Tell me what you LIKE about the NKJV Bible?

[Christian1stBaptist2nd]

I LOVE the KJV Bible......probably always will.........BUT...there ARE some passages that are difficult to understand ( I know you can "figure" them out with study), but why should you have to?....anyway, I think the NKJV is a VERY GOOD translation also...as a matter of fact MOST, including my Pastor, use it in our church.my Pastor preaches from it, and YES, he is a VERY fundamentalist preacher...believes in God's Word 100%.......my question is...........what do YOU think about it??............what do you LIKE about it?.........let's talk about the NKJV ONLY.........no KJV bashing please.

 

[MatthewDiscipleofGod]

I LOVE the KJV Bible......probably always will.........BUT...there ARE some passages that are difficult to understand ( I know you can "figure" them out with study), but why should you have to?....anyway, I think the NKJV is a VERY GOOD translation also...as a matter of fact MOST, including my Pastor, use it in our church.my Pastor preaches from it, and YES, he is a VERY fundamentalist preacher...believes in God's Word 100%.......my question is...........what do YOU think about it??............what do you LIKE about it?.........let's talk about the NKJV ONLY.........no KJV bashing please.

Things I like about my NKJV Bible.

1. John MacArthur has a study Bible that is in NKJV and his study notes are the best I have seen, and I have seen many study Bibles.

2. Most NKJV Bibles, if not all, will have notes on the bottom of pages giving you the readings of the Majority and Minority texts. The main text though is from the TR just like the KJV.

3. I believe the NKJV uses more accurate manuscripts then most modern Bibles such as the NASB, ESV, NRSV and NIV. I believe the Majority is correct and the TR is closer to this compared with the Minority. Also the NKJV does tell you what the Majority has in the notes on the bottom as mentioned before so I get the best of both worlds.

4. The NKJV Bible is more word for word then many common translations such as the NIV. From my Greek studies I find this important. Sometimes translators, such as those for the NIV, take to much liberty in their translations. I do believe EVERY word of God is important, not just general ideas (atleast the ideas those translators thought were there).

5. Our IFB church offically uses the NKJV Bible. Sometimes they may use the KJV but it still is easy to follow along. The same can't be said with a person reading from the New Living Translation, The Message or the NIV and trying to follow allong with the NKJV or KJV.

I could go on but supper is ready! Also please lets honor the op's request and not turn this into a KJV debate. I just wanted to answer him as honestly as I could.

 

[MrJim]

I keep one handy be the monitor for stuff, and have a Thompson Chain Reference in NKJV, also have a New Geneva Study Bible (think they call it the Reformation Study Bible now-calvinist study bible extraordinaire) in NKJV, but it seems I alway end up carrying my old Scolfield KJV...don't really pay attention to the notes, but I can find anything in there-I've had it 20 years.

I've never really come across anything wrong personally, but was educated by...maybe Hagios, about some inconsistencies in comparing with the KJV, stuff I didn't know about...and what I expected with the NKJV was KJV in better language.

One thing that is interesting in old english is the difference between you and thou. Read that you was plural and thou was singular, but in new language it's all "you" so some of the meaning can be a bit off...just something I picked up somewhere but I could be wrong.

 

[JacobHall86]

I like that it has a good color to it so that it livens up my bookshelf while I use my ESV.

 

[JimfromOhio]

My main translation is NKJV. I love KJV however NKJV is my primary translation. Easier to read and better language for me to ponder my spiritual relationship with God.

I use other translations (non-KJV) as part of the Great Commission.

 

[BereanTodd]

* It is in the language of today and that is a good and an important thing. It is the problem that spurred the many Enlglish and German language Bibles of the medieval period, of which the KJV is an example. It is important for the people to have the Bible in their own language, and the KJV is, simply put, not a spoken language any longer. The NKJV is more accessable, more understandable, and that is a good thing. It is a great thing.

* It is still a majority text Bible (I am somewhat in between the two camps. For most of my Christian life I've been closer to the early text side, lately I'm moving more towards MT)

 

[KOTTMatt]

I have NKJV and I'm reading New Testament and then I'll read Old Testament then, I'm thinking about buying a different translation and read that and repeat that process for awhile. but I'll probably use my NKJV for Church on Sunday and Youth Group.

 

[JPPT1974]

I love the KJV & NIV as it shows the red
Words where Jesus spoke and also the KJV
Language is the language that they spoke in
Those times but the NIV is easier to read.
So I have both.

 

[Vince53]

I like it because it is an excellent translation of the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Received Text. After 37 years of the KJV, I have been surprised at how much I have learned when using an excellent modern-English translation.

To be fair, the NKJV does mess up on translating some of the words in passages involving divorce, as does the KJV. And, No, I have never been divorced.

 

[anonomiss]

the poetry. especially in psalms, song of solomon and proverbs

 

[trentlogain2]

I like that it has a good color to it so that it livens up my bookshelf while I use my ESV.

Hah.../cry

 

[JM]

The "King James" part.

 

[the particular baptist]

I just bought a Thompson Chain NKJV and bonded with it immediately. I own ESV's and like them very much but i wanted a very good reference Bible and the Thompson Chain only comes in KJV, NKJV, & NIV.

 

[LiturgyInDMinor]

I saw this thread and just want to show my support for the NKJV, it's a wonderful translation and to me easily absorbed.
My ESV is my co-equal for my main 2 translations.
I love how the NT is so so close to the KJV it's almost identical.

Thanks for listening.

 

[LiveInSpirit]

I have the NKJV MacArthur Study Bible and really like it. I like that it is more similar to the KJV than the NASB. I like switching back and forth from the NASB to NKJV and using the NIV for cross reference.

I highly recommend owning a NKJV Bible.

 

[mlqurgw]

I will keep my King James thank you.