Bible Translation Tournament! Sweet Sixteen - Which Bible translation is the best?

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@wildmangeorgesrcchannel6916 Год назад

You cut the csb out too soon you should have done more research on the csb

@joshwagar3166 Год назад

The "mistakes" in The Passion Translation are not mistakes. They are changes deliberately added by one man in an attempt to create a Bible translation that is in harmony with his unbiblical NAR theology.

@almillard2946 Год назад

Loved your tournament, agreed with your logic…right up to the finals. For me, NKJV takes it, for readability, layout, ease of memorizing, the great notes showing different texts,and its ability to easily help with archaic language used in the KJV. That said, can’t lose any sleep over your choice, the KJV is timeless. Always enjoy your content and comments, thank you for taking the time!

@eclipsesonic Год назад

25:46 - Every KJVO is going to be like: "You redeemed yourself, brother." 😂😂

@WordMadeFlesh777 Год назад

L😂L so true!! Funny!

@R9500pro1 10 месяцев назад

Yep. He just re-affirmed their sincere, but misplaced convictions 😆

@WesleyChamp-k5h 5 месяцев назад

One of the reason for new translations is to get away from KJV

@Nick-wn1xw 3 месяца назад

@@WesleyChamp-k5h and for VERY good reasons!

@cameronborders2847 Год назад

I’d love to see a tournament but with Systematic Theology’s

@jonathanvickers3881 Год назад

Not a tournament but he does have a video addressing this issue. (You’ve probably seen it.)

@cameronborders2847 Год назад

Here’s the first 16 I could think off 1. Calvin’s Institutes 2. Bulinger’s Decades 3. Turretin 4. A Brakel 5. Van Maastricht 6. Hodge 7. Boyce 8. Bavink’s 4 Vol Dogmatics 9. Bavink’s Wonderful Works of God 10. Vos 11. Dabney 12. Grudem 13. Frame 14. Letham 15. Berkof 16. Beeke & Smalley

@PaulSwansonIdAu Год назад

This needs to happen.

@SamuelVanAgteren Год назад

@@cameronborders2847 You definitly got it right. Calvin's Instititutes is number one lol.

@toolegittoquit_001 9 месяцев назад

Closer to a death match 😬

@sandersdca Год назад

Even if only for literary and historical reasons, the KJV is in a class by itself. I like and use several modern translations, but I could never be without the KJV.

@WordMadeFlesh777 Год назад

Yes I have a few modern translations and there is just something special about the KJV I just keep going back to it time and time again…the more you read it the easer it is to read and it flows like no other, period. The NKJV is close but still the KJV just hits hard.

@AmosAAnderson Год назад

For a lot of people the CSB fits the category that the NIV used to fill. It's accurate and easy to read. I use it side-by-side with my ESV, the ESV being my primary translation.

@christianchavez4086 Год назад

100%!

@michaelragnanese 10 месяцев назад

The CSB is a excellent bible translation. It's an original translation that combines both word for word and thought for thought

@gerritgeurs6093 Год назад

I appreciate that you gave the BSB and MSB some airplay in this tournament.

@MartinLujanJr.-ek8pj Год назад

King James ❤️

@michaelmannucci8585 Год назад

Strongly disagree with ESV over LSB. It sounded basically like "I don't know much about the LSB, and I like the ESV personally, therefore the ESV is a better translation than the LSB". Really weird take as the LSB without question is more consistent and faithful to the original language than the ESV. And then ESV over NASB? Very strange.

@cfrost87 Год назад

The BSB and CSB are both really good for reading and evangelism, imo. I think they are really good translations for people new to the faith, as well, since they are both very readable, but also very accurate.

@PrentissYeates Год назад

I’ve told this before but in 1985 , I was in a barber shop waiting on a haircut. My pastor got out of the barber chair, and I asked him, “ what’s the best Bible translation to read”. He quickly answered, go pick up a copy of the “ New” King James Bible, the Greek is very good.” I went to the local Baptist bookstore and paid 12$ for a burgundy leather NKJV reference bible. I read plenty various bible translations. But end the night with a reading from the KJV and finish with the NKJV. God bless Dr. D.L. Lowrie.

@jimsuttinger1053 Год назад

Your top 3 are my top 3 but NKJV wins in my bracket. I cut my teeth on KJV then NIV in the 80’s. When I started my Reformed journey it was the New Geneva Study Bible in NKJV. Now mostly ESV in church. My personal study is NKJV/ESV. I’ve been dabbling with the Tyndale, LSB and BSB for reference.

@45paisley Год назад

NKJV is my top with the BSB as a supplementary.

@jamestrotter3162 Год назад

I heard a preacher say one time that someone told him that he should get a Living Bible. He replied, " I will if mine ever dies." He only used the KJV.

@CCiPencil Год назад

😂

@halstonmann8676 Год назад

Love it!!!!

@edschermerhorn5415 Год назад

Thank you pastor, but I give the edge in the final to the NKJV because of the modern words (archaisms you mention)

@scottyburleson728 Год назад

I have come to love the New English Translation and use it as my primary study Bible.

@kevinbrown348 Год назад

Completely agree. Can't go wrong with any of these three.

@jamesaburks Год назад

NKJV, KJV, and ESV are great. Hard for me to put them in a rank order. In my opinion, NKJV/KJV, Geneva, ESV, and LSB/NASB are top group (Champion). Next group are NLT, AMP, and CSB. Cool vlog! 🤟☕📖

@jscottnewland Год назад

I am a huge ESV fan and probably have a dozen different ESV;s of different sorts, but I tell you I have spent the last 6-8 months in the LSB and the more I compare it and the more I read it, the more I love it. One of the things I did not realize so much about the ESV until I started really side by side compare with LSB was how much the ESV reads like Yoda ( Star Wars) And now that I seen it, I can't unsee it!!! Also compare john 5:4 in ESV with the LSB ( or KJV) oh wait you cant because it does not exist in the ESV and I find that verse helpful in explaining the pool

@NathanDFoust-john146 Год назад

Excellent stuff, the only part I disagree with is the CSB, which is ranked higher on my list other than that I agree. :) Blessings, Dr. Everhard.

@gogos869 Год назад

Love it. Great concept and explanations! I have a better understanding now of all the translations! Love you lots❤

@ballietoflexheim Год назад

I have all of the final 4 (2020 NASB) and the 2003 HCSB, the 1978 NIV, the 1952 RSV. I love them all to see word differences and similarities when trying to figure out what is to be understood. My go to BIBLE is the ESV.

@WilliamSwartzendruber Год назад

The CSB exists to be nearly as approachable as the NIV without being as speculative. Its footnotes are also second to none.

@epicturnip Год назад

Great video! I always love anything to do with bible translations. NKJV was the first bible I ever read cover to cover with a Bible in a year reading plan about 15 years ago. Did that a couple times, then moved to NIV for a few years, then settled on ESV. NKJV will always have a special place in my heart but I think ESV will always be my Desert Island bible.

@Particularly_John_Gill Год назад

LSB >

@petermillist3779 Год назад

You say why does the CSB exist. But I think you could say the same thing about the LSB. With the nkjv and NASB, what’s the point of the LSB?

@MAMoreno Год назад

The point of the LSB is to express John MacArthur's disdain for the light smattering of gender-inclusive italicized words added to the 2020 NASB. And considering that the NASB itself is already the conservative reaction to the RSV, it's mindboggling that we now have a conservative reaction to the NASB. You can see how desperate the update was needed just by comparing the various forms of Romans 12.1 in the NASB tradition. NAS77: I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, _which is_ your spiritual service of worship. NAS95: Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, _which is_ your spiritual service of worship. NAS20: Therefore I urge you, brothers _and sisters,_ by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, _which is_ your spiritual service of worship. LSB: Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice-living, holy, _and_ pleasing to God, _which is_ your spiritual service of worship. To think: this whole time, we thought that Paul was talking to the women, too. Glad that the Master's Seminary set us right on that one, am I right?

@petermillist3779 Год назад

@@MAMoreno disagree entirely re “ gender inclusive” as you put it. It’s a wonder you’re not Kjv only!

@MAMoreno Год назад

@@petermillist3779 Why would I be KJV Only? The KJV doesn't clearly acknowledge that women are being addressed by Paul, either. When the NASB editions of the 1970s and 1995 use "brethren," they use it in the modern, specialized sense where it means "members of a church, regardless of sex." But in 1611, "brethren" simply meant "brothers," so it gave the impression that a male audience was intended. I can only assume that you didn't pick up on my sarcasm. I was not being nice to John MacArthur.

@jeffturnerjr0323 Год назад

This was fun Matt… love it!

@AnthonyMarcus0115 Год назад

Pastor Everhard, you nailed it! I agree with the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place, brother! You’re right you can’t say no to the AV! I have a question about the Jonathan Edwards Study Bible (you are amazing for doing this project by the way): I completely understand why the NKJV is chosen for the project and why that translation is being done first, but is it feasible that later on we could also get it an edition of it (with the same notes and all) in the KJV?

@parkermiley8599 Год назад

I have just started using the LSB as my main Bible over the ESV which I have used for years.

@NathanDFoust-john146 Год назад

Wonderful. Blessings

@christianchavez4086 Год назад

Is it much different than the NASB95?

@wilsongoins1646 Год назад

NKJV for the win!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@linjicakonikon7666 6 месяцев назад

Thou hast done exceedingly well.🏆

@jacksonbooth2462 Год назад

Seeing who was doing this video, there was no doubt in my mind which translation would ultimately prevail. Truth is, there is no “winner” of the best translation as Bible translations are purely a personal choice, especially among the 4 top contenders shown in this video. And frankly, the the most important Bible is the one you always look forward to reading, because no matter what translation it is, it’s always better than no Bible at all.

@jevonmatthews8616 Год назад

I keep hearing Joe Esposito “You’re the Best” Karate Kid theme song music in my head while watching this.

@alanmilnes1264 10 месяцев назад

That was fun, I'd go ESV, NLT, NKJV personally.

@congaronbo 10 месяцев назад

This was fun. I'll go NASB, KJV, NIV. I have those.

@RevanJJ 4 месяца назад

I hope you keep making videos. These are great!

@tiffanystroman987 Год назад

Loved this and loved how you placed and rated each one and especially love where the NKJV was ranked that is my favorite translation but there would be no NKJV without the KJV so ❤

@eternallogic6394 11 месяцев назад

My favorite is also the NKJV. But I love the KJV for the legacy and tradition it created.

@tjmaverick1765 Год назад

I really like the Berean Standard Bible. And I would take the NASB over the ESV any day.

@MrGhostwolf999 Год назад

Are you really getting the very best, most accurate information by not using the latest manuscripts, in a language not well suited for today's English reader? Most people that read the KJV in my experience are lacking in their comprehension of various words. JMO I like the tournament concept.

@jayandrew87 Год назад

Is that you Mark Ward? Jk haha. By latest MSS you mean oldest or best right? This is subjective & not settled by consensus. Look into archaic mark, p2427. What ‘scholars’ deem to be best isn’t always what it seems. Agree on readability & for that reason NKJ is top tier.

@alewoanna 13 дней назад

I’m not into sports but I enjoyed it! What do you think about the NET? I own ESV and KJV and want a good thought-for-thought translation that wouldn’t be too language-inclusive. Thank you.

@TruLuan 3 месяца назад

Douay Rheims is the best translation. God Bless 🙏

@willIV9962 Год назад

No NET? It should have at least made the play in round.

@MatthewEverhard Год назад

Forgot!!! ❤

@matthewshedden1818 Год назад

@@MatthewEverhard CEB as well. Although I'm guessing it would lose to most translations.

@jimmu2008 Год назад

@@MatthewEverhardI want a rematch 😂

@KatWilton Год назад

Oh, and I have a CSB Chronological Bible that I really like. It's set up for 6-days-a-week reading to read through the whole Bible in a year, and as I said, it's chronological. I find it helpful because it orients me in time as I'm reading; I can see which prophets are active during which reign. The BIG thing I love about this Bible is NOT the translation (I find some phrases clumsy - "Lord of Heaven's Armies" vs "Lord of Hosts" for one), but the LAYOUT!!!! It has an awesome text size (9pt?), it's single column, and it's got LOTS of space in the margins. I would say it's like a wide margin, but a bit more generous, perhaps due in part to the single column/font size combination. If I could get the NKJV, the ESV, and the NASB in a text set up like this, I'd be a happy camper ;-)

@ChristIsLord247 Год назад

You can get the ESV and the nkjv in the chronological study bible form. Honestly, I printed out a reading list for the chronological order of the bible. I tend to get lost while in the prophets a bit, but I found this to be more chronological than the chronological bible itself is and allows me to use whatever translation I want.

@randyshaum428 Год назад

Kat, You're right! I'm reading through the CSB Chrono Bible this year and I'm really enjoying it. It transforms the way you see the OT canon of Scripture because you understand the timeline so well. CSB is NOT necessarily my favorite translation but works well for that format.

@keithbrewer9927 4 месяца назад

Those three in a parallel Bible would be great.

@LastTrump7 4 месяца назад

Where did you get the CSB in chronological order and especially single column?

@AmericanShia786 Год назад

Your final four is exactly my final four. The Geneva Bible would be number five. Guy Montag might agree. 🙂 Thanks for announcing the Majority Standard Bible. I hadn't heard of it til now. I plan to purchase a copy. Great video. I had to chuckle several times at the match ups. Long Live The King!

@americanswan 4 месяца назад

My favorite Bible is the NASB for daily use. The Geneva Bible, Wycliffe Bible, KJV, NKJV, RSV1952 are all excellent for different reasons. I would love a beautiful, leather updated Geneva Bible with modern spelling and the archaic words and phraces fixed with all the notes.

@survivetolife Год назад

Nice tourney! My tournament has 1. ESV, 2. NASB, 3. NKJV

@scotteramsey Год назад

Boo!!! ESV was robbed!!! The fix was in. HAHAHA Excellent video!!

@kigensama Год назад

I was legitimately shocked you picked the NKJV over ESV, from the beginning i thought you would of picked it atleast second .... I know you are a huge fan. I have to ask though if it wasn't for your work on the study bible, leading you to become more intimate with the NKJV, would you of still gone with NKJV over it?

@WontonDisciple Год назад

It's actually not a surprising pick considering he's a Majority Text guy.

@sbs8331 Год назад

Good video and analysis. I guess my main question is if the NKJV & KJV are the top 2 why does Pastor Matt still stick with the ESV? The analysis of the Berean Standard Bible was pretty accurate, though I find myself using it more and more. Its textual footnotes are superior to the NKJV, and it has a good combination of clarity and accuracy. It also avoids the ESV's occasional, somewhat annoying Yoda-isms. I recently used its audio version on Bible Hub to go thru the Bible and was blessed. Will it find a nitch and become popular enough to survive and grow? Yes, the jury's still out, but i pray so, though I will switch to its Majority version if/when it goes to print, and provided it moves the TR-only readings, e.g. the Comma Johanneum, from the text to the footnotes. Otherwise it'll be another TR translation. Are we blessed to be able to have this analysis with the plethora of excellent translations available in English?

@GrantSwanepoel Год назад

I use CSB. It is the best text to read day to day. ESV for study.

@robertdeuel4332 Год назад

Simple on CSB. Good middle ground for all around use with transparent translation footnotes. Unlike the NIV which does not often give you footnotes. The LSB in my mind is unnecessary since it is just the 95 mostly with Yahweh instead of the captial LORD rendering. But all in all good video.

@NathanDFoust-john146 Год назад

I agree about the LSB, it isn't really necessary in my opinion.

@robertdeuel4332 Год назад

@NathanDFoust-john146 If the 95 had been discontinued, then maybe I could see the point but neither Lockman or Zondervan have any plans to stop producing 95 editions.

@JonathanMeyer84 Год назад

I 100% agree with you on the final four. I realize it would be very difficult to set it up this way from the start, but regardless would have liked to see ESV vs NASB and KJV vs NKJV as the matchups. As the two pairs are similar to each other, it would essentially be a "who does it better" for the critical text (ESV/NASB) and the same for the TR (KJV vs NKJV). Based on those match-ups, it looks like you'd have the ESV as king of CT Bibles and the KJV as king of the TR Bibles. At that point, if you want to say the KJV is the overall winner that's still perfectly fine. I don't have the same personal affinity for the KJV so personally I'd pick the ESV in that final match, but hey, it isn't my video.

@leopoldodah9346 Год назад

NLT is my favorite. French is my native language

@jessethomas3979 Год назад

As much as I understand "liking" a translation, I think staying closest to the orginal manuscripts is more important, since that's what was inspired by God. Which is why I wouldn't go with translations based on the TR, especially for regular reading since I don't usually check the footnotes. I love the NKJV, got my JMac study Bible in that version, so not dismissing them. I would put the ESV and NASB over the KJV and NKJV for that reason. Also, while the KJV is definitely beautiful to read with it's archaic language, I would prefer a translation I understand more clearly, so would prefer the NKJV over that. Clarity over beauty for me.

@jayandrew87 Год назад

“Original MSS” is subjective and the matter is not settled by consensus. TR or MT are much safer than CT which omit many portions of scripture with doctrinal consequences.

@davidchupp4460 Год назад

Totally agree with going with the originals. Too bad you’ve been taught the big lie of the critical text being the oldest and best when the exact opposite is true.

@slickbill9488 5 месяцев назад

the closest to the original is 100percent the KJV not the catholic critical text

@AlexVassiosOfficial Месяц назад

I'm hung up on the CSB. I heard a lot of good arguments and reasoning behind most of the other translations, but there wasn't much reason given against the CSB other than, "I don't know why it exists." I've used the CSB for a while and find it to be quite a good translation for reading and ease of understanding.

@LarryWilliams-xu8qs Год назад

I totally agree with your “Final Four”, and ultimately the Winner. There is no escaping the legacy, beauty and power of the King James!

@BackSeatDriver68 2 месяца назад

Great video. Although I might quibble a bit here and there, I’m tracking with your choices … until the last one. And like you I read from your final four on a routine basis. And I truly love the KJV for all the reasons you mentioned. BUT if we could only have one English translation in the English speaking world today for both believers and seekers, I would pick the NKJV. Like you said, it walks that fine line between the KJV’s straight up TR approach and the critical text translations, with TR in the main text and CT and other textual variants in the notes. It is also very KJV friendly to those who grew up in that tradition, while avoiding all sorts of “false friends” and archaic language that might frustrate and confuse the seekers. Thanks again for this great video.

@Beefcake1982 Год назад

I agree completely with the final four. In fact those are the versions that I keep in my house. However when it comes to NKJV vs KJV I just can’t see sticking with the KJV. I have spent a lot of time comparing versus in those two, and it seems to me that the NKJV says everything the KJV says except in my version of English, which makes it far easier for me to understand and learn from.

@davidchupp4460 Год назад

Really? I’m surprised you haven’t noticed the problems with the NKJV. Changing ARE saved to BEING saved. Changing ARE sanctified to BEING sanctification are major problems with my theology and for sound doctrine.

@Beefcake1982 Год назад

@@davidchupp4460 What matters is what the original author wrote. I’ve watched the debates. The KJV is not the most accurate Bible translation. All of the others say being saved including the NASB. There is a video by John Piper in his desiring God series explaining “being saved”. Have you watched the KJV only debates?

@davidchupp4460 Год назад

@@Beefcake1982 I’ve studied everything extensively. Anyone believing the big lie is beyond me.

@davidchupp4460 Год назад

@@Beefcake1982 that’s false that the KJV isn’t accurate. All translations before it say the same thing. It’s the Christian LEFT and it’s usage of the critical text from Wescott and Hort basically two unbelievers that are off.

@Beefcake1982 Год назад

@@davidchupp4460 Do you think Dr James white is left or an unbeliever?

@Matthew-307 Год назад

This is such a fun idea! Good job, brother.

@ChrisWillsIt 11 месяцев назад

My Top 5 are: 1. ESV 2. NASB 3. NKJV 4. KJV 5.NIV I prefer Word for word and readability

@dejectedsoup9181 Год назад

I know this is totally biased and based on your preferences but it woulda been helpful for me to see your perspective if you had actually spent some time in all the translations. Maybe its just because I love the LSB but I think the LSB is a better version of the NASB and shouldve made it further.

@dpbeardslee Год назад

I have the same problem with the KJV as I do with Shakespeare - I don't understand that archaic English, and if I don't understand it what good is it doing me? It's like reading a foreign language. Words convey meaning, and it's the meaning that's important. Modern English is what I speak and understand, so my preference is for a translation that is written in modern English. It makes it so much easier to grasp the meaning of the scriptures which I can then apply to my thoughts, deeds, and life in general. I like the ESV a lot, but even that requires some thought and study. I also like the 1984 NIV, mainly because of it's smooth reading. It's written in 7th grade English and I don't have to open a dictionary to find the meaning of words like "pinions." I've read the NIV for many years and just recently transitioned to the ESV, but I find my previous reading of the NIV very helpful in understanding the ESV. Which kind of brings me to my conclusion. Since the scriptures were not originally written in English, and there are nuances in the original languages, I'm of the opinion that it's probably best to have several translations in order to glean the full meaning from the text. Either that or become expert in ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic. ;-) :-)

@ashketchem6511 Год назад

Hello, I don't quite understand your argument 24:38 for KJV/NKJV. Do you think if those preachers were alive after Westcott and Hort published the critical text that they would be using the KJV? Today you have all of these translations to choose from for your church and you choose the ESV, I assume because you want to have a translation that is most accurate to the original manuscripts. For that reason, NASB/ESV are 1st and 2nd, but if I could read and understand Greek, the Interlinear Bible would be 1st. God bless! If you were in Texas I would attend your church. I grew up attending a mainline Presbyterian church (PCUSA), but they have lost their way. Looking back, there wasn't much expository preaching. Sermons were laid out as here is the verse for the sermon, then these random stories to attempt to make the verse fit. I always wondered if these stories were ever true. How can these preachers always have a story to fit the verse they were preaching on? I've since joined a non-denominational Bible church with excellent exposition.

@youngrevival9715 Год назад

I have moved from ESV to the LSB, and then i use the csb, sometimes nlt, and nasb

@rosslewchuk9286 Год назад

Amen to the KJV! I use a facsimile of the Blayney 1769 revision as my first source (for cultural context reasons), and the NKJV for clarity and textual notes. For public reading and teaching Bible classes, I use the NKJV as a solution to archaic words and false friends. The LSB, ESV and NET are very useful CT translations. ALSO: The BSB serves as a good translation with an extremely liberal copyright/usage policy. Thank you for the fun way of sharing your perspectives on modern translations!😊📖🙏

@paulklenknyc 7 месяцев назад

Matthew, our dear sister Gloria Lynn, the middle of seven siblings, grew very strong in her faith as a teenager, and sadly passed away from cancer at age 16. In one of her last attempts to reach out to friends with the Gospel, she gave every single member of her senior high school class a Living Bible, with a message affixed on a plate inside. (The puffy green one.) Some still have it. Yes, she would have been a grandmother by now. Her younger sister is. She’s the one who has the bible.

@justinthyme2666 11 месяцев назад

To me to say if I could have only one I would probably say esv and then say “thankfully in our day we aren’t just limited to one, so make sure you have a kjv.” It’s just seems to me that esv is going to have the most benefits for all maturity levels of believers and kjv can have a lot of land mines or false friends.

@sierragrey7910 Год назад

Great review of versions. Lot of fun and info. My church uses the ESV so it is where I spend then most time. I have the NKJB New Geneva Study Bible, an LSB, and 1984 NIV. I use all those plus the KJV electronically on e-Sword for comparison. The 1984 NIV is for daily Bible reading with my wife as English is her second language and it is the easiest for her to understand. I purchased the LSB in print as I wanted an earlier version of the NASB but I also wanted the name changes for devotions. Very pleased with it. If I had to have one only on a desert island, I would want the NKJB or LSB/NASB.

@andrewlongo689 Год назад

I’m not the biggest fan of the NRSV but I do own an NRSV C.S. Lewis Bible and I do enjoy reading it sometimes. Otherwise I generally prefer the NKJV or CSB for study.

@2Snakes Год назад

This was fun and funny. It's basically a video about which bible translations Mr. Everhard likes best. :)

@KatWilton Год назад

I have been thinking about getting a copy of the Geneva Bible for my collection and have run into that issue with the facsimile editions. Would you, perhaps, post a link to the edition you like, Matthew? I'd really love to check it out!

@allanp3065 Год назад

I got a copy from American Vision.

@pipinfresh Год назад

Get the tolle lege press edition it's the best one.

@nuggetoftruth-ericking7489 7 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this.

@JoshDurston Год назад

Love the video! But feel like you’re off with you’re characterization of the CSB. Even though it can “replace” the NIV it’s much closer to the ESV and NASB (my top two). I appreciate that it doesn’t carry a strong textual basis but rather strives to be a blank slate faithful translation. The CSB is what I used for family devotions with my young kids. But my personal study is mostly ESV and NASB while referencing the CSB. I’m continually impressed with the CSB and rarely disappointed

@DizzySaxophone Год назад

I'd say the purpose of the CSB, is that it is like the NIV84 that is actually available.

@MAMoreno Год назад

I don't think the CSB is more similar to the NIV 84 than it is to the NIV 11. In terms of gender-inclusive language, it lands somewhere between the two (approximately the same place as the NASB 2020).

@Ldgreggbell Год назад

For myself I'm currently using the MEV, for me it seems easier to read than the NKJV, and it keeps more of the KJV translations. I would happily accept the NKJV though, it's the Bible I use in my commute to work. Lastly the CSB seems to be a conservative '84 NIV for the SBC. I do find it's a good dynamic translation yet manages to be more literal than the NIV.

@bethepepper 7 месяцев назад

Great video

@americanswan Месяц назад

I find it interesting that this bracket was nearly a year after your Majority Text uploads, yet you didn't include any obviously Majority Text versions.

@RevanJJ 4 месяца назад

CSB really threw me off last night. Ex 3:8 I believe says “slackers”. Threw me right out right out of the verse. Pharaoh saying slackers? Every other translation I’ve read says idle or lazy. Just throws me off. Like it’s changing just for change’s sake. For me it’s NASB95, LSB, ESV, KJV, NKJV. I love all true non-paraphrase Bibles though. I hope you bought a LSB by now. I was shocked how well and differently it read. Word for word, but easy to read. I have all of these next to me. Even my giant Strong’s Concordance for my KJV. Great video.

@actuallyedge 9 месяцев назад

i disagree with the kjv>nlt. the NLT, or many other newer translations have access to older manuscripts and correct many errors like for example, the 1 John 5:7 mistake that’s in the KJV

@slickbill9488 5 месяцев назад

lol those so called older manuscripts are not better texts, they are gnostic texts and barely ever quoted by any of the early church fathers. They were found with the Catholic Church. they are a corruption plain and simple. Those that claim the critical text is better are calling God a liar when he said he would preserve his word.

@wseejattan Год назад

Read through the Message twice. Loved it. ESV, NKJV, NLT, great however I really love my KJV.

@haydenyuan4720 Год назад

I love the ESV and NASB! Also KJV if I can understand it but the language is indeed beautiful

@craig3540 7 месяцев назад

That was awesome!! Great job!

@bennokurvits1420 Год назад

Really adventurous undertaking, and neat, fun format. Well done. I use all final four in studying, plus the NIV. I use NKJV right now in private devotions. And ESV in pulpit ministry. The part of this whole debate that bothers me a bit are the arguments for and against the foundational texts used in these translations. I read about the view that the new foundational Greek texts like Nestle's or United Bible Societies are better because they are based on the few older, but supposedly more accurate, preserved manuscript evidence. I am not yet convinced that this is true. I'm still inclined to lean toward the TR/Majority Text stream of Greek manuscripts. I have a hard time reading Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11 and not believing in my heart these are parts of God's Word. The new texts based on the few older manuscripts would have me discard these two portions of the NT. I cut my teeth on the KJV as a young Christian in my early twenties. Thanks again.

@richardgreene8171 Год назад

I loved the video. However, I would have final between the father and son version of the NASB 95 & the LSB. My true third would be the ESV. Number 4 is the NKJV and number 5 KJV. These five are the best translations in English. I grew up on KJV but I'm a NASB/LSB man. These arey favorites. Like you, I don't see the need to have the CSB, but many people like it. Thanks for doing this video. God bless.

@annaburns5382 7 месяцев назад

this was interesting and fun.

@brucemcqueen5395 Год назад

Absolutely agree, especially on the top three.

@R9500pro1 10 месяцев назад

This was fun. Now do one for the LXX.

@ovando48 Год назад

LSB

@AaronBuchholzjr 8 месяцев назад

Wow I'm truly surprised by this. I grew up with KJV and felt called reading the gospels from it and I figure if I memorize Bible verses it may as well be in the most beautifully written virsion but Im not entirely sure I could put it as number 1 just bc of readability alone. Im glad I dont have to choose just one!!!

@kishoreabraham 25 дней назад

I agree with you 99% except CSB. I would give CSB a better place. Again, as a non native English speaker, I would prefer NKJV over KJV.

@--KAS-- 5 месяцев назад

I have two different physical bibles in English, first the Thompson KJV, second a Westminster reference also with KJV, but in Thompson, the names has dash dividing on the other hand, the same text on Westminster don't. why does it happen?

@megalyon Год назад

WOW I did not expect that but I completely agree. Outside of the US KJV is still very popular and it's my favorite translation! It is the one I use the most and keep coming back to again and again. When I grew up all we had was KJV, now I read from the others as well and have been exploring everything from NLT, CSB and NASB but there is something so classic about the King James that I want to keep it close and reference it when studying. I am also taking on the challenge to teach myself to read it comfortably which just takes practice and reading it over and over. I really thought you were going to pick ESV or NKJV, that was a complete surprise. That said despite the false friends and archaic terms - Thomas Nelson and Humble Lamb Bibles have the archaic word definitions included - KJV is also the gold standard for classic religious literature, you just can't beat the poetry and style. It also has quite a lot of historical and traditional significance as well. There have been A LOT of changes in modern Bibles and I like to keep KJV to reference and I'm quite partial to it. When I need a break I read from NASB 1995 or CSB, NLT or RSV to relax. Very enjoyable Bible translation battle!

@yahsancarlos Год назад

I see others doing their personal tournaments. But to be fair is difficult due to our religions preference. Catholics like catholic bibles for a example. For me KJV all the way

@sanskritprayers 5 месяцев назад

ESV for the win for me, just above the KJV. Its relatively uncommon for me to consult alternatives, but a few of those include the CSB, 1984 NIV, Douay-Rheims and LSB for differing reasons. The LSB may land in my top 5 at some point, the jury is presently deliberating, lol

@philipchaisson Год назад

Kinda wish you had set out a scoring rubric to have a standard clearly applied across the tournament bc 1. Your idea of what makes a good Bible would have been clear, and 2. You could have more clearly balanced out qualities like legacy, understandability (to the general public), innovation, etc. You kinda gave yourself away in round one with your comments about the KJV. It might have been cool to leave that one out as well (the King doesn't fight in the tournament lol)

@victoriahodgdon1529 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! I was feeling absolutely insane until I saw your comment.

@philipchaisson 5 месяцев назад

👍

@deannascott3475 Год назад

According to the P.C.A. Church "Book of Church Order", a Paraphrase translation is not allowed to be read in Church.

@Silverheart1956 2 дня назад

KJV makes it through on the basis of legacy and tradition despite the lower accuracy and the obsolete words. The criteria of judgment for the tournament was strongly hindered the objectivity of finding the bast translation

@hanklhayes 8 месяцев назад

This was fun. We have similar and different views. It was great hearing your thoughts.

@ahall3823 7 месяцев назад

Given that most English speaking people on the planet today can’t understand the KJV, how on earth did it get so far in the tournament?

@imabeliever85 Год назад

I’ve been reading the 1984 NIV for almost 40 years. I’ve done all my memory work in it. But if the ESV were available back then, I would choose the ESV.

@poplarmeadow 7 месяцев назад

LSB is a vast improvement over the NASB95 and NASB2020. It is also much better than the ESV. I would choose the LSB, NKJV, and KVJ in that order. If you compare the LSB to any other translation, you will conclude, as many have, that it is more literal than any modern translation.