Which version of the Bible should I read? I'm interested

Oxford NSRV

ESV for modern English is good. Most versions are fine though, just avoid the NIV it's pretty bad

>>9259954
>Not looking for modernized versions
>>9259950
The King James Version is the cornerstone of Western literature

>>9259966
If he just reads the King James he won't get half of it, not because the text is difficult, but because he won't understand the context.

He should just get a modernized version.

However, if he really, really doesn't want a modernized one then yeah, King James is pretty much the best one.

>>9259950
If you're really interested in the book's influence on English literature, it has to be the King James. If you want to read it as literature in its own right you can pick whatever.

I've got both NSRV and KJV up right now, and I have to admit that I'm already missing subtleties in KJV. Looks like my eyes were too big for my Early Modern English.

Perhaps I've been unlucky, but when I've stayed in a hotel and it was available (which I didn't realise was an actual thing) I've read random sections and found it pretty horrific. It reads like a list of gross over reactions by a complete incompetent who isn't fit to rule. God essentially tortures and commits genocide on a whim. Are there any teachings other than "be fearful"?

>>9260129
That's the Old Testament for you. The Israelites keep fucking up and God keeps punishing them. The message of the OT is basically that the buck stops with God so you don't mess around with him.

The New Testament is basically telling you that you're going to hell unless you believe in Jesus.

OP says
> I'm not looking for modernized or abridged versions.

Anon Responds
>He should just get a modernized version.

>>9259950
>no modernized version

Learn Greek and Hebrew then.

has to be kjv

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you should read the newest version, obviously.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GqCXdIpMyi0C&pg=PA733&lpg=PA733&dq=worldzhong&source=bl&ots=sxcNQLcols&sig=KERtOvzR24VHxHB2kE2TMadJoL4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-wcbaxtTSAhUCvbwKHVElB3w4ChDoAQgwMAc#v=onepage&q=worldzhong&f=false

> mfw Book of Susan and Book of Hairdryer

There is a 2 volume Norton Critical edition of the KJV titled "The English Bible." It has copious notes to help you.

King James obviously.

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>>9259950
Revised Standard Edition, Ignatius Press

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>>9259950
Depends if you only want to see it's impact on English lit or if you want to understand all of it.

English lit only: KJV (preferrably the original 1611 version)
Understanding it: see chart

>>9259950
KJV or NASB

>>9260143
>The New Testament is basically telling you that you're going to hell unless you believe in Jesus.
What?

>>9263372
John 3:18
>Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

>>9259950
NKJV, the Oxford, the NASV, Lattimore's New Testament, Alter's OT (the ones he's done so far; he's supposed to be finished in 2018), the KJV,.

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Definitely this one.

>>9259950
>Which version of the Bible should I read?
The Holy one. It's got to say Holy on the cover otherwise it's a pretend bible.

>>9263629
Nah senpai, new covenant

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Anyone read Thomas Jefferson's reorganized one?

Thoughts on the Knox bible?

>>9260722
This, only the Didache Bible.

>>9259950
KJV
it's the #2 source of English idioms, behind Shakespeare's work as a whole