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Pretty good but may be better

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This bible is nice but I think it could be better in some ways. The paper is extremely thin and you can see through it to the words on the other side. The study guide notes are not the easiest to get to because when you want clarification on one thing you look for the note on it, then it directs you to another section of the bible. For me this does not work out very well because I am not familiar with the bible, it is my first time reading one so finding Genesis 9:26 while reading 49:1 or something is hard to bounce back and forth from. I also think that for some of the passages they could have written them better, they are written in terms that anyone can understand, but they also seem to take away from the full quality of reading the bible. I dont get this, yeah! Go God! feeling from it. It is a nice starter bible because it is an easy read, but shop around a bit and see if it's really the one for you. God bless!

The NIV is not a Bible just for dummies

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The New International Version is the most readable English translation ever produced. And if that doesn't make it a "Good Book," then I don't know what does! Granted, I still prefer to read God's Word in the original tongues, not in a modern translation. (I've got nothing against the watered-down English versions sold today in Bible bookstores, but the ancient biblical scrolls are just a whole lot funnier.) Most people these days cannot do that: they cannot read Scripture as it was first intended by the Author. Not to worry: Bible translators have saved you a headache and you can thank God for them. Many of the holy Ghost's original sentences are so ungrammatical and awkwardly constructed, and others so unintelligible, that the translators for Zondervan Corp and these other big Bible companies have graciously re-written the text so as to enhance Scripture's appeal to the 21st-century reader. And in the N.I.V. more than in any other, those scholars have done a truly wonderful job of tidying up. If you prefer an English Bible that is halfway faithful to the original, then read the Authorised Version, better known in America as "the King James Version." The KJV/Authorised Version also has the most authentic prose style, with thee and thou and hath and dost and verily, which is how God actually talks, albeit in Hebrew. ([...] But if it's a highly readable New Age paraphrase of the Bible you want, and if you cannot decide between the eighteen leading options in your local bookstore or on BibleGateway.com, then allow me to recommend Zondervan's "New International Version" (NIV). Here, at last, is an English-language Bible in which all obscenities and difficult words have been euphemised; God's curses, tempered, and His personality, softened; all theological conundrums, solved; all contradictions, removed; and all the howlers, corrected - which is also why the NIV is ideal for the younger generation, grades five and below. Here's another thing you will love about Zondervan's New International Version: it is reader-friendly. The NIV makes the Lord sound like an affable American football coach, but with His bad words deleted, such as "piss" (Hebrew shathan) which is a word that God, in the Authorised Version, uses quite a bit (but only when He is angry, e.g., 1 Sam. 25:22, 1 Sam. 25:34, 1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8). And how's this for a major improvement? Almost every place that the word "Hell" appears in the Authorised Version, the NIV substitutes "the grave" or "the realm of the dead." (Where would you rather spend eternity - in "Hell," or in "the realm of the dead"?) Then, too, in the NIV, every instance of the word, "Ghost" has been eliminated, and not just the holy one. ("Why should we scare people?" That's Zondervan's policy. "We're marketing Christ the King, not Stephen King! And if you can't tell the difference between those two, well then! - Don't blame us, but you can expect a warm welcome, someday, when you die and your aura gets sent forever to the realm of the dead!") --L

Zondervan NIV Study Bible, Personal size	Customer Rating:
I am happy that I ordered this book, the book was in very good condition, and I was not disappointed in my purchase. thanks wendy shelton

Texas Grandma	Customer Rating:
This order was handled professionally and I received it as ordered. This is a plus for me. A number of places or not as prompt. Thanks

NIV Study Bible is perfect for individual or group study	Customer Rating:
This is a GREAT study bible. What I like best is the detailed introduction to each book - information about the author and date, the setting, the theological theme, and outline. It's great for a beginner or for a "veteran" bible reader.