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Looking at all these different version, I have to ask a really stupid question, why is "the Message Bible" so different compared to the others?
Hmmmm
Note to self......
:O)
2006-05-11 15:00:50 Posted by Lee ()
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Lee,
I've noticed that as well. Good light reading and in the gross matters, correct enough. I'd like to think that people who read this version also read something else, but who knows? I don't know whether to say good that they are reading any bible, but I am inclined not to say that. That is for God to judge. Best I can do is to advise one not to rely upon that interpretation.
I also found the New International Reader's Version helpful in reading Daniel. With that and the notes in some of the other versions, it is easier to pick out some of the obscurity that is referenced in the prophesies. Of course, the origianl language did not refer to them as Syria and Egypt, but it is helpful to read it this way, nontheless, keeping in mind what the original prophesy was.
The point of this scripture to me was this: These rulers, powerful men, could not change what God had determined would be the outcome. His (not Daniel's) prophesy stood. They fell.
Amen,
Mel
2006-05-11 15:24:45 Posted by Mel ()
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The amazing thing that comes to mind is that although the "Kings" of Egypt & Syria sit at the same table, both being Muslim, they are opposed in the way they accept or reject Israel. That is today & for the previous twenty years. This from the NIV, the one I use most.
God prophecy is just soo true.
Love in His Name Stuart
2006-05-12 02:28:29 Posted by Stuart (stuart@sadrankin.com)
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I am an NIV person, but started out on the NLV when I was reborn. KJV is shakespeare to me. I didn't get into MESSAGE. To me, it skipped too much and made me look things up in other bibles to clearly understand. Just my opinion. Either way, the important part is still fact, no matter who you write it: for the end will still be at the appointed time.
2006-05-13 22:23:21 Posted by Kelly4Jesus ()
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Thnnks Stuart and Kelly. Good to see you back, Kelly!
In Christ,
Mel
2006-05-14 10:15:49 Posted by Mel ()
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Most versions of the bible try to translate, that is literally write what the "original" says word for word, in our language. The New Living Translation and the Message, among others paraphrase, that is say in their own words what the "original" means.
2006-05-14 11:49:53 Posted by Jon ()
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