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From my introductory post, I'm sure you've seen that I was raised in a UPC church. So I'm most familiar with the KJV. My husband though was raised in an Agnostic home where there was no real exposure to the Word. As such, I expect the learning curve of the KJV to be great and frustrating for him. He is an intelligent man, but has no love of the Elizabethan English of the KJV. I've been trying to research a good study Bible in a high-quality modern English translation. I've looked at NKJV, NASB, ESV and NET translations. All of them have their weak spots, as does the KJV. (I am not a staunch KJV-only person.) Does anyone have a Bible they really like? Or some suggestions for a person completely new to reading and studying the Word?

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What type of translation do you want? word for word, paraphrase, etc?

http://www.cob-net.org/compare_bibles.htm

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For a study Bible, it needs to be a literal translation. He already has a dynamic equivalent at work, which is what he reads during the slow times at work.

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My personal favorite is the New Analytical Bible.

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I would recommend The Spirit Filled Life Bible.
It is NKJV so it is very much like KJV but without the archaic language.
The notes are from a Pentecostal/Charismatic viewpoint.
Jack Hayford is the chief editor.
There is now a New Spirit Filled Life Bible which is, I suppose, new and improved. I bought a copy to give to someone. It looks pretty much like the regular Spirit Filled Life Bible I have had for several years.

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for reading stories like ester and such the message bible is a gooden i like it. i like the amplified as well for some study to enhance a scripture i may be haveing trouble with. but i will never leave my thompson chain kjv.

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Too expensive!!! What do you like about it?

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It has everything a teacher needs in one cover.

Bible Dictionary, commentary, maps, thematic studies, word studies and more.

I inherited mine from my dad, who inherited it from his father-in-law (my grandfather).

It was printed in 1973, and looks like it just came off the press.

It has a set of workbooks that came with it when my grandfather purchased it. The Bible sells for a minimum of $200 and the workbook set sells for another $200.

I have many, many Bibles. Actually I am embarrassed to even post how many I have. But the New Analytical has always been my favorite.

I have an Oxford calfskin, a Dakes, a Thompson Chain WAP edition, a Life Application - just to name a few, but none of them come close to the New Analytical.

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There's one up for auction on ebay right now. The current bid is around $62.

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That's a steal!

Is it a recent printing, or the 1973 edition?

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I don't know. I can't bid until I set up a Paypal account.
Looks like a 1966 ed.

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the workbooks are going for 5.99

http://search.ebay.com/bible-analyti...sooZ2QQfsopZ32

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If the study notes are written by a man named Cleveland Norman the Bible is a steal at that price!

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But are they "never been used?"

I looked for a "never been used" set and found the cheapest I could find was at $200 for the four volume set of workbooks.

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I like the New Living Translation, NLT and the Message Bible. NLT is similar lines to KJV, but the Message is somewhat of a paraphrase, but I like how it is written.

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The one he reads at work is an NLT I think. I'm looking for a study Bible based on a more literal translation than the NLT. Under consideration presently are the ESV, NET, NASB and NKJV. So, I'm looking for a good study bible with one of those translations. Remember this is a man who has never read the Bible, never attended church. The words and phrases that so many of us know so well, he doesn't understand. I've almost given up sitting next to him in church because he asks me so many questions. (No, I wouldn't really do that. Just my human weakness of frustration rearing its head.) I answer all his questions and the ones I don't remember or can't explain, I help him look them up. I'm trying my best to help his early walk so that he can be lead by God to be the spiritual leader of our home.

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As much as I'm a die hard proponent of a word-for-word translation I would say get him anything that he will actually read! If he doesn't have the ability to be able to read the more literal get him an NIV.

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Good Girl, Sis. Amy,

Couldn't help but think about the verses in I Cor.14:34,35:

"Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience,
as also saith the law.
And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home:
for it is a shame for women to speak in the church".

Also 1Tim.2:11,12:

"Let the women learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence".

That was a long time ago when the first churches began. But women are
now in Christ too, and there is no difference whether they are male or
female in the church. You would be in trouble today, wouldn't you!

Blessings,

Falla39