tellville
Puritan Board Junior
I was asked today why someone would choose the NKJV over the ESV. They were wondering because both sound "KJVish", are both literal, and even though the NT uses different texts the NKJV makes up for this in the footnotes.
I said I wasn't exactly sure why some people choose one over the other (I gave some reasons like text type) but that I would ask the good people over at Puritanboard. I did read some other threads that pitted NKJV vs ESV and it seemed the two primary reasons that one would choose one over the other is:
1. NKJV - one prefers the underlying NT text.
2. ESV - Wide acceptance in the Reformed community.
Are those the main reasons one would chose one over the other? Some people in the other thread were saying the NKJV was more literal but I'm not sure how they came up with that.
I said I wasn't exactly sure why some people choose one over the other (I gave some reasons like text type) but that I would ask the good people over at Puritanboard. I did read some other threads that pitted NKJV vs ESV and it seemed the two primary reasons that one would choose one over the other is:
1. NKJV - one prefers the underlying NT text.
2. ESV - Wide acceptance in the Reformed community.
Are those the main reasons one would chose one over the other? Some people in the other thread were saying the NKJV was more literal but I'm not sure how they came up with that.