Bible Versions

[DiscipleOfIAm]

This is not a KJVO or any other type of only
debate!! If you are KJVO, simply state
that you accept that and that alone and be on your way.

Now, I wanted to get the opinion of those here on different translations of the Bible. What is your opinion of the following translations:

- ASV
- NASV
- Companion Bible
- Geneva Bible

This question has been asked numerous times, but since we're here, what is your favorite translation and why?

I'm a fan of the KJV, NKJV, and the NIV. I do not have much experience or knowledge of many others including the ones listed above, hence the thread!

God Bless!

[Logos1560]

What is your opinion of the following translations:

- Companion Bible
- Geneva Bible


THE COMPANION BIBLE is a study Bible edition of the KJV. Its text differs slightly from most present KJV editions in that it has "LORD" in several verses where other present KJV editions have "Lord." While the editor is not stated on its title page, I think that it was supposed to have been edited by E. W. Bullinger [the author of FIGURES OF SPEECH USED IN THE BIBLE, A CRITICAL LEXICON AND CONCORDANCE TO THE ENGLISH AND GREEK NEW TESTAMENT, and some other books]. It has some informative notes and several apppendixes.

The 1560 Geneva Bible was a good overall English translation. It has a long of marginal study notes, making it like present study Bible editions. In at least some verses, the Geneva Bible is clearer, better, and more accurate than the KJV. In some verses, the KJV made improvements and is better than the Geneva.

Benson Bobrick maintained that the Geneva Bible "paid meticulous attention to the Greek and Hebrew originals" (Wide as the Waters, p. 175). Charles Butterworth noted: "The Geneva Bible is above all anxious to be accurate; it is clean-cut, honest, and straightforward; it is both scholarly and pious" (Literary Lineage, p. 236). Concerning the Geneva Bible, Glenn Conjurske asserted: “Accuracy was its main concern and its main characteristic” (Olde Paths, April, 1993, p. 86). Ken Connolly suggested that the Geneva Bible translators "painstakingly worked over minute details of the text, giving a faithful translation and achieving agreement between all the collaborators" (Indestructible Book, p. 155). David Daniell reported: “It was a masterpiece of Renaissance scholarship and printing, and Reformation Bible thoroughness” (Bible in English, p. 291). David Lawton asserted: “The Geneva Bible is a superb production in the tradition of Tyndale” (Faith, p. 64). Kerr wrote: “With the Geneva we have a true ‘people’s Bible‘--written in vigorous English, exhibiting careful scholarship without sounding pedantic, and widely available” (Ancient Texts, p. 93). Frank Gaebelein observed: “Whittingham and his co-workers produced a translation of notable scholarship and beauty” (Story, p. 40). Raidabaugh asserted that “the men who prepared it were scholars acquainted with the original; and, though they derived assistance from other versions, did not follow any of them with servility” (History, p. 45).

[arunma]

This is not a KJVO or any other type of only
debate!! If you are KJVO, simply state
that you accept that and that alone and be on your way.

Now, I wanted to get the opinion of those here on different translations of the Bible. What is your opinion of the following translations:

- ASV
- NASV
- Companion Bible
- Geneva Bible

This question has been asked numerous times, but since we're here, what is your favorite translation and why?

I'm a fan of the KJV, NKJV, and the NIV. I do not have much experience or knowledge of many others including the ones listed above, hence the thread!

God Bless!

Question: by "Geneva Bible," are you referring to the Geneva Bible (that is, the predecessor of the KJV)? Because there's also a modern Bible which I think is called "the Geneva Study Bible," so named because the study notes are written from a Reformed perspective. It has since been renamed the Reformation Study Bible