There's lots of debate. Translations based on Textus Receptus have mountains of validating docs. Translations based on Alexandrian Text use an older text, found very recently in Vatican Archives (not sure where it was for so many years), but the validating texts to support differences in this text are very minimal. Some people still think having an older, yet minimally validated text is better. Others prefer the text that has the abundant validating texts spanning centuries.
So, if you like Textus Receptus info, A Greek/Hebrew Interlinear Bible is an awesone family Bible. You can read the translation, but also see the original languages in a parallel format. Above the foreign words of the original text, each word is translated. It also has a very good intro explaining the method historians use to determine which texts are believed to be more accurate & why. The 1611 KJV uses Textus Receptus as well as the Geneva Bible. New King James takes the KJV translation & tries to make the language more contemporary.
If you want a Bible based on Alexandrian Text (explained above), ESV is the way to go.
"Ultimately, the best Bible...is the one you'll read. So don't get too hung up on translations. Read the one that you understand."
Anyone know which is the more accurate bible?
There's lots of debate. Translations based on Textus Receptus have mountains of validating docs. Translations based on Alexandrian Text use an older text, found very recently in Vatican Archives (not sure where it was for so many years), but the validating texts to support differences in this text are very minimal. Some people still think having an older, yet minimally validated text is better. Others prefer the text that has the abundant validating texts spanning centuries.
So, if you like Textus Receptus info, A Greek/Hebrew Interlinear Bible is an awesone family Bible. You can read the translation, but also see the original languages in a parallel format. Above the foreign words of the original text, each word is translated. It also has a very good intro explaining the method historians use to determine which texts are believed to be more accurate & why. The 1611 KJV uses Textus Receptus as well as the Geneva Bible. New King James takes the KJV translation & tries to make the language more contemporary.
If you want a Bible based on Alexandrian Text (explained above), ESV is the way to go.