Bible Gateway Adds RSV and NRSV

Byhenry November 28, 2012

Bible Gateway has added the RSV and NRSV. This will be useful for me as these are my two favorite formal equivalent translations. This addition comes by agreement with the National Council of Churches.

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Comments for NIV Revision Committee
Byhenry December 23, 2009
Wayne Leman reminds us that comments for the NIV2011 revision are only open until the end of December. I never can make a final decision on these things, which would make me a lousy translation committee member, but if you have suggestions now is the time!
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NCV Duct Tape Bible from Thomas Nelson
Byhenry September 9, 2008
There is some discussion of this edition of the NCV at Bryon’s Weblog (HT: Better Bibles.)
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Acts 2:45 – A Short and Simple Lesson in Gender Accuracy
Byhenry March 25, 2008
This passage in the KJV reads: And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. [italics in original] Note that the italicized “men” is an indication from the KJV translators that this was an addition of a word not reflected in the Greek. But the adjective here,…
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Abundance of English Translations but …
Byhenry July 1, 2009
… others not so much. On his blog today, Eddie Arthur laments the lack of comment in the blogosphere about the need for Bible translation for language groups that do not have any portion of scripture translated. While many of us discuss with some vigor the merits of various approaches to translation and of renderings…
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Majority Text vs. Eclectic
Byhenry March 24, 2013
There’s a very brief summary on The Good Book blog, For and Against: The Majority Text Approach to Textual Criticism. I agree that the Byzantine needs to be given more consideration, though I support an eclectic approach.
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Translating Metaphors and the NLT of Isaiah 43:2
Byhenry September 20, 2016August 2, 2025
I am very slow to criticize translations in broad terms. Every time I point out what I consider to be a problematic rendering in some Bible translation, someone will ask me if they should discard that version in exchange for a more accurate one. Any translation will contain renderings that can be questioned. In many…
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