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Originally Posted by notofworks
I'm an NLT bible-thumper. Literal translations like the KJV can never truly capture the real meaning of what is being said...in my opinion. When speaking with a translator, the only way that translator can relate the content of what is being said, is to give "Thought Translation", which is what the NLT is. If a speaking translator were to give a literal word for word translation, it wouldn't make any sense to the hearer. This is why I feel the NLT is a much more accurate translation and the "experts" are starting to jump on board.
But really, the KJV contains some "Thought" translation as well, just not nearly as much.
But Pressing-On, I'm really surprised you'd want to read a bible that was translated by 44 trinitarian theologians for a gay king! |
You're a nut, NOW!
Seriously, I try to read other translations on a daily basis and I can't get into them and I don't quite feel I understand them as well. The KJV is written on a 5th grade reading level. That might be why it suits me so well.
How can you say that the NLT is more accurate after my first post? What did you think about the translation in Romans?