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Instead of using the NLT and letting the translators interpret for the kids, use the ESV and you do the interpreting for the kids.
I dont see how much more people need it dumbed down than the NIV or HSCSB does. I really don't. Perhaps its arrogance speaking but if you can't understand the NKJV, ESV, NIV, your probably not ready to understand the facts of the Gospel.
Robert, sure, if you quote one of the simplest most famous narrative passages of scripture they may seem really easy to understand.
I just want to emphasize, I am not against using the older translations. I am just pointing out that there is some major responsibilities of the parent/adult who wants their/a child to use these older translations. Not only do they need to train the child how to study the Bible but they also have to basically give a course in archaic English. Those adults who just think "it's so easy to understand - what's wrong with you?" need to reevaluate their position.
Mark, I don't think you heard Jogri17 very well. At any rate, saying that he was being arrogant is not helpful in this context. He wasn't even advocating the older translations. The NKJV, ESV and NIV are what he referenced, not the RSV, ASV, or KJV. So your objections to his position are beside the point.
Mark Straus creates quite the straw man in his article there. The ESV is not slavish to the literal translation. It is sensitive to idioms. They call it an "essentially literal" translation. They are not ignorant of the meaning that is present on the phrase and sentence level. Mark does not seem to be aware of the danger of a translation reflecting the translator's theology more than the original text.
Tellville,
I wasn't trying to make any point one way or the other...I thought I was helping...Robert, sure, if you quote one of the simplest most famous narrative passages of scripture they may seem really easy to understand.