A.Hudson
Puritan Board Freshman
I have been Thinking about getting a NASB, but I'm not to sure. For some reason as of late, Bible translations and which is the most accurate based on the original text, and readable without compromising the literalness has become a very interesting topic for me to study up on. I have the ESV Study Bible which took sometime to get used too, since I was on the KJV Hard for a while, I did all my studying in it, and for a while didn't even want to hear about another version. So I bought a Johnny Mac study Bible (NKJV, soft cover's ugh! lol) which made the readability a little easier while still making me feel at home with the king james lingo. When I got the ESV, it was sooo much more readable compared to my KJV and NKJV until I didn't even like it at first, cause I felt like it wasn't a challenge as far as the readability goes, and I felt it was too easy to read, but now I'm used to it (And I really do like it). It seems though, the ESV already translates what some words may literally mean in there original greek/hebrew language, instead of you looking it up yourself, which I think has advantages and it's dis-advantages, depending on the passage. It also seems to be literal in some places, and dynamic in others. Needless to say, I'm Very Very confused on what translation to make my main text and it's soooo frustrating, since I hoped off the KJV I can't find a translation to settle with. So as of now I parallel and study out of my ESV and NKJV side by side. I like to have a translation with good readability, but def don't want to compromise literalness..but I know there's not a perfect English translation out there. So I'm also thinking about getting a NASB just to compare this side by side as well to see the differences between the translations, I have to admit I looked up some passages in it (Rom 9) (1 Cor 7) in parallel with the ESV, NKJV, and KJV and didn't like how some things were worded in the NASB compared to others..but I thought I should still give it a shot..what do you think? I'm looking for a good Study Bible if I do go ahead and get this translation..
***Note*** When I say too easy to read, I'm referring to the formation and readability of the text, not the spiritual revelation and application.
***Note*** When I say too easy to read, I'm referring to the formation and readability of the text, not the spiritual revelation and application.
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