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Cool to know but what kind of bible am I talking about? With the verses the way they are and with the greek definitions of certain underlined words?

Most Bible bookstores, such as Evangel, have many versions of the Bible. But wouldn't you rather have the original Hebrew definitions, rather than Hellenic Greek??

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I feel that so much is lost in translation that I would like a bible, preferably that contains the Apocrypha, that doesn't flounder when it comes to the translations. If the word means that they have to write out a sentence, so be it, I just don't like it squished into one American word. And yes, I have considered learning Hebrew and Greek, but who has the time to do that? Concordance's just scratch the surface, I want the BIG BOOK with an overkill on correct translation. help please.

There are two major Greek sources, the Textus Receptus (compiled by Erasmus in the 16th Century out of several incomplete Orthodox Greek Bibles dating to around the 12th Century) and the Nestle-Alland, based on a compilation made in the 19th Century from a 4th and 5th Century source, the Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus. These sources are the base for nearly every English translation. TR underlies the King James Version. Most 20th Century versions are based on N-A.

Some KJV fans complain that the N-A translations are "defective" or "distorted" because several verses in various parts of the New Testament are "missing". They claim authority for the TR because there are more copies of it around than of the much older sources for N-A. The N-A promoters counter that the centuries between sources likely allowed for interpolations into the text by well-meaning copyists. The two schools are pretty firm in their positions, so they aren't likely to declare peace soon. In any case, these two sources are about the closest the ordinary reader will get to the originals. The Jewish scriptures are based on the Masoretic Text, a 10th Century compilation that is presumed to be pretty accurate.

Short of learning Koine Greek or Biblical Hebrew, the closest you might get is an interlinear Bible. It will be expensive and a bit hard to read, since the word order and syntax will be like it is in the source. (A commentary might prove useful.)

Alternately you could go the Strong's Numbers route. The numbers are assigned to two word lists, one Greek, one Hebrew. When you come to a word in a Bible with Strong's Numbers, you can look up the number to see exactly what the word is and what its connotations are. You don't get the syntax but you may pick up more of the nuances.

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