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Psalm 56:12-13

BIBLE TRANSLATIONS DO MATTER! For those who approach the subject with a scholarly interest, the Internet is a gold mine of information. Begin with the publishers themselves. Each publisher shares extensively with readers about its team of translators and the linguistic and theological guidelines that resulted in their own Holy Bible.

HERE…we are concerned with the readers…how do the different translations of the Holy Bible impact you in your understanding and love of scripture? How do they serve to bring you into close communion with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

ONE EXAMPLE…My Life Verse is Psalm 56:12-13. Below, this passage is given in six different translations. Read the passages out loud. While the message is generally the same in all six, there is a great difference in the impact any one translation can have on a reader.

Beauty – there are many synonyms for the concept of love. Which of these love words brings beauty to the passage?
Lyricism – the Psalms are poetry and song; the lines of a psalm can be a choppy collection of words or a lyrical passage that “sings itself.”
Clarity – a beautiful, lyrical verse of scripture misses the mark if the reader does not understand what is meant in the verse.
Accuracy – even with beauty, lyricism and clarity…a verse must accurately convey the information and meaning held in the original text. Adding, deleting and changing words may be necessary to speak in the language of today’s culture. But truth is timeless. What the Holy Bible said to the first readers should be what it says to us today.

BELOW…Read the six passages below for Psalm 56:12-13. Which speaks best to your heart? Try this with your own favorite verses in the Bible. If you are like us, you will end up loving all the translations – depending on the verses and passages you are reading.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

¹²My vows to thee I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to thee.
¹³For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
yea, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

¹²Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
¹³For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV) KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

¹²I will keep my promises
to you, my God,
and bring you gifts.
¹³You protected me from death
and kept me from stumbling,
so that I would please you
and follow the light
that leads to life.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹²Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You and give You thank offerings.

¹³For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living.

New International Version (NIV)

¹²I am under vows to you, my God;
I will present my thank offerings to you.
¹³For you have delivered me from death
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

Good News Translation (GNT)

¹²O God, I will offer you what I have promised;
I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
¹³because you have rescued me from death
and kept me from defeat.
And so I walk in the presence of God,
in the light that shines on the living.

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