5 Translations Of The Bible You Should Avoid 

Amen, if you’ve accepted Jesus as your King and Savior, which I believe you have, then the Holy Spirit lives in you and will teach you all things concerning God,Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit. Even if the Bible was removed from us by governments or whoever, the Holy Spirit would still teach us because we are God’s Children and He won’t leave His Children without His Word and Truth. In short, if the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit lives in you, then the Truth of God and the Word of God lives in you. When you read your Bible, you are focusing your attention on God and when that happens, God’s Holy Spirit starts bringing up from within you the Truth of God, this is also true when you pray and are focusing on God at other times as well. God can never be taken away, isn’t that awesome! Rev. Daryl Drennan

@@daryldrennan Amen! The Holy Spirit is our Comforter.

You can love your KJV, but be aware that 17th century scholarship was inaccurate in several places. That was not the translator's fault. The did the best they could with the manuscripts they had to work with. Read the New King James Version (NKJV) where the beauty of the KJV is largely retained, but the translation is accurate.

Diabolical Doctrine: The King James Version Is the Perfect Word of God

Anything in the King James that is in italics has been ADDED to the scriptures. If you add to God's Word then it no longer becomes God's Word. Just as Eve added to the Word it looses it power and authority.

THANK YOU for the list

I always heard that the NIV is not a good translation.

@@debbie94510 I am not a fan of the NIV. It is inconsistent with certain Greek terms. Not the worst one ever, but I cannot recommend it.

Thanks for saving me nearly half an hour! 🙂

Brilliant thank you

Always believe the KJV over the strongs.

AMEN!!! I'll take listening to the Holy Spirit over the so called experts. God said we would have delusion and great deception in the last days, not the new improved.

@eileen. I love the 1611 King James Authorized Version of God's Holy Word the Bible because it's the ONLY version that is inerrant and infallible. It's also much easier to read than the so-called modern versions of God's Holy Word the Bible.

Amen from taiwan 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

eileendunkle • I prefer the Douay-Rheims Bible. It is a few years older than the KJV, but a lot of the KJV contains exact passages taken from the DRB. It has thee and thou, but I love it. Also the (New) and older Jerusalem Bible are very beautifully written. I have never heard a word said against any of these. Good luck.

@@lynettepalecek3141 Who told you it is inerrant and infallible? Because nothing except God alone is those 2 things. Don't get caught in that trap. As I said, my Bible is a little older than KJV, and entire passages taken from it are printed word for word in the KJV. So I guess mine is inerrant and infallible too?

I find KJV scripture much easier to memorize. Also, I hear God's 'tone' when I read it. I have the L B Paraphrased, and use it like a commentary

Thank you

Thank you for listing the 5 translations to avoid. What do you think about the accuracy of thought for thought versions such as NLT? Personally I think word for word is much more accurate.

@@paulajohnson6409 The NLT is a great resource and it is the Bible I often give away to new believers and teach from when talking to young people. I have never done an in-depth verse-by-verse comparison, but the people that have that I trust say that the overwhelming majority of the choices they made in translation were good. The NLT is not a word for word. It is a functional equivalent with a bias toward being much easier to read, and it might seem to cross into a paraphrase category for some people. It is not among my normal personal study translations, but I started in the KJV 40 years ago. Sometimes the language in the NLT is so new it distracts me, so I use the ESV.

Don’t forget NIV, ESV. NLT, NKJV, there is only ONE BIBLE to read. The King James Bible

@@Siaya7 So if you read in another language, you are out of luck? Also, God's promises are bigger than a single translation. He promises if we seek Him, we will find Him in Matthew 7:7-8. There are other well-known verses like Jer 33:3, Isa 55:11, John 16:13, and Rev 3:20 that make similar promises. Tell me, in the KJV, which I know pretty well, where does it say to only read the KJV? Where does it say the Holy Spirit only works if we stay with versions translated from the Textus Receptus? My God is bigger than a single translation. My God planned to have His Word translated many many times over the years into languages that spread It all over the globe (Isa 55:11). The Bible warns us against pharisaical religious requirements and burdening believers with tradition in Matthew 16:6-12 & Acts 15:5-31. In Matthew 23, Jesus warns us against religious elitism, like, "Look at me, I am better than other Christians because I read the KJV." I am not accusing you of this, but be careful. I assume since you have decided the KJV is the only Bible a person can read you might be familiar with the hymn, "Have Faith in God." Put your faith in Him, not the KJV which history tells us had some outside influences while being translated. I am not knocking the KJV, it was my translation of choice for close to three decades. God is bigger than the debate of Textus Receptus vs Critical Text, trust HIM!

Amen!

@Warrior. GOOD FOR YOU!! The KJV Bible is the ONLY version I rely on to tell the truth. It's the ONLY version of God's Holy Word the Bible that is inerrant and infallible.

Me too! It gives you alot of indepthness too when studing. When you are looking up words. I love it!! 🙌🏻

Earlier this week I received my newest purchase from the KJV store. A 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE. Same size and everything. Weighs over thirty pounds. Some of the cars I've owned didn't cost as much as this book. I couldn't care less what any detractor thinks of that.

So you should be convicted of your sin, that’s what we read the Bible for. We need to see the truth and know that we cannot live anyway that we want, and serve God too.

The Holy Spirit is the one who convicted!

Sorry sir. Revelation 22 : 18 and 19 refers only to Revelation. THIS BOOK. Not THE BOOK.

The NKJ version is also a bad one. The old KJ version is better

I too use the kjv and other so called Bibles are incorrect and the niv is poision!

That's not just Tiff who set you straight, it was the Holy Spirit within you who lead you to him. As it says in scripture, "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26). He's called the "Spirit of Truth" for a reason. He will never allow you to continue listening to, believing, or practicing a lie.

Thank you for that valuable information. My first special big Bible was the NIV and I believe that was in the early 80s and it has had to be replaced once or twice but the last NIV I bought was a very large print study Bible, with lots of pictures but I really don’t care for the wording at all so I dug around in my Bible collection and lo and behold found two Charles Stanley NASB bibles. The older one is life application and the newer one is the Life Principles bible. I like the older one The best.

Praying for you and you son and family.

Thank you!!

Why should one think that your god performed the miracle of inspiring the words of the bible if he didn’t perform the miracle of preserving the words of the bible?

Thank you 💓

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, "Don't let a few 'thee's and thou's keep you out of heaven." The ESV and NIV identify Jesus as God in Romans 9:5 where as the KJV doesn't. To name a few

@@againstthepope2362 Unlike the KJV, the ESV and the NIV, and as far as I can tell, all modern bibles rob Jesus of his deity in Philippians 2:6.

@@PlaidRicky1611 this ia a foot note off The Net Bible Translators notes in regard to Phil 2:6 '' The Greek term translated form indicates a correspondence with reality. Thus the meaning of this phrase is that Christ was truly God.'' So, KJV or any other version say the same thing, its just worded slightly different. The word ''robbery '' in greek is ἁρπαγμός (harpagmos) 'something to grasp' (G0725). I believe the NIV translates it best (NIV) who, being in very nature ▼God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;. And verse 7 drives it home

@@againstthepope2362 You're wrong!!

@againstthepope2362 You can't leave out God's Holy name in Philippians 2:6. When you do that, then you're corrupting God's Holy Word the Bible! Shame on you for doing that!! "Correspondence with reality" is definitely NOT the same thing as "God!" Btw, you're wrong about Romans 9:5. The KJV does make it clear that Christ is God. You're just too stupid to understand how to read that version of the Holy Bible.

What did the Apostles think of it?

@vonhalberstadt3590 what a dishonest question, that reveals your heart. We have the very word in the king James Bible that they had.God promised to preserve them. We have them in English today in THE KING JAMES BIBLE. ALL AUTHORITY WORD OF GOD

​@robcrobert the NASB is more accurate.

@johnmabbett6586 Really? I'll give you a sample. NASB1995 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell. The word of God says it differently (Matthew 5:22 KJB But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Notice nasb omitted without a cause. The nasb makes Jesus a sinner by omitting without a cause. Why ? Because Jesus was angry when he drove out the money changers. I could give you many many examples of errors in the nasb. Do you want to compare it with God's word?

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This may sound a tad odd to the uninformed, but Christians need to be more shrewd. Had you said that many of the translations were _less than accurate_ instead of fraudulent, the director probably wouldn't have chopped your comment. Of course, "less than accurate" would've been less accurate than "fraudulent" but it would've achieved the purpose. 😉

I would appreciate if u just mention immediately what biblical translation versions u would Not recommend for us 2 read instead of spending a lot of your time in discussing other insignificant issues 2 avoid wastage of your viewers' time in listening n watching u.Tnx.

So Christians say the Bible is the Word of God ? God has left a book for the salvation of souls yet the Bible can be falsified. Did an all knowing God not know that the book would be changed. The Jews changed the Old Testament on a few occasions They removed MacCabees and other books and Luther followed. Today the Jews are happy to talk of MacCabees.

@@huntongchee4158 He actually said not to even read the NWT, however i regard the NWT to be the most accurate translation.

@@lawrencedavidson6195NWT accurate? Why? Can you point to any verse where it is more accurate than any modern translation?

Idk why you think they're important, lol. But I love the KJV too, & as a teenager with no knowledge of the Bible at all I had no problem understanding what I needed to. As I grew I learned how to look things up & my mom got me a Strongs Exhaustive Concordance, & I've loved it. You can't learn the original language meanings from other versions. I think that alone sets the KJV above the rest.

1Cor.2 [13] Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. - The scriputures themselves are spiritual and the Holy Ghost can teach you thru them.

May this message richly bless you and yours as it has bless me. Many profess believers of Jesus Christ believe that the fourth commandment to keep the Sabbath holy was nailed to the cross and that we no longer have to keep it, while still embracing the other nine commands. Do you believe this? Ask yourself this question: which one or ones of the following Ten Commandments do Jesus wants us to keep and obey? 1. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make or bow down to gpl raven image. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain. 4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 5. Honor thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness. 10. Thou shalt not covet. Answer_________________ The Sabbath command is not only to be kept but it is to be calculated by the Time/calendar God ordained in the beginning of creation, Genesis 1:14. The sun, moon and stars are God’s True Time/calendar not that famous Gregorian calendar hanging on our walls in our houses. The Sabbath is calculated by the sun, moon and stars. This split in God’s law must be repaired!! All of God’s laws, statutes, judgments and testimonies are just and true! We must do things God’s way or else we will be worshipping him in vain. There will be no good reward. God may allow the people that rules this world to enforce some type of Sabbath law to test people to see if they will keep His law or no. Already, there are Sabbath laws/blue laws/Sunday laws on government books today. Friday is not the true Sabbath. Saturday is not the true Sabbath. Sunday is not the true Sabbath, etc., because they are calculated by man’s time/calendars. This information is helpful both now and future, to get back to God’s ways and be able to choose wisely if such a “Sabbath Test” is enforced. Let us read our Bibles, seriously repent of our evil ways, stop worshiping other gods, talking about one another, stealing, killing, lying, fornicating, adultery, disobedient to parents, etc., etc., etc. Worship Him that made heaven, earth and sea. This Babylonian system is falling, the Powers in charge are aware of this fact but they cannot stop it. Their time is coming to an end! Our time is coming to an end! If any worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, the same shall have no rest day or night and they shall be burnt with fire and brimstone. Revelation 13 and 14. Deuteronomy 5 Isaiah 58:12-14. Also, research the “Seven Noahide Laws.” I have heard that these are Jewish laws taken from their book, “Talmud.” The first law forbids idolatry and according to Jewish writings, to believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is idolatry and is punishable by death, decapitation. I have also heard that some of the USA presidents have signed this law under “Proclamation 5956-. Education Day, U.S.A, 1989 and 1990” and, word is that, it is planned to be unleashed on all nations in the future. So, Research and see if these things be truth. May The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

@Mumzy. I agree with you completely!!

@@tims.449 THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT!!!

...Believed to be less than... Not, "then". Sounds like your uncle was a good man.

@@fredthe47th Thank you for your comment, and I apologize for my 'unfortunately' worded statement. Grow up.

​​@edwardpearce9668 Don't feel bad for you choice of words, everybody could understand what you meant. By the way, "unfortunate" would be as wrong as "lucky" according to @fredthe47th 's. narrow criteria. This reminds me of 1st Timothy 6:4. "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings". God bless 🙂

Luck is superstition which is sorcery which is witchcraft that is evil and if Satan God is Sovereign - there is NO luck in Him He is the truth - it’s who He IS 💖👑

​@@fredthe47thUsing the word "lucky" does not always imply paganism. As I've gotten older, I've seen God's providence in what appears to be good luck. It is often unwise to jump to conclusions.

They are writing a lot of bibles to confuse people and some of them are written by atheist so you really got to be careful

Exactly right.. and that includes preachers.

Compare Ps.12:6-7 in those 2 translations. One is preserving, protecting the "word" and the other is protecting people.

I'm thinking you meant "discipling her" rather than "disabling her". Grateful for saints who will lead kids to the Savior and bring them up in the faith.

I would prefer Geneva.

The Geneva Bible is the most accurate and it is a great study Bible..it was translated by my Great Uncle William Tyndale..I ONLY read the Geneva Bible…KJV is completely incorrect..if you go back to who King James was it would self explanatory….

The NIV didn't actually remove anything. It's based on Greek manuscripts that the KJV translators didn't have access to. In 1611 the oldest mss they had access to were from around 800AD and today we have some mss that are from around 100-150AD. And we found that scribes copying the mss sometimes *added* text which ended up in bible translations. The NIV used older mss and didn't include the verses that were not original like the KJV translators unknowingly did.

Same here, I went so far as to get 3- 1917 OJPS The Holy Scriptures from ebay. One was 66 years old "brand new" from 1957. Had it redone in leather calfskin. Good stuff.

NIV is missing no verses at all. However if you compare it to the King James and the Translations based on King James it does not include everything that the KJV has. But the King James is not the original Bible in the least. The NIV went past KJV and straight to the source. You see, you got it backwards. King James has added verses. Look up "niv missing verses" and read for your self how over 100 Biblical scholars went straight to the source and translated the Bible into modern day English. A good in-between NIV and KJV is the ESV which also went straight to the source and sure enough happens to be "missing" the exact same verses.

@@gtrmusic69 NIV has many missing verses, the context is a bit distorted also, some verses also says very different compared to the original scripture. NIV is one of the false bible out there

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I didn't hear the New World Translation, either. That's the one the Jehovah Witness use to prove Jesus isn't God.

TheKJV is the only solid,true, foundational word that should be read by GOD'S people

​@@markhamilton2897Another KJV only false statement.

@@markhamilton2897 it really isn't.

try the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. @@markhamilton2897

Why should one think that your god performed the miracle of inspiring the words of the bible if he didn’t perform the miracle of preserving the words of the bible?

Another translation I would add to your list of translations to avoid is the Common English Bible, which presents itself as more balanced between formal and dynamic equivalence but has a very strong bias toward liberal theology. Where possible it has removed gender references to God and the Holy Spirit, and even references to homosexuality in the book of Romans. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the United Methodist Church and its primary book concern, Cokesbury, heavily recommend this version and also the NRSV-Updated Edition (NRSVue) which has similar problematic issues of translation.

The niv translation is and has been placed in hospitals, prisons, hotels etc. Throughout the world long before modern day translations, i know some verses are missing, just add them in if like me God placed an niv translation on my bedside locker and I can understand the niv translation best, doesn't God know what translation was best for me when I became born again 28 years ago?.

Anything that uses the Latin Vulgate(early 5th Century) is off to a good start. I understand that St. Jerome had access to many older sources that have since been lost

Your so holy show me your ways

Praise God

The new translations use the vaticanus and Alexandrian manuscripts. These translations cause the Word to contradict itself. They also weaken the diety of Christ.

Sorry to hear that!

I have the sane testimony. So grateful for the Life Application NLT which really helped me understand Scripture. I memorize from the NAS. ❤

The NLT (on the recommended list) has the LB in its lineage. Early editions more readily show its heritage.

Global Methodists vs umc Splitting over lgbtquia. Methodists Don t know much if little?

Yes, sad, but sign of the times. I can see the Methodist Church of my Great Grandparents' time period is not the Methodist Church of the last three, four and even five decades.

The Holy SPirit showed me that the Message version is way off! What did the Holy Spirit say to you about the Message bible?

May this message richly bless you and yours as it has bless me. Many profess believers of Jesus Christ believe that the fourth commandment to keep the Sabbath holy was nailed to the cross and that we no longer have to keep it, while still embracing the other nine commands. Do you believe this? Ask yourself this question: which one or ones of the following Ten Commandments do Jesus wants us to keep and obey? 1. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make or bow down to gpl raven image. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain. 4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 5. Honor thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness. 10. Thou shalt not covet. Answer_________________ The Sabbath command is not only to be kept but it is to be calculated by the Time/calendar God ordained in the beginning of creation, Genesis 1:14. The sun, moon and stars are God’s True Time/calendar not that famous Gregorian calendar hanging on our walls in our houses. The Sabbath is calculated by the sun, moon and stars. This split in God’s law must be repaired!! All of God’s laws, statutes, judgments and testimonies are just and true! We must do things God’s way or else we will be worshipping him in vain. There will be no good reward. God may allow the people that rules this world to enforce some type of Sabbath law to test people to see if they will keep His law or no. Already, there are Sabbath laws/blue laws/Sunday laws on government books today. Friday is not the true Sabbath. Saturday is not the true Sabbath. Sunday is not the true Sabbath, etc., because they are calculated by man’s time/calendars. This information is helpful both now and future, to get back to God’s ways and be able to choose wisely if such a “Sabbath Test” is enforced. Let us read our Bibles, seriously repent of our evil ways, stop worshiping other gods, talking about one another, stealing, killing, lying, fornicating, adultery, disobedient to parents, etc., etc., etc. Worship Him that made heaven, earth and sea. This Babylonian system is falling, the Powers in charge are aware of this fact but they cannot stop it. Their time is coming to an end! Our time is coming to an end! If any worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, the same shall have no rest day or night and they shall be burnt with fire and brimstone. Revelation 13 and 14. Deuteronomy 5 Isaiah 58:12-14. Also, research the “Seven Noahide Laws.” I have heard that these are Jewish laws taken from their book, “Talmud.” The first law forbids idolatry and according to Jewish writings, to believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is idolatry and is punishable by death, decapitation. I have also heard that some of the USA presidents have signed this law under “Proclamation 5956-. Education Day, U.S.A, 1989 and 1990” and, word is that, it is planned to be unleashed on all nations in the future. So, Research and see if these things be truth. May The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Does your Baptist church believe, " Once saved always saved"

Thank you. Your 3 Bibles are what I have and believe Christians would be very well taken care of spiritually if they had these three. When I became a believer in Christ, in the triune God, I had a King James Bible, simply a text Bible, later I did get a good King James Reference Bible that I still have. I believe we have too many Bibles and the many that are not true translations are not good as I see it. I love the King James, so readable, published at a time when English was at its best...such common, easy to understand wording, easy to memorize too. I read through it many times, maybe 20 times and that besides using it at church, studying, etc. Last, I saw other "translations" suddenly flooding the market place and I bought & read the Modern Language Bible (also called, The New Berkely Translation by Gerrit Verkuyle(?) and I liked it except for a disturbing verses that showed me, I believe, what I am sure is a strong Arminianism...being a Baptist-Reformed, in the tradition of Spurgeon, etc, I stayed with my reliable, most beautiful translation...King James...and finally though I read through the RSV, King James I said before, I discovered the most accurate translation, the ASV, later revised only a little, called the NASB. I must stop here but I came upon the ESV, which, to me, is the "real King James the 2nd." Thus, I have the 3 dependable ones as you do. ESV is very readable and I read through it, use it a lot, I use NASB too and love it. Excuse the long ramble but naturally a fellow believer may behave this way! Best, w

If you agree with Tiff’s recommendation, can you explain why Matthew 17:21 is not found in the NASB? So removing verses is the new definition of being accurate?

Thank you. I appreciate the information. The NLT is so easy to read and understand.

My NASB has Mathew 17:21. Yours should.

The NASB is not most accurate.

Fully agree! The errors in the NIV are shocking!!

@@natalamakhuva5878 Such as?

@@asmartbajan Quick response. Please read Romans8:1 online in the NKJV, KJV and the NIV. I believe the most critical part of the verse is left out - who live not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit... Brotherly greetings

@@natalamakhuva5878 To me, the more critical part of the verse is "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." The second part is implied by that first. Isn't it?

Amen!

Using the NKJV or NIV together can help understand the KJV Bible! The Good News Version is rubbish, one of the worst translations I have ever owned!

I use AMPC and the NKJV interchangeably.

@@suchatimeasthis1880 Another way to find out if a Bible version is a good one, is by reading *Psalm 23:5.* It says, _"...my cup runneth over"_ other translations (e.g. Good News) says, _"...my cup is filled to the brim"_ _What is this cup and what is in it?_ *Answer* You are the cup, the stuff in the cup is blessings from God! In the AMPC the same basic version as NKJV - Psalm 23 the same

@@suchatimeasthis1880 Also is 1 John 5:7 in the AMPC Bible?_"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one." Most "modern" Bibles omit this verse and claim it was added in the 16th century and wasn't in the original manuscripts!

Please read my comment thank you. God bless.

NKJV is a perversion.

stay away from the New King James bible

Why?

​@@michaelsburger665I Agree

@@fredthe47th thank you for that suggestion. The Bible I use is definitely falling apart and had many notes in the margin.

For Catholics I recommend the DRV.

Order the book In Awe Of Thy Word and you will be blessed by it. It describes that very subject and the whys.

New World Translation is of JW which considers the Lord Jesus as God.

No we do not consider Jesus as the Father. Jesus is the son of God. Read John 14:28. Daniel 7:13. Colossians 1:15, Mathew 28:18, Authority was given to him. Revelation 1:1. John 10:30 they are in harmony with each other. John 17: 21 praying for his disciples - he said make them one like you and I are one. John 17:8 came as Gods representative. The New World Translation is correct and most accurate. It also includes God’s name like in the original transcripts -Psalm 83:18 . Jehovah is God and Jesus Christ is his son. Thank you.

Thanks Helena for setting him straight. We most certainly and rightly believe Jesus is God’s son. God Himself said Jesus is His son 3X- at Jesus’baptism, (mathew 3.17) at the transfiguration (Matthew 17.5) and at Jesus’death (Luke 12:28)