Comments on: Ghosts of past, present and future translations

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:19:27 +0000

Nathan: [...] at first glance it seems a mix of the NIV, NLT, and HCSB in it’s renderings.

Yes – I had thought it a mix of NIV and HCSB when I did some comparisons as well. I’ll be very interested to hear more of your thoughts on the NET as you use it more.

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:19:52 +0000

I hope the NET stands up. I have just made the decision of switching to the NET for my primary Bible for 2009. My parents bought me a premium leather edition for Christmas and I’ve been unable to put it down. It’s virtually impossible for me to read the NET without reference to the notes at this point, but I hope to read passages in large chunks first, read the notes second, and then re-read the whole thing again in summary. I am curious how well I will take to the translation itself, but at first glance it seems a mix of the NIV, NLT, and HCSB in it’s renderings.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:07:05 +0000

That’s a good catch, Nathan. Hard to argue about a buck, though it remains to be seen if the NET translation stands on its own without the translation notes.

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:38:04 +0000

I just noticed the NET is only $0.99 for Kindle, can’t beat that. I’m really interested to see more feedback from you on the Kindle in the future too.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:33:38 +0000

Tyler – thanks for those numbers – I really do appreciate that! Though I have to confess that paying three times the price of the complete print edition for just the NT books is a little tough to swallow. Not sure what IBS is trying to accomplish with that…

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:20:36 +0000

Enter the ASIN # in the search bar at amazon.com to get these three kindle editions of the Books of the Bible.

The Books of The Bible: Luke-Acts and Paul’s Letters
ASIN: B001NC9IFM

The Books of The Bible: John, John-s Letters, Revelation
ASIN: B001NC9IFC

The Books of the Bible: Matthew, Hebrews, James
ASIN: B001NC9IG6

Congratulations on the new Kindle. I sure wish they would release the kindle in Canada!

Merry Christmas.

By: Peter M. Lopez

Peter M. Lopez — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:50:57 +0000

Congrats on the Kindle. I’ve had various smartphones over the last few years, so I’m quite used to reading the KJV electronically. You’ll enjoy it. I’ve made a deliberate effort to read the KJV in the evenings, and it’s like rekindling an old friendship.

I’ve also enjoyed the NET on my iphone, although I’m only less than a month into it. Enjoy your new gadget.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:20:31 +0000

Yes – I was trying to decide between the TNIV and HCSB as the “first” purchase, but will probably go with the TNIV – trying not to buy any more HCSB’s until the updated translation is out next year. I read the same reviews on the NLT – that’s a shame, though I’ve downloaded the sample to check it out anyway.

So far I’ve downloaded samples of the TNIV, HCSB, NET, NLT and a KJV – I’ll try to do a “first impressions” post before the end of the year…

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:53:57 +0000

Well, I wanted either of the more expensive editions of the NET Bible. I like the British Tan color and the premium leather as well. However, a local bookstore had a single burgundy one in stock, and so I asked my mom to get it for me for Christmas, which she did. It’s still very nice, and I’ll probably get the premium leather one in the second edition whenever it comes out.

BTW, I just read a bunch of Kindle bible reviews on Amazon. It looks like the NLT is not well formatted at the moment. However the TNIV looks to be pretty good. I read mixed reviews on the ESV, and there were no reviews of the NET version. I also somehow overlooked the HCSB last night, which got good reviews. I’d adjust my recommendation to the NET, HCSB, and TNIV.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:17:04 +0000

Robert: Are most bible translations available? What sort of theology/biblical books are available?

Thanks for the links! On cursory examination, it looks like many translations are available: KJV, NLT, NASB, NIV, TNIV, HCSB, ESV, Amplified, CEV, ASV, WEB, Douay Rheims, Darby, The Message. However, I did not see RSV, NRSV, JB, NJB, NEB or the above mentioned REB. Also, I’d really like to see the “Books of the Bible” edition of the TNIV in Kindle format – but it doesn’t appear to be available.

The real work will be in sorting through the translation reviews to see which publishers have just dumped the text into an electronic file and which have taken the time to optimize the formatting and layout for ebooks.

I haven’t searched theology stuff out yet – but if you’re on Amazon, just select “Kindle Store” from the search dropdown to see what’s available.