I don't list it with the NWT or the Josepf Smith KJV, but the NIV just doesn't seem as direct as the NASB or the NKJV. It seems to be translated into a more post-modern jargon and marketed for the masses. Maybe like the dumbed-down version for public education. Also, as I look at old and dead theologians for their understanding, I look at current ones also, and the NIV isn't getting many reformed nods. Just my opinion.<br><br>Lately, I've been reading from the Holman Christian Standard a friend sent me. I'm reading through the NRSV version this year for my daily readings. Sometimes when I visit my mother, I read from her amplified. The NKJV and NASB are the best ones to me.<br><br><br>God bless,<br><br>william<br><br>

Last edited by averagefellar; Tue May 06, 2003 6:08 PM.