How can I be confident that I’m reading the “real” Bible if there are dozens of other translations out there? [See the section in the Bible Gateway Store: About Translations of the Bible] The short answer to that common question, “Which Bible translation is the b...
Another way to show respect is to employ a substitute like Adonai (meaning “Lord”) or HaShem, (meaning “the name”). That is the reason that Bible translations traditionally use the word “LORD” whenever the name of God appears in Hebrew. (2) Here’s a name-related etiquette tip. ...
As a witness to the world, like in the time of Daniel when that man of God stood before lions so the king could see the one true God. Has the Bible been changed? Due to multiple translations? Having multiple tanslations does not change the authenticity. Translations of the Bible are...
Some people have the idea that the Bible has been translated "so many times" that it has become corrupted through stages of translating. That would probably be true if the translations were being made from other translations. But translations are actually made directly from original Greek, Hebrew...
By the time James took the throne, many people in England at the time were hearing one version of the Bible when they went to church, but were reading from another when they were at home. While one version of Christianity’s holy texts—the so-called Bishops’ Bible—was read in churche...
So too the Bible. The Bible has anatomy. Its members are tied together by an invisible network of associations, like thoughts in a living mind. When Jesus died on the cross, he uttered the harrowing phrase eloi, eloi, lama sabachtani. To most people, that doesn't mean anything. Others...
Catholic TranslationsDouay-Rheims BibleThou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will? Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd so, you would say to me: “Then why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”New American BibleYou will say to...
Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.” World English Bible and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” ...
In the most critical moment of the entire Bible, the moment when Jesus dies on the cross, he shouts from the cross a phrase that can be puzzling to those of us reading the account so many centuries later: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ...
2. You can get a free download of the whole Bible at www.biblegateway.com, either onto your computer or as an app on your mobile device. This has many English translation versions, also translations in several other languages. There is a look-up tool to find verses quickly, as well as...