etexas,

I doubt anyone will argue with you with the NASB's accuracy, unless it's that occasionally it's so accurate that it's not readily understandable. Other times I've noticed that they will render a word into idiomatic English when the literal translation is probably just about as understandable. But you can probably find similar examples in every translation. For a CT translation the NASB is the one I generally turn to as well.

I think that the NASB and NKJV are the two best modern translations for study purposes. Since I am using the KJV more now, I don't refer to the ESV that often. I don't even have a copy of it anymore since I got rid of mine during my recent move. But the Crossway does seem to keep coming out with interesting editions of the ESV.

If you like the NASB, don't worry about it even though the ESV is the hot new translation right now.

Nice to see you posting here again.

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Chris Poe--Attending Grace Community Baptist Church, Mandeville, LA

"There never was a man in the world without a creed. What is a creed? A creed is what you believe. What is a confession? It is a declaration of what you believe. That declaration may be oral or it may be committed to writing, but the creed is there either expressed or implied."—B.H. Carroll