tellville
Puritan Board Junior
I need a Bible. Money is not the issue. It's my education, this forum, and my personal needs.
I use to read the NIV all the time. I had a NIV Student Bible since I was able to read. I read that Bible till it fell apart. Then I started University, and the NIV was crushed to pieces. The NASB and NRSV were encouraged, the NRSV being the officially endorsed Bible of the school (all our papers had to quote it, etc.)(this wasn't because it is an NRSV-Only type school, but rather to encourage the students to start reading a translation other then the NIV and NLT).
So, I began using the NRSV (we were instructed to get the Oxford Annotated version). The notes and essays were pretty Liberal, and the translation I thought was ok. The notes were a little sparse for my new increased curiosity.
I started hearing good things about the ESV, that it was like the NASB, but more readable. So I jump onto that. However, the only version that is of any quality and has a typeface that I can kind of read for longer then 10 minutes (due to font size) is the Scofield III version. The notes are pretty sparse, and not really Reformed in any way. I wish the ESV reformation Bible had a bigger font
Then I come here, and the KJV and its underlying texts are advocated like crazy. But if I am going to read the KJV, I need a Bible that has a good amount of notes, definitely more then Oxford Annotated and Scofield. because KJV English is a little difficult for me to understand. However, I would like Reformed notes if possible.
The 1599 Geneva looks possible, but I don't know whether the font is easy reading, and I am worrisome about the English being even harder then KJV. I've also thought about the Matthew Henry Study Bible.
But just when I think I might go the KJV route, my 4 years of Biblical study, Greek, Hebrew, James Whitep), and most people I know come to haunt me and encourage me to use a more modern, critical, translation.
This is driving me crazy! And it's making it hard for me to read the Bible now because I am struggling with the Bible I should use.
My wife reads the Spirit of the Reformation NIV Bible, and she has no problems with it. For her, the notes make up for any deficiency in the translation.
I wish I spoke some other obscure language fluently where there was only 1 translation of the Bible, then this problem wouldn't exist. Maybe once I move back to Quebec and my French becomes fluent I can switch over to a French translation
Please pray for me, and please, if you have any advice, please give it!
Edit:
Ideally, I am looking for a Bible that has a good font size (at least 10 for the main text), Reformed or very good study notes, and is accurate.
I use to read the NIV all the time. I had a NIV Student Bible since I was able to read. I read that Bible till it fell apart. Then I started University, and the NIV was crushed to pieces. The NASB and NRSV were encouraged, the NRSV being the officially endorsed Bible of the school (all our papers had to quote it, etc.)(this wasn't because it is an NRSV-Only type school, but rather to encourage the students to start reading a translation other then the NIV and NLT).
So, I began using the NRSV (we were instructed to get the Oxford Annotated version). The notes and essays were pretty Liberal, and the translation I thought was ok. The notes were a little sparse for my new increased curiosity.
I started hearing good things about the ESV, that it was like the NASB, but more readable. So I jump onto that. However, the only version that is of any quality and has a typeface that I can kind of read for longer then 10 minutes (due to font size) is the Scofield III version. The notes are pretty sparse, and not really Reformed in any way. I wish the ESV reformation Bible had a bigger font
Then I come here, and the KJV and its underlying texts are advocated like crazy. But if I am going to read the KJV, I need a Bible that has a good amount of notes, definitely more then Oxford Annotated and Scofield. because KJV English is a little difficult for me to understand. However, I would like Reformed notes if possible.
The 1599 Geneva looks possible, but I don't know whether the font is easy reading, and I am worrisome about the English being even harder then KJV. I've also thought about the Matthew Henry Study Bible.
But just when I think I might go the KJV route, my 4 years of Biblical study, Greek, Hebrew, James White
p), and most people I know come to haunt me and encourage me to use a more modern, critical, translation. This is driving me crazy! And it's making it hard for me to read the Bible now because I am struggling with the Bible I should use.
My wife reads the Spirit of the Reformation NIV Bible, and she has no problems with it. For her, the notes make up for any deficiency in the translation.
I wish I spoke some other obscure language fluently where there was only 1 translation of the Bible, then this problem wouldn't exist. Maybe once I move back to Quebec and my French becomes fluent I can switch over to a French translation
Please pray for me, and please, if you have any advice, please give it!
Edit:
Ideally, I am looking for a Bible that has a good font size (at least 10 for the main text), Reformed or very good study notes, and is accurate.
