The thought side of the spectrum is the most loosely translated version of the scriptures you can get. The word side of the spectrum is the most literal wording you can get to the original scriptures. But what is the spectrum? It is based on how close the wording is to the original text.
If you take a look at the spectrum of where the most popular Bibles are you will see what I mean. On the left, you see the thought and the end of that spectrum of thought is The Message Bible. the message is the most loosely translated Bible there is to date. there may be others like it but from what I researched and was taught on this, that is the one that is at the end of the spectrum for thought.
If you take a look at the right side of the spectrum you see the word side of the spectrum and at the end of that is the American Standard Bible (even though it isn't listed above). Again, to point out this is not from me but from what I was taught on and researched. To mean it seems weird that some Bible with the word American in the title is the closest to the original scripture. Most people when thinking of the closest accuracy to the Bible, they think of King James automatically and even I did that before I was taught on this.
Let's take a look at the most popular Bible today and that is the New International Version (NIV). It lies somewhere in the middle. This means that it is not too thought-based on the spectrum and not too word-based on the spectrum.
This part is a ***Spoiler Alert***
Where do I tend to read out of on the spectrum and that is the word side of the spectrum. My favorite Bible's to read out of is the ASV, KJV, and the AMP. Yes, I like the hath and thou's, it has a richness to them, and that is why read out of those Bibles for that reason.
Today I leave you with a children's song, but it reigns true for us as adults too.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-b-i-b-l-e/284431296?i=284431317
Have A blessed day!!!
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