I have determined to read the "The Bible"

These responses are absolutely braindead. You really should read the KJV if you're interested in literary merit, since all English poetry that uses biblical imagery after Milton alludes to the language of KJV. Plus, it's not difficult to read at all, despite what small-minded people think.

Exception: The KJV translation of Job is a bit clunky, but it should still be read.

this, read KJV to get hyped, if you wanna get all scholarly you can go with the fancy annotaded study bibles.

>reading an inaccurate translation because muh literary value
Kill yourself, retard.

This user, really... Are you reading the Bible to discover everyday English sayings or turns of phrase now largely extinct? That's the only reason to read KJV. There's no reason the King James should be treated as sacred, even for literature.

>That's the only reason to read KJV
Yeah, it's not like the prose is literally God-tier or anything.

learn biblical hebrew and koine greek you fucking pleb.

>the most culturally important book of the western world
>reading bad translation for muh prose
Imbeciles like you should be chemically castrated.

The JPS desu

Read your family bible.

What? Not Biblical Aramaic too???

Hello????

vulgate

>It's extremely liberal in many places.
What does that actually mean? Do you have any example verses I should compare between the two? What are those views that, according to you, it caters to?

>I have determined to read the "The Bible"

That's not proper grammar in the slightest
Are none of you going to point this out

>Are you reading the Bible to discover everyday English sayings or turns of phrase now largely extinct?
Not that user, but yes.

That's really the killer for me. KJV is the only one which bothers actually translating it.
The KJV is the most culturally important book of the western world which can be read by Anglos.

Bumpity bump, because I'm interested about this.

dont be a protestant heretic, OP. read the ignatius bible or the jerusalem bible 1966 edition. if you know latin, achieve sainthood by reading the vulgate. if you know koine, achieve apostle status by reading the septuagint

If you're not interested in any church in particular, go with the New Oxford Annotated Bible. It doesn't matter what a couple of 19yo kids from Veeky Forums say, it's a great bible and arguably the best one for study. You'll learn a lot and you get the whole deal, not just a canonical selection. Also there's plenty of notes about words that are difficult to translate or the meaning just isn't clear. You're getting the most accurate translation you can get.

This uses the NRSV translation that this user was fuming against earlier I wanted to know what makes the NRSV (or the RSV if you can't stand "inclusive" language) so bad versus the NASB. Before I read the Bible for the first time I researched and compared all the main translations and reached the same conclusion as you: the Oxford Annotated is the best Bible currently for study. For me, at least. I will read the KJV at some point for the beauty and the importance of it to the English literary sphere but for the time being, this Bible is all I need. For some reason though I entirely missed the NASB when I was looking for my ideal Bible. I read about it later when someone else on this board (or maybe it wasn't someone else) argued in favour of it over the RSV. Now I'm afraid I might have missed something. Anyway, I'll do my own check looking at verses side by side.

>KJV

potato nigger detected

>this triggers the tea nigger

Get a translation approved by the Catholic Church. Protestant Bibles like the KJV are garbage.

>all these proddies ITT
>"just get King James, its what everyone reads"

At any rate, Lent, tomorrow, wd be a good time to start. Or that's what I thought 3 years ago when I did just. Read the JPS TANAKH and the KJV. Read the former for something new, it was interesting going back to front with the facing Hebrew\Aramaic; and read the latter (again) because I love it. Began in Winter, concluded in Spring-- this is a great time of year to begin. --the conclusion of the TANAKH [Ez, Neh, 1&2 Chron] cycles back to the beginning of Ezra the way, for instance, John Shade's poem Pale Fire cycles back from line 999 to line 1 in Nabokov's book. The image of an ever cycling wheel-- powerful finish.

what? its catholics who consider the kjv to be "authorized" or whatever. prots are more likely to recommend the ESV or NASB

>there are cucks on Veeky Forums who will recommend versions other than KJV

Remember that posting is free an anonymous. As you can learn without recurring to Veeky Forums (and actually did), the whole point of the NRSV is to be as accurate and neutral as possible, and has wide support not only from academics but also church leaders. I guess user thinks his opinions are worth something, even though they are probably not his but another user's that he's just repeating without the slightest idea what he's talking about, as so often happens here.

>its catholics who consider the kjv to be "authorized"

Why is the NIV so popular? The ESV provides the same McDonald's-esque simplicity of prose without such grave errors in translation.

Seems like whoever publishes it just gives it away for free, and evangelicals don't really care about things like "accurate translations"

>as an
>canst not

As several other anons have said, it depends on your goals. If you're reading with a literary eye to improve your understanding of other works, get KJV. If you're reading to understand the religion accurately, get RSV, ESV or my personal favorite, NET.
KJV is based on the Latin Vulgate, which is some 400 years removed from the time of Christ and with all the inaccuracies that implies. It also contains some political bullshittery that King James demanded be written in to make him look good. The other versions listed are based on the Dead Sea Scrolls, within a few decades of Christ's crucifixion, and generally don't contain centuries-old monarchist propaganda.

>it's real
>it's official
>it's also 20 dollars

the best part is that it's all correct
17th century literature is a wonderful thing

Luke 2:14

(KJV)
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

(RSV)
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”

oh user i will pray for you