OK, I know some of you are going to think, "Wait a minute! He has done a favorite Translation Thread!" So I have! BUT this is different. A number of you were a tad evasive, responding with everything from "Bible Gateway" to "I cannot decide!" I shall make it easier! (I am such a sweet guy after all!" Plus, we have a lot of new Members since the last poll, So here goes: I am sticking you on an Island with food for 2 years and plenty of water. You only get one book to read, the Bible, you can only have ONE translation. No responding with editions with multiple texts! What Translation? Share why if you will. Grace and Peace. MBC

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~etexas~

KJV! Of course! 1611 straight from Heaven!

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~etexas~

NASB

Mostly because I am familiar with it, and my NASB is nice and big with plenty of margin room for my notes during my two-year stint on the island.

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Kim G
Non-denom church (holds to the WCF)
Zion Community Church, Greenville, SC

Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
Psalm 86:11

Reformation Study Bible.

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Andrew DeShazo, Deacon, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"All of us stumble in many ways, but if anyone is never at fault in what he says, then he is mature, able to control his whole body."(James 3:2)

The John 3:16 Bible:

Tominthebox News Network - Religious Humor/Satire: CBD Introduces New "John 3:16 Bible"

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Polo
Layman, Chinese Evangelical Church/Independent
San Diego

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. (Romans 11:36)

AV.

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J. M. - Baptist - Ontario, Canada -

Feileadh Mor
The Orthodox Catechism

Great notes! Yes, I will allow for a Study edition of your choice.

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~etexas~

Maybe this: Bardin Marsee Publishing

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J. M. - Baptist - Ontario, Canada -

Feileadh Mor
The Orthodox Catechism

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~etexas~

New Geneva Study Bible (NKJV)

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Benjamin P. Glaser
Pittsburgh, PA
Fairmount ARP Church, Sewickley, PA
Candidate Under Care Pittsburgh Theological Seminary & Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“If the Church could be aroused to a deeper sense of the glory that awaits her, she would enter with a warmer spirit into the struggles that are before her.”-- J.H. Thornwell

I have the KJV NT with Psalms and Proverbs, it is an amazing little Bible.

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~etexas~

I'll take my ESV Reformation Study Bible.

My second choice would be this one.


Every Sunday with my son on my lap, as the pastor begins to read scripture I quickly race to the dynamic equivalent pages of The Beginner's Bible and we follow along looking at the pictures. It's fun and a challenge. Yes, there are some illustrations of 'Jimmy the Shepherd' in there. I blurred out 'Jimmy' on the cover.

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Bob Vigneault (Bawb Vēēn-yo)
I just know there's got to be a pony in here somewhere!

The Heartbeat of Heaven (blog) MySpace (Music), MySpace (Personal)
Member of Christ Presbyterian Church, Janesville, WI OPC www.christ-opc.org

Click to get: Board Rules -- Signature Requirements -- Suggestions?

Nkjv

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Donald Jacobs
Marysville. WA
Cascade Church (CRCNA)

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

The Original Hebrew and Greek.

Mind you, there is probably more chance of me being stuck on a desert island than there is of me learning these languages.

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

You said one book to read "the bible", but can it come in two halves?

I would go with
The UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader's Edition and
A Reader's Hebrew Bible

if I'm stuck on an island for two years, might as well spend it getting a LOT better at greek and hebrew.

If those aren't allowed as choices I would bring my ESV Reformation Study Bible but if I was stranded AFTER this October I might switch my choice to ESV Study Bible instead.

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Kenneth Murphy
M.A.R. Student [Theology & Biblical Languages] - Whitefield Theological Seminary
Covenant of Grace Church - Member
St. Charles, MO

It is the AV for me. I was brought up reading it but when I came to know the Lord I ended up using the NIV & was a little taken aback when i read the Lords prayer. The last section of it was missing the same was true of the ESV & a number of other translations that i checked. This led me to do a short study on why whole verses were missing in certain translations. The result of this study was that the AV was the Bible for me.

A conclusion that came out of my study was that essentially they all contain the same message & if anyone was worried about what translation to use i would suggest taking it in prayer & let God guide you to His word.

AV, ESV, NIV, NKJV, ASV, NLT etc Many different Bibles but all God's word.

Nice to meet you all by the way )

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David
Stornoway Free Church (Continuing)
Isle of Lewis, Scotland

hmm....

I would have initially said the Reformation Study Bible but after thinking about it, I might go for something like an NASB or AV chain reference.

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Steven Bittle
Postulant
St. Michael's Church
Reformed Episcopal Church
OKC, OK

"Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum!"

If you won't let me make the case that "the entire Bible is found in the 6 volumes of Matthew Henry's Commentary (so, I therefore should like to take that!)" -- I'd have to settle for The New Geneva Study Bible (NKJV).

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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
PCA
Deacon
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"Whatever is laudable in our works proceeds from the grace of God."
-- John Calvin, Institutes III:xv.3.

"Our Lord God must be a good man, to be fond of worthless fellows. I cannot like them, and yet I, myself, am one."
-- Martin Luther, Table Talk

King Jimmy!! Scrivener's Cambridge Paragraph Bible specifically.

Nice new avatar etexas, is that you?

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Timothy Johnson
First United Presbyterian of Moline
PCUSA (Yea, I know)
Theology/Philosophy Sunday School Teacher
Davenport, IA

Good choice. And yes I am afraid that is me. DOH!

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~etexas~

Steven, you do see that you slipped in 3 choices!

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~etexas~

If I'm stranded I would probably take the NET Bible. Those translation notes are golden and provide more than enough information for me to chew on for two years.

I might also, like a previous poster said, want to bring the Greek and Hebrew Readers editions.

If I had to chose between the two, I would probably pick the NET Bible, because it is loaded with Greek and Hebrew in the footnotes and so is about as close to best to both worlds that I could get.

On the flip side, I would hate to lose my Greek and Hebrew skills.....

AHHHHH!!!!!!!

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Mark Maney
Kwanglim Korean Methodist Church - 1689'er Baptist Pastor (read profile for more info)
Master of Theological Studies emphasis Biblical Studies
Trinity Western University, ACTS Seminaries
Surrey, BC. (Vancouver), Canada

Hey, I never said I was making this easy Brother. But it is just two years.

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~etexas~

Spirit of the Reformation study bible. Even though it is NIV. Since we are in make believe land. Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible edition II in ESV.

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Erick Bohndorf, Covenant Baptist Church, KS
http://qayaqtraveler.blogspot.com/
The question for us