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Puritan Board Doctor
Here's a current list (posted just a couple of days ago) of the best-selling translations. The list was compiled by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, and appears at www.disrn.com.
1. NIV
2. KJV
3. NLT
4. ESV
5. NKJV
6. CSB
7. Reina Valera (Spanish translation)
8. NIrV
9. The Message
10. NASB
A couple of points: (1) it's interesting that, after 19 years of relentless marketing and innumerable versions, the ESV can never seem to break into the top 3, as good as the translation is. It always seems to hover around 4 or 5; (2) the NASB continues its sink into oblivion; (3) it's startling to see that the NIV and the KJV (two very different translations) occupy the two top spots. Does that indicate a split in the Christian mindset about translations, I wonder? And, if you add in #3, that makes it a little stranger yet.
Opinions?
1. NIV
2. KJV
3. NLT
4. ESV
5. NKJV
6. CSB
7. Reina Valera (Spanish translation)
8. NIrV
9. The Message
10. NASB
A couple of points: (1) it's interesting that, after 19 years of relentless marketing and innumerable versions, the ESV can never seem to break into the top 3, as good as the translation is. It always seems to hover around 4 or 5; (2) the NASB continues its sink into oblivion; (3) it's startling to see that the NIV and the KJV (two very different translations) occupy the two top spots. Does that indicate a split in the Christian mindset about translations, I wonder? And, if you add in #3, that makes it a little stranger yet.
Opinions?