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Choosing a Bible Translation
When
the documents that make up the Bible were first written, they captured
exactly what God wanted to say in the languages that ordinary people
spoke. There was no friction between perceiving the form or structure of the text and perceiving the meaning of the text. The original audience experienced a unique combination of both ingredients.
But, Bible readers today can’t
experience this combination any more. The Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic
texts still show us the form and structure of the original but most of
us can’t understand what they mean. As English speakers, we need
translations, and we’re privileged to have access to a wide variety of
options.
Below is an overview of the translations we carry here at Straight Up Faith Gear with a comparison verse from 1 Corinthians 3:4-5:
1. NIV (New International Version): Recreating—as closely as possible—the reading experience of the original audience.
2. KJV (King James Version: Blending transparency to the form and structure of the Bible documents that were available at the time with elegant 17th-century English.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
3. NKJV (New King James Version): Prioritizing transparency to the same source documents as the original KJV but with updated English.
“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;"
4. NLT (New Living Translation): Building on the legacy of the original Living Bible, while prioritizing accessibility for a broad audience.
“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.”
5. The Message: A contemporary rendering of the message of the Bible in everyday idioms. “Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, doesn’t have a swelled head, doesn’t force itself on others, isn’t always ‘me first,’ doesn’t fly off the handle, doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,”
6. ESV (English Standard Version): Building on the foundation of the RSV (Revised Standard Version), prioritizing transparency to the original documents.
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful”
7. HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible): Blending transparency to the original documents with accessibility for the contemporary audience.
“Love is patient; love is kind. Love does not envy; is not boastful; is not conceited; does not act improperly; is not selfish, is not provoked; does not keep a record of wrongs;”
8. NASB (New American Standard Bible):An uncompromising effort to maximize transparency to the original documents.
“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,”