Questions tagged [niv]
The New International Version (NIV) is one of the most popular modern English translations of the Bible and is primarily used by Protestants.
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Why is Acts 8:37 missing in the NIV?
During bible study I noticed that Acts 8:37 was missing from my bible. Verse 36 goes straight onto verse 38. Some cursory Google searches show that this happens in the NIV but not the KJV.
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Why is the Lord's Prayer different in the NIV and KJV?
Why is Matthew 6:13 different in the NIV that some other translations?
NIV (the latest version, I think is 2010)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
KJV
And lead ...
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Why are some verses missing in the NIV?
I'm wondering why some passages in the NIV are missing when compared to the KJV, like:
Matthew 17:21
Matthew 18:11
Mark 9:44
Mark 11:26
Mark 15:28
Luke 17:36
…and more. Also there are some passages ...
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What was the intended meaning of the quotation marks around "sinners" in the old NIV?
Take for example Matthew 9:10-13:
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this, they ...
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What are the major criticisms of the NIV?
While researching for this answer and reading different posts on this site over the past few days, I've come across some criticisms of the NIV I'd never heard before. I've seen articles claiming that ...
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Looking for a website with the 1984 NIV Bible version
All the Bible websites that I know of have updated their NIV Bibles to the 2011 version. I used to use biblestudytools.com to access the 1984 version, but it now looks like it also has been updated to ...
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What manuscripts did people use to create the NIV and KJV? Are the manuscripts used to fashion the NIV older than those used for the KJV?
What manuscripts did people use to create the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible and the King James Version (KJV)? Are the manuscripts used to fashion the NIV older than those used for the ...
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What general theological framework(s) are represented in the Life Application Study Bible commentary?
I was recently shown an excerpt of commentary from the NIV edition of the Life Application Study Bible from Tyndale/Zondervan. Frankly I was rather surprised by how blatant the eisegesis was in that ...
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All my days are ordained before I was born?
Psalm 139:16 (KJV) Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in
continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
My ...
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What are the NIV cross-references? Where do they come from?
In my NIV Bible I see tiny letters inside the text and references to other passages in the margins. Some of these are tremendously helpful, some seem only to relate by the use of one word.
Where do ...
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According to Baptist teachings, what are the actual precepts God requires of us who are his?
I am reading Psalm 103 and I come to the word "precepts" in these verses in the NIV:
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those
who fear him, and his righteousness with ...
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To what extent were original papyri used as sources in the translation of the NIV New Testament?
I am wondering to what extent original papyri were used in the translation of the NIV New Testament? I know there are some large papyrus fragments such as p45 and p66 and I am wondering how much the ...
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Mark 1:41 - Was Jesus indignant or compassionate? [closed]
http://biblehub.com/mark/1-41.htm
New International Version
Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!"New Living Translation
Moved ...
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Why does the NIV have 16 verses missing from the Bible? [duplicate]
Why does the NIV have 16 missing verses from the Bible?
Matthew 17:21
Matthew 18:11
Matthew 23:14
Mark 7:16
Mark 9:44
Mark 9:46.
Mark 11:26.
Mark 15:28
Luke 17:36.
John 5:4
Acts 8:37.
Acts 15:...
