I'm trying to collect bibles but I got one today in the mail of the ASV....come to find out its for Jehovah witnesses. I'm not a Johova wittness... My question is how many different regular Christian bibles translations are there??? anyone find a list of all Christian versions??? So excluding catholic, johova witness etc....? I'm a regular standard Christian interested in regular standard Christian bibles... What I have that works is a KJV AMP NIV NRSV.... Also an older RSV ... They make a NASB for example a RYRie study bible ......Is that similar to the ASV???? I'm disappointed with the ASV because its for Jehovah witness.. I'm guessing its best to buy the popular ones only... I also got an old living bible rainbow study bible.... But I'm worried it might not be a Christian version of the bible??? Any help ???🤔
List of all Christian bible translations???
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What @Oncefallen and @Dino246 said and also do read the preface and introductions in these bibles and the supporting material about who was involved and their purpose in translating. There is usually a large committee of translators who are expert in the original languages and they will explain their translation philosophy such as trying to be true to the original Greek meaning even if that requires adding English words verse an attempt at a word for word translation which is not really possible but some try to get as close to that as possible.
The list of English Translations in Biblehub.com is long. look up any verse and click on the verse number and a parallel of all the English translations for that verse will show up. At the bottom click on the link for more translations and you will see their full list.
I am currently having fun with the Christian Standard Bible as my preaching bible, but when studying I reference several with the help of Biblehub.com
ESV, NASB, NIV, CSB, KJV, NKJV, Not in that order. I suppose the NIV, and NASB might be the heavyweights in this list. As much as uneducated folks hate on the NIV, it seems to have a very high degree of respect among the Koine Greek to English translator scholar types. And CSB deserves more credit that it has been getting. I think you will see it increase in fame in the future.
ESV is one of the latest functional translations but I am not as impressed as I was a few years ago. Still an improvement over the KJV.
Are the ones I lean toward the most.
I like these because I believe they have attempted what most of us want. As close to a word for word but while keeping the meaning that the Greek readers would have understood when they read it in Greek. This is critical for me. One day I will be able to read my NT in Greek but until then I rely on others who have translated for me and I am wanting to read what the authors intended to say.
There are many English translations like the Living Bible that are free translations or paraphrases and not true translations. They are only good as commentaries are good for helping get ideas of what "might" be the meaning of a difficult text. But they are not very useful for me, I would rather read four or five commentaries of excellent Greek scholars to determine the meaning of a difficult passage than to trust the interpretation attempted by the people behind the Living Bible only.
The list of English Translations in Biblehub.com is long. look up any verse and click on the verse number and a parallel of all the English translations for that verse will show up. At the bottom click on the link for more translations and you will see their full list.
An interesting history about the ASV is found here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri...erican Standard Version, which,(RV) in the UK.
The list of English Translations in Biblehub.com is long. look up any verse and click on the verse number and a parallel of all the English translations for that verse will show up. At the bottom click on the link for more translations and you will see their full list.
I am currently having fun with the Christian Standard Bible as my preaching bible, but when studying I reference several with the help of Biblehub.com
ESV, NASB, NIV, CSB, KJV, NKJV, Not in that order. I suppose the NIV, and NASB might be the heavyweights in this list. As much as uneducated folks hate on the NIV, it seems to have a very high degree of respect among the Koine Greek to English translator scholar types. And CSB deserves more credit that it has been getting. I think you will see it increase in fame in the future.
ESV is one of the latest functional translations but I am not as impressed as I was a few years ago. Still an improvement over the KJV.
Are the ones I lean toward the most.
I like these because I believe they have attempted what most of us want. As close to a word for word but while keeping the meaning that the Greek readers would have understood when they read it in Greek. This is critical for me. One day I will be able to read my NT in Greek but until then I rely on others who have translated for me and I am wanting to read what the authors intended to say.
There are many English translations like the Living Bible that are free translations or paraphrases and not true translations. They are only good as commentaries are good for helping get ideas of what "might" be the meaning of a difficult text. But they are not very useful for me, I would rather read four or five commentaries of excellent Greek scholars to determine the meaning of a difficult passage than to trust the interpretation attempted by the people behind the Living Bible only.
The list of English Translations in Biblehub.com is long. look up any verse and click on the verse number and a parallel of all the English translations for that verse will show up. At the bottom click on the link for more translations and you will see their full list.
An interesting history about the ASV is found here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri...erican Standard Version, which,(RV) in the UK.
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Try the Lexham English Bible (LEB) out. I like the way English is used in it and it has an interesting way of using brackets and italicized words for making it a bit clearer to understand.
Definitely read the preface before reading it to understand the few simple rules to reading it. You should be able to find it on Bible.com, the YouVersion Bible app for mobile, Bible Gateway, E-Sword, and Logos. Logos is the one who published it. It’s free.
Definitely read the preface before reading it to understand the few simple rules to reading it. You should be able to find it on Bible.com, the YouVersion Bible app for mobile, Bible Gateway, E-Sword, and Logos. Logos is the one who published it. It’s free.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri...erican Standard Version, which,(RV) in the UK.
Its just an English translation for YHWH (or rather the Hebrew letters of that tetragrammaton)
It is an attempt to pronounce it but it has been mostly replaced with Yahweh instead. Even that is not for sure.
No one knows the exact way to pronounce the YHWH name so the KJV and others used LORD in all caps.
I don't know if ASV is a bad translation. It is probably as good as the KJV. It's definitely "safe" and Jehovah is not a word that belongs only to the Jehovah Witness cult.
Though it is probably the wrong way to pronounce YHWH. I have read that there is no J sound in Hebrew and is pronounced with a y sound. Jesus, Joshua, Jehovah, none are pronounced with the English J but with the Y sound. I am not a scholar or an English major but I think you get my point.
Its just an English translation for YHWH (or rather the Hebrew letters of that tetragrammaton)
It is an attempt to pronounce it but it has been mostly replaced with Yahweh instead. Even that is not for sure.
No one knows the exact way to pronounce the YHWH name so the KJV and others used LORD in all caps.
I don't know if ASV is a bad translation. It is probably as good as the KJV. It's definitely "safe" and Jehovah is not a word that belongs only to the Jehovah Witness cult.
Though it is probably the wrong way to pronounce YHWH. I have read that there is no J sound in Hebrew and is pronounced with a y sound. Jesus, Joshua, Jehovah, none are pronounced with the English J but with the Y sound. I am not a scholar or an English major but I think you get my point.
Actually, I want to correct a misconception. The ASV is NOT "for Jehovah's Witnesses." Jehovah's Witnesses have definitely used the ASV throughout their history, especially prior to the publishing of their very own Bible (the NWT), but there are a wide range of differences between the ASV and the NWT.
The Jehovah's Witnesses have also used the KJV throughout most of their history (founded in the 1800's). It wasn't until the 1950's that they published the NWT. Prior to that, what versions of the Bible do you think they used? The KJV and the ASV, because there was no ESV, NASB, NIV, NKJV, Lexham, etc.
Again, the ASV is not "for" Jehovah's Witnesses, but they do refer to it in their literature, so I guess I don't understand your objection to it.
The Jehovah's Witnesses have also used the KJV throughout most of their history (founded in the 1800's). It wasn't until the 1950's that they published the NWT. Prior to that, what versions of the Bible do you think they used? The KJV and the ASV, because there was no ESV, NASB, NIV, NKJV, Lexham, etc.
Again, the ASV is not "for" Jehovah's Witnesses, but they do refer to it in their literature, so I guess I don't understand your objection to it.
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