English Bible Translations

Mark Ward: I can’t seem to find a single person in all of KJV-Onlyism who has ever publicly asked the question, “How do we know when English has changed so much that the KJV will need to be revised or updated?” They don’t seem interested in imagining circumstances in which their viewpoint is overturned.

Mark Ward: What kind of Bible translation is best, literal or not-so-literal? At least when it comes to genitives of possession, I’d say: Yes.

Bill Mounce: The ESV represents the standard translation of this verse. “For those who love God all things work together for good” (see also the NET, KJV, HCSB).

Bill Mounce: I am disturbed by the NLT’s translation of Acts 27.

“The Bible has been translated far more than any other book. Yet, as Harry Freedman reveals in his new book, the history of Bible translations is not only contentious but bloody, with many who dared translate it being burned at the stake.” BBC History Magazine

“It’s a King James Version (KJV) with 10 to 15 percent of the text swapped for emojis; about one or two symbols appear in each verse.” CT

Mark Ward: If Christians’ suspicions about other Christian tribes keep them from profiting from our many good Bible translations, those suspicions have gone too far. They’re being unhelpfully tribal. And the people they are most unhelping are themselves.

Mark Ward: There is general agreement in the evangelical biblical studies community about the character and value of the respective major Bible translations.