Thoughts on the Berean Standard Bible?

[FivePointSpurgeonist]

There hasn't been much discussion on the board regarding this translation, only a post from 5 years ago, so I'm curious to see if anyone has read much of it and what their thoughts are?

I really like the idea of it being similar to the ESV, being somewhere between the ESV and CSB, and I have liked what I have read, but I always have a doubt in the back of my mind about a translations trustworthiness if it hasn't been endorsed by people I trust or from those in the Reformed camp.

I am yet to check out their other versions such as the Berean Literal Bible but their concept of translation tiers looks interesting.

Berean Bible: Examine the Scriptures

 

[Blood-Bought Pilgrim]

I’ve found it very hard to found any reliable information about who the translators were, which makes me reluctant to give it any consideration at all.

 

[pmachapman]

I recently went over Daniel 7-12 in the BSB with a reasonably close eye, and was pleasantly surprised by the translation. It struck me as a more conservative NIV84 for the section I read, and there were only a few translational choices I disagreed with (these were nearly all footnoted, so I can't really complain). I liked the divine pronoun capitalisation in Daniel 7.

The backstory to my using it was my preparation and printing of a set of study notes for this section of Daniel using the translation software Paratext, and my need to use a translation I had a licence to. It filled this role perfectly, and the small group I wrote it for were happy with the translation when reading from it.

I think the BSB's public domain copyright licence is interesting, and we may see it used in non-mainstream commentaries and books when authors desire a dynamic equivalent translation, and want the freedom or cost benefits the licence brings. I am interested to see if people end up using it as a springboard for their own translation work in future because of this.

 

[PointyHaired Calvinist]

The BSB is a fine translation and is what the NIV revision could have been.

 

[Stephen L Smith]

I am started to take a serious interest in this translation, and specifically it's Byzantine Priority Text counterpart - the Majority Standard Bible.

Some questions I am pondering:

• Does the MSB follow the Optimum Equivalent translation approach similar to the CSB. Thus is it more literal than the NIV?
• Do we know who the translators were. I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the standard of translation. The website informs us that the advisory Editors were Dr. Gary Hill, Dr. Grant Osborne, Dr. Eugene H. Merrill, Dr. Maury Robertson, Dr. Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen, and Dr. Baruch Korman. I don't know much about them.

Interested in your thoughts.

 

[WithinThePale]

There hasn't been much discussion on the board regarding this translation, only a post from 5 years ago, so I'm curious to see if anyone has read much of it and what their thoughts are?

I really like the idea of it being similar to the ESV, being somewhere between the ESV and CSB, and I have liked what I have read, but I always have a doubt in the back of my mind about a translations trustworthiness if it hasn't been endorsed by people I trust or from those in the Reformed camp.

I am yet to check out their other versions such as the Berean Literal Bible but their concept of translation tiers looks interesting.

Berean Bible: Examine the Scriptures

Just cast an eye over it, it's really convenient that they offer free downloads in so many formats. I'll be considering it for some projects, although ESV API access might be easier.

 

[davejonescue]

Just cast an eye over it, it's really convenient that they offer free downloads in so many formats. I'll be considering it for some projects, although ESV API access might be easier.

Me too. I have already used it to offer a contemporary KJV counterpart for a M'Cheyne Reading Plan Bible. Was thinking last night about doing a 60 part- 1 hr break up, with audio/video (and to see if I can get the text to line up with the audio; kind of like teleprompter style) to offer a convenient way to go through the Bible several times a year. Its awesome they offer it in spreed-sheet and audio format, and open source.

 

[WithinThePale]

Me too. I have already used it to offer a contemporary KJV counterpart for a M'Cheyne Reading Plan Bible. Was thinking last night about doing a 60 part- 1 hr break up, with audio/video (and to see if I can get the text to line up with the audio; kind of like teleprompter style) to offer a convenient way to go through the Bible several times a year. Its awesome they offer it in spreed-sheet and audio format, and open source.

It's also in the API here: https://bible.helloao.org/docs/guide/ along with a lot of other public domain translations