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By: Will

Will — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:28:40 +0000

HA! It is a good thing to be smitten by that which thou findest good. Ugh, it’s hard to type in KJV anymore.

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:48:29 +0000

Will,

Fantastic list! I’m bookmarking this post to come back to time and time again reminding me WHY I’ve been smittin’ [wait, that was so KJV] with the HCSB.

By: VictorLouis

VictorLouis — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:53:24 +0000

…that is, I’m NOT necessarily tracking w/them….Sorry for that!

By: VictorLouis

VictorLouis — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:52:38 +0000

I’ve been using my CSB to finally read the majority of the OT. I confess that I’ve neglected the vast majority of it for too long. Now, I’ve just made it through the Pentateuch, and on to Joshua. Through this, I’ve taken the time to compare it with my NET. This has definitely confirmed for me one of the CSB’s other strong-suits, it’s verbally ‘lean’.

There’s a short article about just that fact on Holman’s site. It notes that of the all of the other mainline translations use far more words to communicate the originals to us. It makes me realized just how wordy the NET is, and also for that matter, the vaunted NASB!

I’ve already ordered a couple of the older text editions of the CSB, as I’m necessisarily tracking with some of the updates I’ve seen detailed on other blogs. Such as displacing the order of the “In Him, …” in Ephesians 1. Still, I know I’ll end up with one eventually, just because…..

By: Will

Will — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:19:29 +0000

I forgot to mention that one in my list, but “Your name be honored as holy” is sooooo much better than using “hallowed,” in my humble opinion.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:18:35 +0000

Absolutely. That combination is really the big category that most of the others fall into. It’s sounds trite, because most translations bill themselves with similar terms, but the HCSB has really done it well.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:11:15 +0000

Good list. I would only repeat my “selling point” for the CSB: modern English grammar plus traditional theological terminology. Best of both worlds, IMO.

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By: kravmark

kravmark — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:01:32 +0000

I too like the use of Yahweh and Messiah, John 3:16 & “Your Name be Honored as Holy” rather than the traditional “Hallowed be your Name” for the Lords prayer.. all in a much more easy to read, comprehend & understandable way.. For myself, the HCSB speaks to me better and as we all know, the Best Bible version/translation is the one you READ …