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I cringe every time I hear someone say that the NASB is hard to read. It came up last night in our devotional/prayer time. I know I'm not the most literate person in the room, but I have no problems in reading it. They don't argue that it is the most literal translation, just that it is hard to read.
John Chaney
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1. The NASB is hardly "hard to read", unless perhaps English is not one's primary language or they have never attended school.
2. The typical criticism of the NASB is that it wasn't translated from the TR (Textus Receptus/Received Text).
Personally, I don't consider the NASB to be a great translation, regardless of the source material used. There are many more that are worse which are far more popular, e.g., the NIV.
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Unfortunately, I know people who are far more educated than myself who trip all over translations such as the NASB and the KJV. They argue that "we don't talk that way!"
One in partiicular actually only uses the LB.
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Last edited by Tom; Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:26 PM.
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What are some thoughts on translations like the NLT? Also, opinions on Holmans Bibles?
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The "NLT" is NOT a translation in the narrow sense of the word, but rather a paraphrase which uses the "Dynamic Equivalent Method of Translation" vs. the "Formal Equivalent Method of Translation". The description by the translators/distributors reveals their methodology: The challenge for the translators was to create a text that would make the same impact in the life of modern readers that the original text had for the original readers. In the New Living Translation, this is accomplished by translating entire thoughts (rather than just words) into natural, everyday English. Personally, I wouldn't use it as a scratch pad. 
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Okay, what about the RYRI Bible?
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Okay, what about the RYRI Bible? I'm going to assume that you mean the "Ryrie Study Bible"? IF that is what you are referring to then I wouldn't have anything to do with it for several reasons, two of which would be: 1. Charles Ryrie is a semi-Pelagian 2. He also holds to quasi-Classic Dispensationalism.
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Gotcha. Is there a list of bibles and their critiques from a reformed perspective?
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