Comments on: A Well Bound Bible http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/ That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: jimhamilton http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2493 jimhamilton Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:42:03 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2493 Bonnie, US/Western believers should feel no guilt for that for which they are not responsible. I personally have no control over what Zondervan (NIV, TNIV) or Thomas Nelson (NKJV, NLT) or the Lockman Foundation (NASB) or Broadman and Holman (HCSB) decide to do. Moreover, I don't see the connection between one place that has a lot of translations feeling guilty that another has none. It's kind of like the response to the comment that you should eat everything on your plate because there are children starving in Africa. My eating everything on my plate is not going to help those kids, and it might make me fat! Hopefully the multiplication of translations will result in more people reading the Bible and trying to get it into the hands of those who don't have it. Blessings! JMH Bonnie,

US/Western believers should feel no guilt for that for which they are not responsible. I personally have no control over what Zondervan (NIV, TNIV) or Thomas Nelson (NKJV, NLT) or the Lockman Foundation (NASB) or Broadman and Holman (HCSB) decide to do.

Moreover, I don’t see the connection between one place that has a lot of translations feeling guilty that another has none. It’s kind of like the response to the comment that you should eat everything on your plate because there are children starving in Africa. My eating everything on my plate is not going to help those kids, and it might make me fat!

Hopefully the multiplication of translations will result in more people reading the Bible and trying to get it into the hands of those who don’t have it.

Blessings!

JMH

]]> By: bonniej http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2492 bonniej Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:04:20 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2492 Veering into another realm regarding Bibles and translations, I am interested to hear from you guys on a particular subject. The ones who comment here seem to be strong advocates of original languages and the importance of knowing those as we study God's Word. That is certainly something that finds common agreement. For those of you who are students of translations and their various merits and demerits, how do believers in the US reconcile having so many versions from which to choose while many around the world do not have such options? Is it ethical for US believers to have such a selection when there are thousands of people groups with no or only partial translations available to them? How do US/Western believers reconcile spending several years and much money on translations when others go without God's Word? I am truly interested in your views. Veering into another realm regarding Bibles and translations, I am interested to hear from you guys on a particular subject. The ones who comment here seem to be strong advocates of original languages and the importance of knowing those as we study God’s Word. That is certainly something that finds common agreement.
For those of you who are students of translations and their various merits and demerits, how do believers in the US reconcile having so many versions from which to choose while many around the world do not have such options?
Is it ethical for US believers to have such a selection when there are thousands of people groups with no or only partial translations available to them? How do US/Western believers reconcile spending several years and much money on translations when others go without God’s Word?
I am truly interested in your views.

]]> By: jimhamilton http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2453 jimhamilton Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:13:32 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2453 Thanks for your note. I actually paid handsomely, and waited a while, to have the one that fell apart rebound. I can send it back. . . and maybe I will. . . JMH Thanks for your note. I actually paid handsomely, and waited a while, to have the one that fell apart rebound. I can send it back. . . and maybe I will. . .

JMH

]]> By: Daniel http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2452 Daniel Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:35:17 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2452 If you ever find the perfect copy of the Bible, but do not like the binding, you can get it professionally rebound. If everything else is perfect and you have comments all over it, you may find rebinding to be a huge help. If you ever find the perfect copy of the Bible, but do not like the binding, you can get it professionally rebound. If everything else is perfect and you have comments all over it, you may find rebinding to be a huge help.

]]> By: Tyler Lopez, Boyeeee http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2374 Tyler Lopez, Boyeeee Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:11:17 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2374 I know you'll be switching bibles when Justin Taylor's ESV Study Bible comes out. I know you’ll be switching bibles when Justin Taylor’s ESV Study Bible comes out.

]]> By: Jason McNutt http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2178 Jason McNutt Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:05:31 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2178 I was highly disappointed in the Journaling ESV Bible. I am pretty young and a pilot and I still cannot read the text when I am teaching. I was looking for large print ESV with wide margins. It looks like they are about to come out with one. They also are coming out in Feb. with the "preacher's Bible" that is single column, wide margins and each verse on a separate line for quick reference. (maybe I should work for ESV when this military thing stops) I was highly disappointed in the Journaling ESV Bible. I am pretty young and a pilot and I still cannot read the text when I am teaching. I was looking for large print ESV with wide margins. It looks like they are about to come out with one. They also are coming out in Feb. with the “preacher’s Bible” that is single column, wide margins and each verse on a separate line for quick reference. (maybe I should work for ESV when this military thing stops)

]]> By: Steve Grose http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2175 Steve Grose Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:50:25 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2175 Hey I picked up the Journalling Bible (ESV) last week.. a wide margin bible for notes with lines, and a handy size for preaching without a pulpit. My dream Bible! Steve Hey I picked up the Journalling Bible (ESV) last week.. a wide margin bible for notes with lines, and a handy size for preaching without a pulpit. My dream Bible!
Steve

]]> By: Jason Morrison http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2138 Jason Morrison Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:43:51 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2138 The Table of Contents in my Large Print ESV has fallen out, and the Bible is just over one year old. The Table of Contents in my Large Print ESV has fallen out, and the Bible is just over one year old.

]]> By: Nick http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2132 Nick Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:53:19 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2132 The NT is in Hebrew? Awesome! The NT is in Hebrew? Awesome!

]]> By: Denny Burk http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2127 Denny Burk Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:41:44 +0000 http://jimhamilton.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/a-well-bound-bible/#comment-2127 Yeah, our family Bible is a hardbound ESV Classic Reference Edition (the one that looks like a Koran), and it is falling apart! I only used it for a year, and it started falling to pieces. I disagree about the cross references. The NASB's cross-references are much more extensive than the ESV's. As a matter of fact, the Lockman Foundation should sell there cross-references so that other Bible translations can use them. If there's anything I would change about the ESV, it would be to upgrade it to the NASB's cross-references. Yeah, our family Bible is a hardbound ESV Classic Reference Edition (the one that looks like a Koran), and it is falling apart! I only used it for a year, and it started falling to pieces.

I disagree about the cross references. The NASB’s cross-references are much more extensive than the ESV’s. As a matter of fact, the Lockman Foundation should sell there cross-references so that other Bible translations can use them. If there’s anything I would change about the ESV, it would be to upgrade it to the NASB’s cross-references.

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