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Which Bible version is the right one?

Anyone ready to open a can of worms? Well, here goes. And guys, please remember, I post my own OPINION on this blog.

There are a huge number of versions or translations, (interpretations?), languages not withstanding. I will not name them all, because most everyone that might read this knows what I'm talking about. I, personally, like the New King James; primarily because the language is more straight forward, but it still maintains the better aspects of the original King James. Even though the various versions differ some in content, there are some verses missing from some of the other versions and unfortunately this includes the NKJV, the missing verses, from what I've seen, for the most part do not affect the meaning being conveyed. But here's the point I'm trying to make. All versions, except the "Politically Correct Version" have value for studying Biblical principles. If, the version you are using makes sense to you, that will work for you.

If you are studying the Bible for depth of subject or principle, I would suggest using more than one version along with a concordance and a dictionary. I have found that the Amplified Bible gives some good insight to word meaning, but then again your concordance may include Hebrew and Greek lexicons, and then there is the dictionary.

One of the silliest things I've heard anyone say regarding which is the right Bible to use was the following exchange.

"The King James Version is the only Bible that is true."

"Why is that?"

"That's the one Jesus used." And this was said straight faced; which led me to believe the person spouting such non-sense actually believed this was true.

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Comment by Joseph S Parker on March 7, 2016 at 9:05am: I realized that after I posted it... Sorry LT. And sorry to you too Camm. Thank you Amanda, for keeping me honest. Not that I was trying to hide it, but mistakes do happen.

Comment by Joseph S Parker on March 7, 2016 at 4:44am: Thanks for the history lesson LT. Actually, I was aware of the 1611 King James, Bible, but I was aware why he had the "Authorized" version produced. As I believe, this had something to do with which books were canonized by the Catholic church, and the Apocrypha was not. Personally, I believe any Bible that will help us to lead someone to Christ has value. Thanks again for your input.

Comment by Camm on March 7, 2016 at 12:25am: LOL, I like the comment, but unfortunately at Pentecost, English was not even a language mentioned as being representative of the people.
On the other hand, at this time "ENGLISH" AS WE KNOW IT TODAY did not even exist as a language.

The other thing to realise is that the KJV version we read today was, in fact, the "SECOND EDITION" in 1611. The first edition of the KJV Bibe produced in limited numbers contained all of the Apocrypha and is now a very valuable book if you are fortunate enough to have a copy. The British Puritans demand that King James have these books removed and applied political pressure to his throne to make it happen. He wanted his throne more than he wanted a true copy of the scriptures, so a second publication was ordered, WITHOUT the Apocrypha included.

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