Comments on: Brothers and Sisters, Trust Your Translations!

By: TC Robinson

TC Robinson — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:05:26 +0000

Yep! Two lobbyists.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:40 +0000

Puritan Lad: I definitely agree on both accounts... The Message is really a paraphrase, and not a strict translation. Also, that commentaries are a great tool for just those issues (and I go back to the NET notes a lot for translation issues as well). However, the neighborhood where our church gathers is very poor, and most wouldn't be able to buy some of the better commentaries, let alone know where to get them. They do, however, have the opportunity to get a free NIV whenever they want--which is the translation we use in our preaching (In our Scripture reading during our liturgy we use several translations). Of course, every translation has its issues, but they need to trust that what they are getting is essentially the word of God.

By: Puritan Lad

Puritan Lad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:42:44 +0000

Good article, though the more “paraphrases” that we come up with, the more careful we need to be. (I have huge issues with the “Message” Bible. So many liberties taken that I don’t believe that it really qualifies as a translation.

I am in favor of using commentaries to help sort through translation issues, such as the mysterious pronoun “he” that appears in most versions of John 8:24. For the most part, however, the experts got it right.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:52:49 +0000

Stan McCullars:

Don’t tell anyone, but I still use them both as well I know, I know, that might take the punch out of my post. I’ll risk it. Glad you like the post, and that the comment about the scholars (some of my favorites as well!) got someone thinking

By: Stan McCullars

Stan McCullars — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:47:46 +0000

Nice post. Your question about bringing charges against some of my favorite scholars is a good one.

For the past several weeks I have been reading (almost) exclusively from the TNIV and loving it!

I still use the ESV and NASB a little.

By: Paul Cable

Paul Cable — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:37:38 +0000

Nice. Thanks for this.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:45:06 +0000

Thanks, Bryan. I appreciate these posts.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:43:37 +0000

This is why I don’t really talk too much about different translations in my church and don’t really talk too much either about what the Greek or Hebrew says so as to not undermine people just learning to trust the Bibles they have – so what I do is try to explain what the Greek or Hebrew say without saying the words “Greek” or “Hebrew.”

By: Mike Aubrey

Mike Aubrey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:09:49 +0000

Bryan, you’re so beautiful.

By: Scripture Zealot

Scripture Zealot — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:49:11 +0000

Great post.

Mention inerrancy nowadays and you’ll get a slew of people jumping all over you.
Jeff