[TaraP]

Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words ... IF you add to the Scriptures or take away from them God will remove you ...

[benjibrowder]

The only two bibles I ever purchase are King James and New King James.

[DennisR]

A translation is a translation. Yes, there can be variations of the way a word is translated, but these variations do not change the innate meaning of the text. Anything that goes beyond that is either a perversion or a paraphrase. Only an accurate translation can be trusted.

[KarlInOhio]

Have Bill Clinton and Mark Sanford been able to push through their "Nine Commandments" version?

[fujimoh]

I guess we should expect to start seeing terms: He-She, Transsexual, etc. in Luke, Romans, Matthew, etc. I wonder if they will add in the Book of Revelations that the transgendered and like pluck harps and ascend to Heaven?

[the long march]

Having trouble with the old KJV? Then get a dictionary and learn the language

I dislike the NIV for oh so many reasons

[Caesar Soze]

The NIV was revised and published as the TNIV in 2002, but did poorly due to anemic publisher support and (allegedly) a bad-mouthing campaign by those with a financial interest in the ESV. I'm guessing the NIV 2011 will keep most of the TNIV readings, but this time the all-important NIV branding and a serious push by the publisher will lead to greater success.

[Cicero]

I have taught the Bible as literature a number of times, and I’ve looked at many of these translations. Most of the new ones are dreadful—inaccurate and clunky.

I still prefer the King James version. Of the modernized texts, I preferred the Revised Standard Version. Unfortunately, that was updated by the New RSV, which is another piece of politically correct nonsense.

You can still find the RSV, but it’s not commonly used any more, unfortunately. So, I recommend the KJV. It’s not that hard to deal with “thee” and “thou,” it’s generally pretty accurate, and it’s magnificent prose.

[presently no screen name]

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

[dubie]

http://livingwaters.com/ on the right panel, listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret" and "True and False Conversion" Two of the best sermons I have ever heard in my life. Every person should listen.

[pattern-of-freedom]

“The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals...”

HUH?

The author of this Yahoo story is clueless, and writes out of stupifying ignorance. The Bible choice for conservative evanglicals is the 1611 King James Version. Second choice is the New King James Version. The NIV is dumbed-down, but not as dumbed-down at the Yahoo author’s miss-representation.

[Uncle Hal]

What ever happened to the King James version I grew up with? It seemed OK to me.