Your Desert Island Bible?!?

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etexas

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OK, I know some of you are going to think, "Wait a minute! He has done a favorite Translation Thread!" So I have! BUT this is different. A number of you were a tad ;) evasive, responding with everything from "Bible Gateway" to "I cannot decide!" I shall make it easier! (I am such a sweet guy after all!" Plus, we have a lot of new Members since the last poll, So here goes: I am sticking you on an Island with food for 2 years and plenty of water. You only get one book to read, the Bible, you can only have ONE translation. No responding with editions with multiple texts!:) What Translation? Share why if you will. Grace and Peace. MBC:book2::book2::book2::popcorn:
 
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NASB

Mostly because I am familiar with it, and my NASB is nice and big with plenty of margin room for my notes during my two-year stint on the island. :lol:
 
I'll take my ESV Reformation Study Bible.

My second choice would be this one.
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Every Sunday with my son on my lap, as the pastor begins to read scripture I quickly race to the dynamic equivalent pages of The Beginner's Bible and we follow along looking at the pictures. It's fun and a challenge. Yes, there are some illustrations of 'Jimmy the Shepherd' in there. I blurred out 'Jimmy' on the cover.
 
The Original Hebrew and Greek.

Mind you, there is probably more chance of me being stuck on a desert island than there is of me learning these languages. :violin:
 
You said one book to read "the bible", but can it come in two halves?

I would go with
The UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader's Edition and
A Reader's Hebrew Bible

if I'm stuck on an island for two years, might as well spend it getting a LOT better at greek and hebrew.

If those aren't allowed as choices I would bring my ESV Reformation Study Bible but if I was stranded AFTER this October I might switch my choice to ESV Study Bible instead.
 
It is the AV for me. I was brought up reading it but when I came to know the Lord I ended up using the NIV & was a little taken aback when i read the Lords prayer. The last section of it
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
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was missing the same was true of the ESV & a number of other translations that i checked. This led me to do a short study:gpl: on why whole verses were missing in certain translations. The result of this study was that the AV was the Bible for me.

A conclusion that came out of my study was that essentially they all contain the same message & if anyone was worried about what translation to use i would suggest taking it in prayer & let God guide you to His word.

AV, ESV, NIV, NKJV, ASV, NLT etc Many different Bibles but all God's word.

Nice to meet you all by the way :eek:)
 
hmm....

I would have initially said the Reformation Study Bible but after thinking about it, I might go for something like an NASB or AV chain reference.
 
:think: If you won't let me make the case that "the entire Bible is found in the 6 volumes of Matthew Henry's Commentary (so, I therefore should like to take that!)" :p -- I'd have to settle for The New Geneva Study Bible (NKJV).:D
 
King Jimmy!! Scrivener's Cambridge Paragraph Bible specifically.

Nice new avatar etexas, is that you?
 
If I'm stranded I would probably take the NET Bible. Those translation notes are golden and provide more than enough information for me to chew on for two years.

I might also, like a previous poster said, want to bring the Greek and Hebrew Readers editions.

If I had to chose between the two, I would probably pick the NET Bible, because it is loaded with Greek and Hebrew in the footnotes and so is about as close to best to both worlds that I could get.

On the flip side, I would hate to lose my Greek and Hebrew skills.....

AHHHHH!!!!!!!
 
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If I'm stranded I would probably take the NET Bible. Those translation notes are golden and provide more than enough information for me to chew on for two years.

I might also, like a previous poster said, want to bring the Greek and Hebrew Readers editions.

If I had to chose between the two, I would probably pick the NET Bible, because it is loaded with Greek and Hebrew in the footnotes and so is about as close to best to both worlds that I could get.

On the flip side, I would hate to lose my Greek and Hebrew skills.....

AHHHHH!!!!!!!
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Hey, I never said I was making this easy Brother.;) But it is just two years.:):book2::popcorn:
 
Spirit of the Reformation study bible. Even though it is NIV. Since we are in make believe land. Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible edition II in ESV. ;)
 
NIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible - for the notes (not the translation)

OR

The Reformation Study Bible (ESV)

However, since we can only take one Bible, I guess the following should go to some of the rest of you.

For Grymir . . . The Karl Barth Dialectical Study Bible
For Greenbaggins . . . The Authorized Federal Vision Version
For Joshua . . . "You Might be a Redneck If" Study Bible
For JOwen . . . The Zero Population Growth Annotated Bible
For Davidius . . . Versio Vulgata (of course)
For Daniel Ritchie . . . The Praise and Worship Study Bible
For etexas . . . The Living Bible
For Ivan . . . The New Arminian Standard Version
For Ivanhoe . . . The Patriot's Americanism Bible
For Jerusalem Blade . . . That's easy . . . practically any recent translation or paraphrase
For North Jersey Baptist . . . The Revised Singing in the Shower Version
For Naphtali Press . . . The Joel Osteen "You Can Be A Better You" Version
For Pilgrim . . . The Revised Parallel Credo - Paedo Study Bible
For py3ak . . . Dios habla hoy (1979)
For Semper Fidelis . . . Either the Mennonite Peace Bible or the Four Spiritual Laws Study Bible
For VirginiaHuguenot . . . Begining Readers Version

Sorry folks, that is all of the Bibles I had on my shelf.
 
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