Thanks for the comment, Joe!

@@victorgeorgian8634 But I really like leather...

@@victorgeorgian8634 " Whoever utters the name of the lord [ ONOMA KURIOU ] shall be put to death... ' Septuagint, Leviticus 24: 16

​@@RGrantJonesAll 10 are the UNholy word of satan now, you just don't realize it...YET!

Wow. That must have been a fantastic experience, Adoremus. Thanks for commenting!

I wish I could ask them why they keep printing Wide Margins that have defective print. It's been a decade or more, enough is enough. I'm sure it was a nice experience to visit the warehouse though.

@@xael The staff are very personable and would be more than willing to answer any queries and resolve issues.

I plan to make post such a video in the near future. Thanks for the suggestion!

@@RGrantJones or perhaps a top 10 instead of 5 😁

@@zachtbh I'd love to see 10 myself 🙂

Thanks for commenting, TIm!

Thanks for letting me know, David!

You're welcome, Paul. Thanks for commenting!

Thanks for commenting, Haexz1! I noticed the same thing. A number of factors may be involved: The KJV is one of my favorite translations, and I favor the semi-bold font and the classic layout one finds in KJV Bibles.

Thanks for the encouraging comment, TheBurlyBurrito!

Thanks for the encouraging comment, Larrym. Johnson! May God bless you and yours as well.

Thank you for commenting, Lance!

Thank you for the encouraging comment, Mike!

@@RGrantJones I've just discovered your amazingly informative videos lately, but had never heard your name before. I can't find anything about you online, but you sure know your stuff.

Very good paper and print in that one, and a careful word-for-word translation. Thanks for commenting, IG 4WDI!

Thanks for the suggestions, Gary!

Thanks very much for the encouraging comment, Adeodata!

Thanks for commenting, John! Interesting information. It may be that they're waiting to see how the struggle between the '95, the '20, and the LSB plays out before making a decision.

I'll be developing a similar study Bible list soon, and I hope to post a video of it in the near future.

@@RGrantJones Great! Looking forward to it!

Thanks for commenting, acardnal! Yes, I should post a similar video for study Bibles in the near future.

@@RGrantJones I am a Catholic and I seem to remember you appreciated The Didache bible (RSVCE2nd Edition) and the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, New Testament (RSVCE2nd Edition)

@@acardnal - I haven't started working on the list yet, but the Didache Bible and the Jerusalem Bible are clearly strong candidates. I doubt I'll consider the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, however, since it's incomplete. By the way, the Orthodox Study Bible is also a strong candidate -- in fact, if the Old Testament were a more consistent translation of the Septuagint, the binding were sewn, the paper more opaque, the print bolder, and the line spacing more generous, it could rank #1. I hope Nelson redesigns it some day, because it has a lot of potential.

@@RGrantJones Thank you for responding. I appreciate your feedback.

@@RGrantJones Nelson will release a leather/fine binding edition of the Orthodox Study Bible on June 15th (ISBN - 13: 9780785241881). Hopefully, it will include some of the improvements you mention. BTW, I enjoyed very much this video!

Thanks for the kind words, Edward, and for the video suggestion. I'd like to hold off on that video until I see the complete Ignatius Catholic Study Bible.

@@RGrantJones it's funny you should mention that particular one because my favorite Bible is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition by Ignatius Press. I have heard that it is a great midland ground between the exact translation and more modern vernacular, thus readable without straying too far from the exact translation of a particular verse. God bless you and keep up the good work!

It's a great Bible. Thanks for commenting, Biblical Studies and Reviews!

Thanks for commenting, Be Skeptical Of Everything! Yes, such a video would get a lot of comments -- and a lot of dislikes! I've noticed that the 'dislike' rate on my videos rises with the number of critical comments I make. The Lockman 'blue paper' edition of the '95 NASB single-column reference Bible is a strong candidate for my #1.

Thanks for commenting, Laly! Yes, I do plan to post a similar video for study Bibles at some point in the near future. May God bless you and yours as well!

I'd love to see your top 10 list, Peter. It sounds as if you have some remarkable Bibles. Thanks for the view and comment!

@@RGrantJones I'd have to decide on which ones I like the most first! Maybe sometime in the future when can I think of an interesting way to do it.

@@pmachapman - that was my problem too!

Similar Bibles with italic type include the Cambridge Turquoise, the Schuyler Canterbury, and the large-print edition of the Westminster Reference Bible. The Turquoise is available only in a red letter edition. The Canterbury doesn't include translators' notes and the references are at the bottom of the page. Thomas Nelson has a decent KJV with relatively large print as well, the Maclaren Series KJV Large-Print Verse-by-Verse Reference Bible. It also has page-bottom references. I believe you can find all of these at evangelicalbible.com. (The Westminster is under "Trinitarian Bibles.")

Thanks for commenting, Philip! I tend to read the NASB mostly when listening to those who preach or teach from it. I consult the Geneva Bible largely for its footnotes or to compare a translation, and I retired the NKJV wide margin a couple of decades ago. I tend to go to the Cameo with Apocrypha (or the New Oxford Annotated Bible RSV, which I excluded from this video) when reading morning or evening prayer. I pick up the Concordia RSV when I'm reading a lengthy section of scripture, since the language and format are so well-suited to synthesis. I primarily use the Oxford KJV wide margin to maintain a record of insights or alternative translations, with the vague idea that some day I'll read it cover to cover and take advantage of those observations. When I use the Allan 53, it's usually for in-depth study, in combination with a more modern translation like the ASV shown in the video. The KJV-RV interlinear serves the same purpose, but with the advantage that I have one less book open on my desktop, and the disadvantage of the small interlinear font. Sometimes I pair up a KJV with an NASB or an ESV, and if I'm in the New Testament, my UBS5 is open nearby.

@@RGrantJones Thanks for taking the time to break it down in such detail. Very meticulous. Glad you have room for an Oxford in your mix. Though I have more orthodox versions in play, I do also like to use the New Annotated NRSV 5th (in part, based on your review) for comparisons. My faith is indeed strong!Thanks again.

@@RGrantJones Yes, thank you for your time in that response.

Thanks for commenting, Paul! I plan to do a top 10 study Bible video, but for the other categories, I may not have 10 specimens to rank.

@@victorgeorgian8634 The Bible is NOT about ' God Jehovah ' see , Mauro Biglino " LA BIBBIA NON PARLA DI DIO [ GOD ] ! , 2015, MONDADORI LIBRI, Milano.

Thanks for commenting, Alan! I think the TCR has more references than that Longprimer, but I don't have actual totals. I haven't noticed the Westminster Bible to be biased toward Calvinism, but I haven't looked at it from that perspective. I suppose people are finding it in the headings or in the references themselves? The text is just the KJV.

Yes, I agree. It was a beautiful airplane!

@@victorgeorgian8634 Relax Ignat. I know that.

@@victorgeorgian8634 Matthew 26:52, John 18:36

@@victorgeorgian8634 Yes. We must be extra careful reading study Bibles. There might be some Calvinism in there , poisoning God’s truths with clever word twisting lies!

@@victorgeorgian8634 Amen, agree with you!!

The more I use the LSB New Testament, the better I like it. But I'll have to wait and examine the editions that become available when the full Bible is published. Issues like blue paper, faint print, skinny gray letters, and bright red words of Christ could keep any particular edition off my top 10.

He is risen indeed! Thanks for commenting, tēletheātēs. No, I don't plan to review the New Cambridge Paragraph Bible -- but I will if I come across a copy.

I agree, Simon. Thanks for commenting!

Yes. I wish Nelson would bring out a Comfort Print version of it. I believe many NKJV users would use it. Thanks for commenting!

It would be toward the top, no doubt. The Turquoise has the advantage over the Longprimer in that it uses italics.

Thanks for the question, Aaron! It's entitled "The Greeks," and it was produced by the National Geographic Society in December 1999.

I've done a few videos on editions of the NASB, as well as a two-part video comparing and contrasting the '95 NASB with the 2016 ESV. You can locate them fairly easily at this page: www.youtube.com/@RGrantJones/videos .

Interesting question! Among modern translations, I'd say that the RSV and the ESV are good candidates, since both are in formal English and both are available with the Apocrypha. I wish I could have listed the NKJV also, but its translators decided to exclude the Apocrypha.

I don't think I do, but I haven't gone through an exercise like this to weigh the pros and cons of the various translations. Over the past month or two, I've found myself using the KJV, RV, and the RSV most frequently. Thanks for commenting, Richard -- and for the question!

When I was a boy of 11 in 1959 in Scotland and associated with Baptists and Brethren as well as Presbyterians, I learned early of the AV/RV Interlinear. Though the AV was read and preached from, as being the public Bible -"our common version"- the RV text or margin was often recommended for consideration. The larger edition of the Interlinear was a little on the pricey side, though many working-class preachers and teachers saved for and bought it. But, both Cambridge

....and Oxford issued cheaper but excellent editions Small Pica 8vo editions, and many folk had these. Finally, in response to demand, Cambridge issued a Bourgeois 8vo edition without references - a beautifully clear read , and very portable (7" x 4.5" x 2") : this was the first (secondhand!) Interlinear edition that I had.

Oxford issued its Interlinear in 1906, but Cambridge had issued its Brevier 8mo Two-Version Edition of the Holy Bible, with centre full references, in 1899. The text was that of the AV, with the RV notes placed in the left and right margins. This was, and is, I think, less-used than the Cambridge Interlinear; but I think that I probably prefer it! As far as. I know, it was issued in only one edition - 8.5" x 5.5" x 2", in hardback.

Let me please add one other Bible - the 1898 Oxford Revised Version, Brevier 16 mo, with references, 7.5" x 5" x 1.5". This was probably my favourite Bible, which I almost always took with me - on walks, shopping, up hills down dales, etc.

I mention these older Bibles because they were portable, clear, good for reading, and excellent study. Comparisons are sometimes odious, and I am probably an over-sentimental oldster, but I do prefer these older Bibles! Thank you for indulging me a little here! God bless!

I'm not sure what I do differently, if anything. It's not as if I don't touch the edges: I generally flip through the pages by running my right thumb along the page edges.

Thanks for commenting, Jordan!

I don't remember saying that, but I do listen to White Horse Inn -- usually via podcast on my phone these days. But normally that program isn't a Bible study, so I typically listen without an open Bible. I have used the NASB while listening to expository sermons given by ministers who preach from the NASB.

@@RGrantJones Thanks for the quick response.

Yes, I'm looking forward to it, Peter. I intend to purchase a copy, though I missed out on the full yapp preorder. My concern is that the font will be too thin and gray for my tastes, but the glimpses Schuyler has given so far leave me some hope that it may be acceptable.

@@RGrantJones I was able to order a pre-order copy as I allocated funds for it over a year ago when I stumbled across an advertisement for it on evangelicalbible.com's Facebook page. Totally by chance. Wasn't even looking for it. Further when I also found out it was going to have the full Deutrocanonical list of books it was a must purchase. Got permission from my wife and everything. LOL!

@@peterpapoutsis496 - I've planned to purchase it since I first heard about it through an email from Evangelical Bible. I had to work the morning they opened preorders on the full yapps, and they were all gone by the time I was free. But that's probably just as well, since my review will be more useful if it covers a copy more like the ones most people will purchase.

I would try Ebay. I've found some nice used Bibles there.

I plan to do a separate video on study Bibles. The Full Life Study Bible is one I haven't used, but thank you for recommending it!

Thanks for commenting, Gordon!

Thanks for the question, Daniel. I don't know enough about the Apostolic Study Bible premier edition to have an opinion. Glancing at the pentacostalpublishing.com web site, it isn't clear to me what "premium leather" it uses, or how it differs in other ways from the standard edition.

Thanks for commenting, Arandor! I do like the KJV, and I use it often, but usually alongside a more modern translation. I've never been KJV Only myself. When I was a boy, the Christians I associated with were open to other translations. I remember when my grandparents bought my mother a New English Bible as a present. I haven't studied the question in detail, but I think you're right when you say that the ESV is closer to the KJV than the NASB is. I have a mostly favorable impression of the ESV, but I don't own an ESV that I like as well as any of these 10 Bibles. That said, I'll be surprised if at least one ESV isn't included on my 'Ten Favorite Study Bibles' video.

Yes, I think so.

It's a great Bible. I love the layout. Thanks for commenting!

@@RGrantJones subbed to your channel, keep the videos coming brother. God bless!

@@victorgeorgian8634 Hey, thank you for taking the time to share with me what you think is important I don't consider Septuagint as infallible Masoretic text and TR are the way to go. KJV is the perfect translation and inspired Word of God in English. Romans 2 I believe says that the law was commited to the Jews. There is no room for denying Masoretic text. Even the NT was written by Jews because God wanted it so, but I would understand if one struggled with being TR only, though I think it's clear TR is the one. Masoretic text was preserved by Jews like God said it would happen.

As far as I know, all KJVs are in the English used in the UK in the early seventeenth century. For instance, 'honor' is spelled 'honour' in the KJV, even in copies sold here in the US. God bless you and yours, Varga!

It's an F-106. Thanks for commenting!

Thanks for commenting, Charlene! I may have to learn how to work leather to make a new cover for that Bible. But for the time being, it works wonderfully well as a paperback. It's much more flexible now than when it was covered, and it lies open more easily.

Thanks for the question, John D. I can say that the KJV Bibles printed recently by Thomas Nelson do not include the "St." before the evangelist's name, but Cambridge still includes it. The 1885 Revised Version continued to use "St." in the gospel titles, but the 1901 American Standard Version dropped it. As far as I know, the RSV never used it. I just checked the RSV Second Catholic Edition, and it also leaves out the "St."

@@RGrantJones thanks! You’re an incredible resource - we’re all very lucky to have you!

I don't understand the question, Adrian. Which version are you referring to?

@R. Grant Jones oops sorry, your #1 the allan 53BR Long primer, thanks

@@adriang2577 - I don't see it at Allan's web site at the moment. But the editions they print change with time, so you might want to keep an eye on www.bibles-direct.co.uk/ .

It's definitely on my wish list. Thanks for commenting, Steve!

Thanks for commenting, Edward! I'm hopeful that if enough of us let the publishers know we'd prefer a black ink option, they'll listen.

@@RGrantJones That's my hope. I've always thought that if people needed red letters to identify the words of Christ then something was wrong with their method of interpretation. With red letters, other than the difficulties some people have reading it, in palaces like John 3:16-21 it's a bit interpretive. At what point does Jesus stop talking and when does the author starts his narrative again. There are a few other places that this happens too.

@UC6iKGU2eggjMkiUL3GvDl4A My biggest problem with red letters is that I'm not able to read it, plus the back and forth between red and black letters hurts my eyes and messes with my focus.

Thanks for the suggestion, Wire Rubbish Bin. I must say that the New World Translation has never interested me. I don't own a copy and I know little about it, so I doubt I would have anything to say that would be helpful.

@@RGrantJones Jehovah's witnesses give away the NWT and it is available in large print and they also have a Greek/English Interlinear - based on Westcott and Hort - which they also give away. But I can see that having no interest in it would make a review burdensome. Still, I'd like to have a review from you along the lines that you use for other translations. Checking it's conformity to the underlying texts (Masoretic and Westcott & Hort) and looking into its formal Vs functional equivalence in translation.I do not know Greek well enough myself to make a reasonable go at a review. Thanks for replying. I enjoy your reviews.

Sorry. I wish I could help, but I don't know where you can find an Orthodox Tewahedo Bible. Perhaps someone who does know will read your comment and respond.

or maybe you know the Orthodox Bible with 81 books

Yes. I used to see F-106 Delta Darts fly overhead when I was a boy. Thanks for commenting!

Indeed. I'm amazed by the number of views.

I would say that the KJV is one of my translations of choice. I tend to prefer translations in the Tyndale family, but I don’t have a single favorite. When I’m listening to a sermon, I try to follow along in the speaker’s translation. If I’m studying on my own, I often use a literal translation (e.g., KJV, NKJV, RV, ASV) alongside a more interpretive one. For devotional reading, I find myself using the KJV or the RSV most often. Thanks for the question!

@@RGrantJones and also the ESV?

@@chris12780 - true, I do sometimes use the ESV. I think it's a bit more literal than the RSV, but I prefer the standard English of my youth, which I find in the RSV.

From the description, it sounds like a Longprimer, Edward. The references will be in column order rather than page order, and the paper is likely to have a sheen to it. But those are less significant issues for me than red letters. Interesting that the premier edition listed on that page has red letters. I'll see if I can get a copy of the black letter edition to review.

@@RGrantJones And as usual I await that review. I've been hoping for an all black letter NKJV for a long time and other the premier collection, everything else have always been red letter. I'm not sure if this is TN response for an all balkck letter edition, because all the other vbv coming out this year is red letter. Only this gray cover one is black letters. I think the genuine leather gray one is also all black letters too.

@@edwardgraham9443 nice one.. Will look into it. Actually the NKJV SCR is a black letter text also and i truly love that bible.. Also the premier collectiin of the large print thinline in the brown goatskin is a black letter as well

@@sylviafriessen9124 Thank you, I'll have a look at that one too. I prefer the double column Bibles. I just got my first single column Bible from Crossway the other day, which was a replacement for a wide margin ESV I had before that was no longer in publication, so they gave me the opportunity to choose a replacement, and I chose the Legacy Bible for a reader. A center column VBV in all black letters would be difficult to pass upon, and I love the NKJV translation. It and the ESV are my go to Bible translations.

Do you have a specific edition in mind? I'm not familiar with Ethiopian Bibles, and I don't read or speak Ethiopian.

LOL. Thanks for commenting, Macross DYRL. In one of my early videos, I sent a banner across the screen to say "KJV fonts rule!" -- or something to that effect. I grew up reading the KJV and I do like it very much, though I often read it alongside another translation.

@@victorgeorgian8634 Dude. Chill. I'm not a KJVOnlyist. Neither is R. Grant Jones. In the past when R. Grant Jones has been asked what his favorite translation is, he usually says something along the lines of "I really can't say, I use a multitude of translations; I can't really single out one as my definitive favorite." Then he lists the group of translations he usually uses, which goes something like: Geneva, KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB77, NKJV etc. He also likes using looser translations like the NRSV and the NEB, REB and various Jerusalem Bibles as secondary or devotional translations from time to time. Seeing his list of top Bibles of all time be 50% KJV inspired me to light heartedly jest that perhaps his "secret" has been revealed, and that we "finally know" that the KJV is his all time favorite translation. Nothing more, nothing less.

I like Brenton's LXX also, but the font used for the English is a bit small for me. I didn't consider it for this list, since I wanted to focus on complete Bibles. I like the Thompson Chain Reference layout, but the red letters in it are too bright for me. Thanks for commenting!

@@RGrantJones Yeah, the Brenton English side font size is horrendous. Agreed. But the Brenton English is the only LXX I've come to trust. They really need to reformat the whole book and make the English font WAY larger and I'll be all over that newer edition!

@@pennsyltuckyreb9800 - Brenton's English text is available at LuLu.com in a large paperback format. I agree that his translation is generally trustworthy. My ideal Bible would be a word-for-word translation in KJV style with the New and Old Testaments translated in such a way as to bring out the New Testament's dependence on the Greek Old Testament.

@@RGrantJones YES! I've been saying this for YEARS! This would be my "ultimate, perfect Bible." A KJV English style Bible but with the Septuagint as the vast majority of the OT, all Apocrypha including Enoch, and then the Greek NT. Really, I would be happy with just smashing the Brenton Septuagint (with some modern alternate translation notations of course) with the KJV NT, make a really nice cover, and calling it a day! When the "Orthodox Study Bible" came out I was expecting so much...but got so little. 😔😁

@@victorgeorgian8634 Thanks for your information, friend! Though I completely agree with you on the "congregation/assembly" as opposed to "church" deal... ....I don't believe the English choice of word varies in meaning that much at all. "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the HOUSE of God, which is the CHURCH of the living God, the PILLAR and GROUND of the TRUTH." ~ 1 Timothy 3:15 Clearly, the physical building or meeting place meant something significant as well. Christianity is BOTH spiritual AND physical...the Resurrection is BOTH soul AND body... Don't want to start taking a nose dive off the gnostic cliff.