What Bible versions have you read from?

Just ordered my first new bible since the Knox & the Orthodox. It is the Voice - a very different version. Anyone read it and if so, what do you think?
 
I always used KJV and NIV. although I have looked through NASB, NKJV, RSV, and some others.
 
I have read through / Own:

The King James version and also the KJV 1611 edition, with the deuterocanonical books.

The New King James Version.

The Revised Standard Version.

The New Revised Standard Version.

The American Standard Version.

The English Standard Version.

The Holman Christian Standard Version.

The Berkeley Version.

The New English Bible.

The Amplified Bible.

The New International Bible.

The Jerusalem Bible.

The New Jerusalem Bible.

The Douay-Rheims/Confraternity Text.

The Good News Bible.

The New European Version.

The New Testament (J.B.Phillips)

I also own a German Bible from 1914; a Romanian Bible; An Italian Bible and a Spanish New Testament.

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That's a lotta Bibles! The Amplified Bible is very funny, comical and also hilarious, because it, the thing called Amplified Bible or Bible or Amplified is very long, extended, enlarged, or fat.
 
I have read through or now own or used to:

The King James version

The New King James Version.

The Revised Standard Version.

The New English Bible.

The Jerusalem Bible.

The Douay-Rheims

The New Testament (J.B.Phillips)

The Knox Bible

the modern Catholic version (forgot title)

The Orthodox Study Bible
 
wil said:
Looks interesting... https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/The-Voice-Bible/#vinfo
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Here is an excerpt from Luke 10 showing the atypical layout and renderings. The italics are inserted instead of adding footnotes; occasional comments like the last graph are also put within the text.

Jesus: 30 This fellow was traveling down from Jerusalem to Jericho when some robbers mugged him. They took his clothes, beat him to a pulp, and left him naked and bleeding and in critical condition. 31 By chance, a priest was going down that same road, and when he saw the wounded man, he crossed over to the other side and passed by.32 Then a Levite who was on his way to assist in the temple also came and saw the victim lying there, and he too kept his distance. 33 Then a despised Samaritan journeyed by. When he saw the fellow, he felt compassion for him. 34 The Samaritan went over to him, stopped the bleeding, applied some first aid, and put the poor fellow on his donkey. He brought the man to an inn and cared for him through the night.

35 The next day, the Samaritan took out some money—two days’ wages[f] to be exact—and paid the innkeeper, saying, “Please take care of this fellow, and if this isn’t enough, I’ll repay you next time I pass through.”

36 Which of these three proved himself a neighbor to the man who had been mugged by the robbers?

Scholar: 37 The one who showed mercy to him.

Jesus: Well then, go and behave like that Samaritan.

This story brings together many themes from Jesus’ teaching of the Kingdom. Samaritans are seen as “half-breeds” by Jesus’ fellow Jews—racially mixed and also religiously compromised. By making a Samaritan the hero of the story, Jesus is once again tweaking assumptions and breaking out of conventional boxes: “In the kingdom of God,” Jesus is saying, “the outcasts and last can move to the front of the line.” The focus for Jesus is not on the kinds of sophisticated arguments preferred by the religious scholar; for Jesus the kingdom of God is about living life, and in particular, living a life of love for God and for neighbor—whoever that neighbor may be.
 
I'm not sure what it was about NW's post that made me think of this, but I remember reading a version of the gospels which was a 9th century poem written in Old Saxon (I read the English translation). Very interesting to see how the work, known as The Heliand, modified Jesus' story and teachings to speak to the locals. Here's the wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliand.
 
arthra said:
The Bible translated by George Lamsa was a favorite of mine....
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Yup, me too, that and message..but now I gotta check out this voice..
waggindraggin said:
Please tell me there's an anime version!
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never seen an anime...the manga was cool for the kids though... they'd read it and it would have the bible verses for each page so if they story intrigued them, they'd go to the bible to read further.
 
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