Welcome, welcome, SandyLea! I'm looking forward to seeing more of you around! :)

I usually use NCV, but I like God's Word also.

Jerry what is the NCV?

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That's the New Century Version. It came out about 1987. Very interesting one.

At Daniel 9: 24-27, it says "490 years" rather than 70 weeks.

I have about 25 Bibles in a Bible on CD. The New Jerusalem Bible has an interesting angle at times, so I always check it. Plus, there are dictionaries and a number of history helps, Josephus, for example, on the CD. I mostly study the Bible on the computer, but have marked up my NLT study Bible.

When studying the Bible on the computer I like to use the Literal Bible with Strong's numbers and definitions to see either the Hebrew or Greek definitions, then click to see the parallel versions.

My favorite version is the New Living Translation. I've got it on audio CD, too, and listen to it frequently, although the voice acting is a little hokey in places.

I recently found an unusual Bible at a used book store. It's called The Bible as a Novel. It's got some fiction as filler, but it's really pleasant to read.

A really oddball translation is the Message. I get a few laughs over it, sometimes, maybe because it's way out there.

I've never heard of the Louis Segond version. Maybe you could paste a sample here, Gail.

The Literal Translation in Daniel reads Seventy "Sevens" rather than seventy weeks.

Yes, that's what it says literally. It's the same thing as 70 weeks. 70 x 7 =490 years.

The Louis Segond is the "good" French bible, using the passé simple, which is a literary tense only.

I also have one that is in everyday French, but the Louis Segond is the one I prefer. It is somewhat similar to the KJV in the way it words passages.

Here is a sample:



If I was to translate that literally to English it would say,

"I have been crucified with Christ; and if I live, it's no longer me who lives, it's Christ who lives in me; if I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered (gave) himself for me." Gal.2:20

Hiya Gail! Good to be here...thanks for the greeting!

We are having interesting discussions in our church right now about which version is the 'right' one. It is a small, traditional church and the overwhelming response is the KJV. Since that is my choice anyway, I can sit back and just listen to the debates :)

I tend to say that the right version is the one that's read...