Recognise:

[center]NIV BIBLE QUIZ[/center]
INSTRUCTIONS:
Using the New International Version Bible (NIV), answer the following questions.

Do not rely on your memory.

As the Bible is the final authority, you must take the answer from the NIV Bible verse

(Not from footnotes but from the text. Footnotes are not the Bible.)

Daniel B. Wallace - Bible Translation]

New International Version (NIV)

The NIV was published in 1978. It may be considered a counterpart to the NEB - New English Bible
(The NEB is strictly a British product, while the NIV is an international product).

It is more of a phrase-for-phrase translation than a word-for-word translation.

The translators were generally more conservative than those who worked on the NEB.

I personally consider it the best phrase-for-phrase translation available today.

However, its major flaw is its simplicity of language.

The editors wanted to make sure it was easy to read.

In achieving this goal, they often sacrificed accuracy.

In the New Testament, sentences are shortened, subordination of thought is lost,

and conjunctions are often deleted.

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Greetings,

As a non xtian who want to convert which bible will u recommend for me?

But I thought the bible is just one?

Thanks

JeSoul:

   Segregation was not the intention and I'm sure you know that 

JeSoul:

1. because they obviously are the only ones who judiciously & honestly read the bible can can give their opinions on the different versions
2. because many atheists here are known for gate-crashing christian threads and going off-topic and the essence of the thread gets distorted and lost. For example the thread is about the NIV bible version but you have gone in this direction: 

duduspace:

_{Heaves a sigh of relief}

On point one, I beleive yu are wrong,  not only christians judiciously & honestly read their bible, from a point of commitment to reading the bible I would say most christians are lazy, choosing only to read supposedly specific promises for them (which unfortunately most of the time they don't even fully understand as they don't place them in the historical context of the times those words were written).

a bible scholar however does not of a necessity have to be a christian. I've personally read the bible through twice (KJV version)

A scholar also has the obvious benefit of approaching the bible from an impartial point of view because he has no vested interests in the bible being the word of god or not.

Perhaps if we had more people of atheistic or agnostic mindsets in the various councils  of those days rather than politicians seeking to control and subjugate, there wouldn't be so much dispute about some bible versions being corrupt or not.

Recognise:

@JeSoul

- Jay

Daniel B. Wallace?

So you take your cue from Daniel B. Wallace?

Who the blankety blank is Daniel B. Wallace?

Check out what Daniel B. Wallace has to say of your treasured & beloved NIV

I personally consider it the best phrase-for-phrase translation available today

JeSoul taken from What Is A Familiar Spirit? on August 08, 2009, 10:13 PM:


. . . But I wouldn't trade the ease of understanding & simplicity of versions like the NIV for the KJV . . .

@JeSoul

- Jay

Then just one line below

"I personally consider it the best phrase-for-phrase translation available today"

he pulled the rug under the proverbial feet and said

"However, its major flaw is its simplicity of language"

We are on the same side

It was your quotation up there,

that got my goat not in biggie way though  Just a rattle

The question was "Is it corrupt?"

Of course it is but it still doesnt stop us picking it up alongside or in parallel with other translations . . .

White flag? . . .

At least the cat has been let out of the bag

No2Atheism:

me is supports

RNKJV - i.e. most of all the biblical names have been restored to their original pronunciation and spelling, instead of using english words.

A name is an important thing as far as spiritual issues are concerned, hence my reason for being careful about the name. For those who are interested in knowing what the RNKJV is really , think of it as a restoration of all the biblical names that were anglicised, hellenised and bastardised over the centuries.

Hence wen u quote the RNKJV is looks basically the same as the KJV except in the names themselves.

Cus in as much as "E ku ile" does not really have an appropriate translation in english, i prefer not to take the risk of using names the are starting to look a little bit suspicious to my liking. Hence my reason to stick with RNKJV wen i wan to say something that involves a biblical name.



thank you

JeSoul:

  LOL comedian, you never fail to disappoint me [b]_{except with gi joe.} [/b]Well for the rest of us not on the level of 300AD old school 'english' comprehension abilities such as you have, we have to make do with more modern versions. 

JeSoul:

  LOL comedian, you never fail to disappoint me _{except with gi joe.} Well for the rest of us not on the level of 300AD old school 'english' comprehension abilities such as you have, we have to make do with more modern versions. 

OLAADEGBU:


The Word of God has always been under attack right from the Garden of Eden. 

Check the link below to see how this dastardly act is being carried in contemporary days, even as we speak.

http://www.chick.com/tractimages33733/0031/0031_22.gif

@OLAADEGBU

- OLAADEGBU; peer and fellow lord

That website was very detailed & informative . . .

Couldnt help not noticing the below extracted snapshot;

its part of the website but its taken out to display here

http://www.chick.com/tractimages63936/0031/0031_22.gif

It actually touched on 1 John 5:7 and the famous footnotes

Jagoon:


@Recognise

Imagine addressing yourself and a deluded fellow like Olaadegbu as lords,

that is actually very unchristlike and arrogant,

I actually thought you were a more enlightened christian than that.

@Jagoon

- Jagoon

You sound like a pharisee "Far-to-see"

You certainly must be familiar with the phrase "Lord of Lords"

Who is Lord and who are the Lords?

Pot Kettle Black

obadiah777: THE ALMIGHTY KJV SIRE. ANYTHING LESS IS BLUNT . IT HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH. THERE IS A REASON FOR THE NEWER VERSIONS. IT IS TO REMOVE ALL TRACES OF THE NEGROS BEING JEWS. IN THE NEWER VERSIONS ALL REFERENCES TO NEGROS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO PROMOTE WHITE SUPERIORITY

obadiah777: SURE WHY NOT SIRE. AND THE KING JAMES WAS TRANSLATED DIRECTLY FROM THE HEBREW AND GREEK SCROLLS. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO READ BOTH HEBREW AND GREEK WHO HAVE DONE COMPARISONS

LAMENTATIONS 5 VS 10 KJV Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine



LAMENTATIONS 5 VS 10 NIV Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger

obadiah777: SONG OF SOLOMON 1 VS 6 KJV Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: <<< KING SOLOMON

SONG OF SOLOMON 1 VS 6 NIV "Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me << KING SOLOMON

obadiah777: TRUST ME SIRE, SOME BIBLES HAVE BEEN ALTERED. IN FACT CHECK THIS VIDEO IF YOU DONT HAVE BANDWITH RESTRICTIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zS45tDFHRo&list=PL51C8C2CF9119643C