“Maybe you should do as I do, learn to use the Hebrew & Greek to compare the different translations and you will see that the NASB is the best translation, however I like the NKJV because it kept the poetic flow of the original KJV.”
Like you, I prefer the NKJV for its flow. It’s just that it sounds most like the KJV, with which I had used the most. Use of parallel bibles and a concordance do wonders too.
Yes, I agree. Now I never said I refuse to use the original KJV, it’s just that is has errors.
As for parallels, that truly is a good way to help one understand certain scriptures, however only if those parallels are not crammed into the same book.
I believe that when one has one stop parallels and or study Bibles with added commentaries, it makes the reader lazy.
What I mean is that I have learned that when one uses a study Bible with accompanying commentary, the reader fails to go elsewhere for information. So all they get is the opinion of the one who wrote the commentary in their Bible.
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(As an aside, that is why the vast majority of Christians are dispensationists. Scofield was the first to produce a bible with commentary, and many learned about the scriptures from his commentary and he was the first to write extensively on eschatology. This commentary influenced many future preachers and Christian College instructors who in tern influenced those who came after them. Eventually the vast majority of study bibles were written with the same influence on end times. Not saying they are wrong, just an aside FYI.)
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Anyway, I have a few study Bibles, well OK, I have a bout 10, but I have collected them over the years for the purpose of cross study.
For the last 10 years my main Bible has been a soft leather covered NKJV with nothing but the Scripture. It’s light weight, easy to hold and it forces me to go elsewhere when I have questions or need further insight.
It has some pages that can be difficult to read, but only because of the notes I have cluttering up the page.....LOL
I used to use the NASB, but it can be overly harsh at times what with the way it uses more of a college level of wording to get as close to word for word as possible when one translates ancient Greek and Hebrew to our modern day English.
So I found I like the poetic flow of the NKJ like you, because it does remind me of the way I learned to read as a youngster when I read the KJV.
Do you attend or teach at a Calvary Chapel, or similar ministry?