Comments on: Behold! Does This Sound Like You? http://www.anwoth.org/2009/07/27/behold-does-this-sound-like-you/ "O thirsty love, wilt thou set Christ, the well of life, to thy head, and drink thy fill?" Samuel Rutherford Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shan Hardage http://www.anwoth.org/2009/07/27/behold-does-this-sound-like-you/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Shan Hardage Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:37:54 +0000 http://anwoth.wordpress.com/?p=579#comment-305 The second edition HCSB text, available from WORDsearch, has removed "behold" from Job 33:26 and replaced it with "see", so Dr. Blum will be completely correct with the new printing. The HCSB has been my main Bible for about two years now. I appreciate its readability and accuracy. I don't know anyone who has a problem with accuracy in contemporary speech, so why should a Bible translation be any different? I will preface this statement by saying that I was raised on and love the KJV. After all, it is a translation of the very word of God. But while I am reading it, I can't help but think that it sounds like a religious text that Shakespeare would have been proud to have written. And to a lesser extent, sometimes the ESV sounds like Shakespeare updated a couple of hundred years. Again, no irreverence intended. I could be satisfied if the ESV was the only English translation available, even the KJV. But since the HCSB is here, that is what I prefer. If only I would not have to wait to "behold" the new HCSB study Bible due next year! The second edition HCSB text, available from WORDsearch, has removed “behold” from Job 33:26 and replaced it with “see”, so Dr. Blum will be completely correct with the new printing.

The HCSB has been my main Bible for about two years now. I appreciate its readability and accuracy. I don’t know anyone who has a problem with accuracy in contemporary speech, so why should a Bible translation be any different? I will preface this statement by saying that I was raised on and love the KJV. After all, it is a translation of the very word of God. But while I am reading it, I can’t help but think that it sounds like a religious text that Shakespeare would have been proud to have written. And to a lesser extent, sometimes the ESV sounds like Shakespeare updated a couple of hundred years. Again, no irreverence intended. I could be satisfied if the ESV was the only English translation available, even the KJV. But since the HCSB is here, that is what I prefer. If only I would not have to wait to “behold” the new HCSB study Bible due next year!

]]> By: volleyballdad http://www.anwoth.org/2009/07/27/behold-does-this-sound-like-you/comment-page-1/#comment-304 volleyballdad Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:49:23 +0000 http://anwoth.wordpress.com/?p=579#comment-304 AMEN!!!!! I think you have nailed it spot on. AMEN!!!!!

I think you have nailed it spot on.

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