Bible Translations Comparison: Compare 20 Popular Versions of the Bible
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Compare 20 Bible translations in a single glance. Discover what the translations have in common, how they differ, and which one is best for you. It's all found in the bestselling Bible Translations Comparison pamphlet that offers an easy-to-use format, full color design, and glossy finish. The comparison chart displays: the name of the translation, the method of translation, sponsors, textual basis, purpose, sample verses to show the difference in wording, the year published, and much more. Some of the translations include: New Revised Standard, Amplified Bible, King James Version, The Message, among others.
The pamphlet version is 8.5"x 5.5" and unfolds to 33" long. It fits inside most Bible covers.
Scholars have been translating the Bible for 2000 years and over the centuries, three primary methods of translation have evolved. The Bible Translations Comparison chart helps pastors, teachers, and students of the Word understand the approach to 20 Bible translations by providing the following information:
- Translation method & reading level
- Year it was published
- Number of translators who worked on the project
- Sponsor of the translation version
- Textual basis
- Purpose
- Noteworthy facts
- Sample verses
This Bible Translations Comparison fold-out chart also provides a brief glossary of key words regarding translations, as well as a diagram that explains the three most popular Greek texts used for Bible translation.
The Bible Translations Comparison pamphlet compares the following Bible translations:
- American Standard Version(ASV)
- Amplified Bible (AMP)
- New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- Revised Standard Version (RSV)
- New Revised Standard Version (NSRV)
- English Standard Version (ESV)
- King James Version (KJV)
- New King James Version (NKJV)
- Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB)
- New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
- NEW! New International Version 2011 (NIV)
- NEW! Common English Bible (CEB)
- Today"s New International Version (TNIV)
- God's Word (GW)
- Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
- New Century Version (NCV)
- New Living Translation (NLT)
- New International Readers Version (NIrV)
- Good News Translation (GNT)
- Contemporary English Version (CEV)
- The Message
The pamphlet's introductory information explains why new translations continue to appear. Also provided is a brief overview of the three primary methods of translation as well as a fourth translation treatment that has evolved over the centuries. The side-by-side translations are color coded to reference the four translation treatments shown below:
- Word-for-Word
- Balance—a process that mediates between word-for-word and thought-for-thought
- Thought-for-thought
- Paraphrase—a restatement of a translation
- Apocrypha
- Biblia Hebraica
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Masoretic Text
- Septuagint
- Western
- Lucianic
- Byzantine
- Alexandrian
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Bible Translations Comparison
Accordian fold image of pamphletThis handy eBook:
Compares 20 Bible translations, such as the New International Version (NIV), Amplified Bible (AMP) , King James Version (KJV), and The Message—in less than 30 minutes.
Shows what the translations have in common, how they differ, and which one is best for you.
For each translation, it includes the name, the method of translation, reading level, sponsors, textual basis, purpose, sample verses to show the difference in wording, the year published, and much more.
Provides a list of 13 Important Words to Know
such as: Apocrypha, Biblia Hebraica, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Contents
Summary
Why Are There So Many Bible Translations?
King James Version (KJV)
American Standard Version (ASV)
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
New Jerusalem Bible (NJB)
New American Bible (NAB)
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Good News Translation (GNT)
New International Version (NIV)
New King James Version (NKJV)
New Century Version (NCV)
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
God's Word Translation (GW)
New International Reader's Version (NIrV)
New Living Translation (NLT)
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Message (MSG)
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Common English Bible (CEB)
The Three Most Popular Greek Texts
Important Words to Know
Why Are There So Many Bible Translations?
For more than 2000 years, scholars have been translating the Bible. The Old Testament was written over a 1500-year period before the birth of Christ. It was written primarily in Hebrew, with a few portions in Aramaic. The New Testament was written within 70 years of Christ’s death and resurrection (
AD
50–100). The writers of the New