I own a NIV Student Bible, and I like the language. It's very heavy, so I don’t carry it with me anywhere. But in my Bible app there are 67 English translations! 😃😆 It's impossible to know what to pick. But I would avoid old translations (even if yhey would be theologically "perfect") because I want to learn contemporary language. (If I need to make exegetical studies on some topic I can do it in my mother tongue Swedish).
@Berrybunchfamily thank you! I appreciate your opinon on this topic.
@tanjaostman I really like the WEB because it uses more modern English, is pretty accurately translated, and is in public domain.
@daniel thanks for your comment! I hadn't even heard about WEB! 🙂 I will try it!
@tanjaostman AMPC, NKJV. ESV
@Jorge thank you!
@tanjaostman, have you yet read from the Passion Translation? It speaks in such a fresh way to our family in English!
@Williams_girl no I haven't! I will look it up! I've never even heard about it... 😀
@tanjaostman
Ooh, bible versions - almost as volatile a subject as Vax or no Vax lol
NLT new living translation - was written for people for whom English is not their first language. Scholars say it is a good translation; my wife is English, but loves it
I like the NIV 1984 version ( if you can find it) - later versions became politically correct over accuracy
Our boys like the CSV and I prefer the ESV, which is a more accurate translate, but slightly less easy to read naturally
Older translations have their issues, and their use of words that aren't commonly used anymore
My two cents, anyway, on a topic I've thought about it a bit