Reformingstudent
Puritan Board Junior
After reading from the KJV every night to my six year old son
it finally dawned upon me that much of what I was reading in the Kings English may be too difficult for him to understand
(Lord knows at 45 a lot of the KJV still has me )
So I started reading to him from the NLT which he likes a lot better and I feel that even though it may not be a perfect translation at least it is helping him understand the bible better than before. My question is this, should I have kept using the KJV with him instead of finding a translation he could understand for himself or should I just give in and get a bible that is easier to understand even though I do not trust many of the new modern translations? Which bible do most here recommend for reading to younger children?
Any advice would be helpful and also any good bible reading plan for kids would be of help also.
Thanks.
it finally dawned upon me that much of what I was reading in the Kings English may be too difficult for him to understand
(Lord knows at 45 a lot of the KJV still has me )
So I started reading to him from the NLT which he likes a lot better and I feel that even though it may not be a perfect translation at least it is helping him understand the bible better than before. My question is this, should I have kept using the KJV with him instead of finding a translation he could understand for himself or should I just give in and get a bible that is easier to understand even though I do not trust many of the new modern translations? Which bible do most here recommend for reading to younger children?
Any advice would be helpful and also any good bible reading plan for kids would be of help also.
Thanks.