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New Poll: Name Your Top 3 Bible Translations

Based on the excellent feedback from our first Bible translation poll, I wanted to offer everyone some more choices. Many mentioned that they own dozens of different Bible translations – some over 100!If I’ve left out your one your top three, leave a comment and I can add it.

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More about Bible translations

This was written by Tony Kummer. Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 10:02 am. Filed under Bible & Biblical Studies. Tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

14 Comments

  1. G. F. McDowell wrote:

    1599 Geneva Bible, if you please.

    Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:24 am | Permalink
  2. Massimo wrote:

    I would add the Amplified Bible.

    Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:29 am | Permalink
  3. Tony Kummer wrote:

    Done

    Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:48 am | Permalink
  4. Lucas Defalco wrote:

    I know this is a poll about “translations” but I would always have to cast a vote for Greek and Hebrew.

    Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 12:35 pm | Permalink
  5. Matt Svoboda wrote:

    I honestly do not know how neither the ESV or NASB are in the top three of some peoples list!

    Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 12:47 pm | Permalink
  6. Tony Kummer wrote:

    Matt – Good point. I thought many would pick one or the other and then go with something from a different translation approach.

    Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 12:15 pm | Permalink
  7. Rob wrote:

    Interestingly, I picked the top three (thus far, anyway) in that order. I guess that makes me part of the (this) herd.

    Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
  8. Wayne Leman wrote:

    I honestly do not know how neither the ESV or NASB are in the top three of some peoples list!

    I think that English scholars who are devoted Christians would typically not choose either version among their top three because the English of both versions is so poor. There are inverted negatives which have been obsolete for 300 years. There are many instances of non-English syntax.

    The NASB is a good crib for those who do not read Biblical Hebrew or Greek fluently. And I enjoyed using it for many years when there was no better English version.

    Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 3:40 pm | Permalink
  9. G. F. McDowell wrote:

    Shocking! 1599 Geneva has more than one vote!! Huzzah for the “breeches” bible!

    Friday, December 21, 2007 at 10:26 am | Permalink
  10. Martin Pitcher wrote:

    Tony,
    There is something another area that we should do a poll on and that is favorite Study Bibles. I think that would be a lot of fun and very informative.

    Friday, December 21, 2007 at 12:17 pm | Permalink
  11. Tony Kummer wrote:

    Martin – Good idea, which study Bibles would we include? I have never really used them, except early on when I was new to the Bible.

    Friday, December 21, 2007 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
  12. G F McDowell wrote:

    Well there are just TONS of study bibles out there. Just take a look at CBD if you ever want to go dizzy. My spidey senses tell me that the Reformation study bible would be first by a long shot.

    Friday, December 21, 2007 at 8:25 pm | Permalink
  13. Massimo wrote:

    Some of you may be interested in the latest figures of Bible version sales per dollar and per unit:
    http://www.cbaonline.org/nm/documents/BSLs/Bible_Translations.pdf

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:51 pm | Permalink
  14. Aaron Armitage wrote:

    Not a complete version, but I would include Robert Alter’s translations in my top three.

    Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 2:54 pm | Permalink