"What are some of the different
translations and
the difference between them?"
Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple,
and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for
thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above
all thy name.
Answer:
N.I.V. New International Version
N.A.S.B. New American Standard Version
N.K.J.V. New King James Version
N.R.S.V. New Revised Standard Version
R.S.V. Revised Standard Version
N.A.B. New Age Bible, etc.
K.J.V. King James Version
Living Bible
New Jerusalem
New Century
The First noticeable difference can be
seen in the fact that only the K.J.V. is not copyrighted.
All the others are copyrighted. The purpose for this
is the Owner’s of the copyright must be paid for
the use of these. If you reprint or quote more than
a certain amount from their versions you must get permission
from the holder of the owner’s copyright.
The second has to do with how they were
translated and which document’s were used for the
translation. All came from only two roads.
The K.J.V. for example came by the way
that is called "Textus Receptius", "Majority
Text", or "Byzantine Text". All the other’s
use a different starting point, this is why there is
a difference in the final product. The other’s
use the "Septuagint" [seventy]. Supposedly,
the King of Egypt [Ptolemy] in 250 B.C. created a greek
old testament with six Jews from each of the 12 tribes.
However, LXX stands for 70 not 72 and remember only
the tribe of Levi was permitted by God to write the
scriptures.
NOTE:
Any Jew living in Egypt would have to
be in disobedience to the command of God.
Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to
himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to
the end that he should multiply horses: forsasmuch as
the Lord said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
more that way.
Jesus never quoted from the Septuagint "Origins".
The Greek used for all but the K.J.V. are the Alexandria
Manuscripts, the Vaticans and Sinaiticus, these two,
disagree with one another over 3,000 times in the
gospels alone. Westcott and Hort could only pick out
what they liked. These men and manuscripts are the
basis for all the new translations. This doesn’t
seem like a better word to me.
The Bible
Why so many different ideas about the Word of
God?
Why do we have so many different English translations?
What are some of the different translations and
the difference between them?
Who are some of the different translators and
the difference between them?
Is there a bigger plan behind the new translations?
Is the King James Version the only Bible?
