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Bible Translations

I thought it might be good before I begin to share the 12 life verses from the bible, to talk about which translation I use. There are 4 translations that I like – King James Version (KJV), New King James (NKJ), New American Standard (NAS), English Standard Version (ESV). There are other versions but they seem to be more of a paraphrase of these translations. For me, I try to stick to translations rather than paraphrases.

This is the order I use these 4 versions: 1) NKJ, 2) NAS, 3) ESV, 4) KJV.

The first 3 were translated from the Greek and Hebrew word for word in todays english while the KJV was translated using old style english.

Of course, there is much study that can be done in just researching which translation is best. I would encourage you to study for yourself concerning these translation and develop for yourself  the standard by which you use your translation.