enormous.
“Am I wrong to say the newer translations are all based off the KJV?”
Completely wrong.
There are some good suggestions for you in this thread.
I have several of them but you should understand there are major differences in several of them.
Do you want one written from a Covenant Theology view? Premillennial? Are you looking for one that explains the original Hebrew, Greek words only? Sprouls and MacArthurs are both good but come from very different understandings of important topics.
The Reformation Study Bible has many different contributors and there are some contrasting views contained inside of it’s self!
I have approximately 50 study bibles. Let me know what you are looking for from a study Bible and I can help you pick one that is best suited for you.
If you pick a bible that doesn’t go well with your understanding of your church it can cause you some unnecessary problems and waste some of your hard earned money.
You can mail me or post here if you like.
There are many study bibles you should stay away from but the ones listed so far in this thread are good but again there are stark differences between even them.
I use it all the time...
The “Message” is NOT a translation of the Bible and you should stay far away from it.
I am not going to get into it here and mess up your thread but the Message is no translation it is a paraphrase from Eugene Peterson.
I use Experiencing God Day by Day...
Henry T. and Richard Blackaby
Every day God shows me something...
http://www.blackaby.org/devarchive.asp
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ICo 1:21 KJV
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those whose who believe. ICo 1:21 NKJV
KJV - foolishness of the method
NKJV - foolishness of the message
Most people think the NKJV is merely the KJV modernized. It is not.
Another vote for John MacArthur study bible
I found the archeological study bible and highly recommend.
Free download (full versions) of multiple Bibles, Bible dictionaries, Commentaries, etc.
And it's all free.
I use it all the time.
Also versions for I-Pad.
I have been trying to find a good Bible for the kindle.
I can’t find one that you can search to go to the verse the Preacher is using. I have downloaded the book of Matthew twice but I couldn’t even search that.
ideas? oh and the version, I’m Baptist and the preacher is strong on preaching the Bible.
Stay away from the Message as much as possible.
NRSV in various academic study Bibles - Harper Collins, New Interpreter’s and New Oxford Annotated Bible for up to scholarship and well-balanced look at the Bible and its world.
NKJV in a reader’s Bible for following the text as literature in a more up to date version of the familiar KJV.
Then there are various study Bibles that deal with a particular denominational or theological point of view, also of interest.
I also use the New American Standard Bible and was introduced to it through a book by Kay Arthur. The version I use actually teaches you HOW to study the Bible. It’s called The International Inductive Study Bible. As buffaloguy said, it is as close a translation as you can get and explains how they translated.
Also get the Strongest NASB exhaustive concordance for when the LORD God wants you to study a subject and then you can share with us! I have two blogs where I post what I learn. One is based on a study that took months but I actually have a working memory of Israel’s history because of it. No more thinking that each book is a piece of the story, but some are multiple reports of an event like when you watch the news on 3 different channels. Coolest part is reading the prophet who taught what was going to happen in the future and then reading about its fulfillment.
Spread the Good News! :)
***Most of the KJV and Geneva came from the work of Tyndale and the KJV translators made that well known. ***
People always say the Geneva bible was preferred by the people in the 1600s yet they don’t say why. I believe it is because the KJV was printed with OLDE ENGLISH letters making it virtually unreadable. When they dropped the old English and went to Gothic letters, like the Geneva, it took off.
Walmart recently offered a photo copy of the original KJV. It will really slow you down as you try to figure out the words with old English writing.
Old English is good on Christmas Cards but not for major works of literature.
The Disciple’s study bible, by far, is the best (IMO)-
but, it’s hard to find as it’s out of print.
The NASV (NASB) and the ESV are the closest to the original, meaning the Hebrew/Greek, or Aramaic. (Our son is a Biblical studies major in his master’s degree.) A lot of people like the NKJV, and it is okay, but not my choice. However, one Bible I really like as a study Bible is an Inductive Study Bible, in whatever version you choose. You learn NOT to rely on men’s opinions, but to find the meaning in the passage on your own.
The problem with American versions of study Bibles out there is that you have MANY different interpretations and opinions. How can that be? As Jacob Prasch says, among others, first....find the meaning of the passage according to the writer’s intent, to the audience he was writing to and the Jewish meanings of that day. Once you see the reason it was written, and not our own interpretation of a passage, it takes on a LOT more meaning, because Scripture shows that events happen over and over again, showing us that what happened in the past will happen again, although circumstances will be somewhat different because of the age we live in.
Just look at apocalyptic Scriptures, for a comparison. All the familiar names in study Bibles have a slightly different interpretation of these passages. Which is correct? Even other topics are the same. Who is right? An inductive study teaches you to find the reason and you’ll learn way more useful information than you could ever imagine possible. I just finished an Inductive study of Genesis. WOW! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that book in my 67 years, but there is so much to learn and ALL of it is critical.
Hope this helps.
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