Customer Reviews

NIV/KJV Parallel Bible, Large Print

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This bonded-leather parallel KJV-NIV Bible disappoints this reader by not showing Christ's words in red print. My parallel KJV-Amplified Bible does indeed have Christ's words highlighted in red type and is from the very same publisher! I naturally assumed that this KJV-NIV version would do likewise. On a more positive note, the large print is _easy_ on the eyes and the burgundy bonded-leather flexible cover is quite attractive. However, I'm returning this Bible and hope to eventually find a parallel KJV-NIV with the red letter feature.

Just another observation: It is sad that this and almost all Bibles (and most other books) published today no longer have _sewn bindings_ but mere glued-in pages. This makes the books relatively fragile (open it too wide or use it too much and the spine cracks) and greatly shortens their useful life. Some very expensive tomes are bound in this manner (ironically referred to as 'perfect binding' in the book industry).

This Parallel Bible is very well done. The type is easy to read (non-Large Print version) and the passages are side by side. There is both a KJV and an NIV concordance in the back, which is very useful. I enjoy Parallel Bibles like this one because my preacher preaches from the KJV, but I like to read the NIV for clarification.

The reason I gave it 4 stars are these:

1) The verses are not synced up. Each chapter is started at the same place on a page, but the verses are not next to each other. For instance, the KJV may end the page with verse 29, but the NIV ends with verse 32. So, the parallel verse is actually on the next page. (Not a big deal, but it would have been better to have had them synced.)

2) There are no study notes or references to aid in study. The associated verses listed in the center of the page in many Bibles would have been useful. Also, study notes would have been great as well. This is a slim Bible, despite having 2 complete versions. It would have easily had NIV and KJV study notes at the end of each column. There is no parallel Bible that does this yet.

This is a good quality and impressive looking Bible, and one that I'm sure I will enjoy and use for years. I have received numerous compliments on it, and I highly recommend it. I do have two things, though, that I might point out. If you're looking for a red-letter Bible, this isn't. This is a minor thing to me, so I didn't mark it down because of this. Why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is that I bought this Bible sight unseen, and since I'm 57, and plan to use it for quite awhile, I decided to get the large print edition. When I first opened it, my first reaction was: Oops! They sent me the standard print Bible; as the print is what I expected as a standard print edition...meaning, the print is about what you would see if you received a typed letter. I have also had this same comment from several people who have looked at it. But it does say in the front of the Bible that it is large print, and I do have another Bible that does have a little smaller print, so I guess my idea of large print is not the same as the publisher. Anyway, if your eyesight requires large print, you might wish to look at this Bible first before you buy. I know other publishers do have larger print.

I really like this Bible. The layout is great. I like the fact that I can read both versions on the same page. This has helped me with my Bible study a lot. However, I am so disappointed that the words of Christ are NOT in red. It appauls me that words in red are not available for this type of Bible. Why in the world would that be omitted? That's almost like omitting Christ from out lives. What a horrible world this would be without Christ. Also, I wished the Bible had tabs. Add these two items to the Bible and this would be the perfect Bible.

If you really need a Large Print book, don't buy this one. Before I bought this I saw a customer's review noting that the book received was not actually large print. I assumed there had been a shipping mistake. When I got my copy, I found she was right - the print is NOT large despite the claims on the book's cover and title page. In fact, the print is smaller than that of many other "regular" print Bibles. So my 3-stars rating reflects an average of 5 stars for content and 1 star for falsely advertising "Large Print" when it's not.

I am quite pleased to have this Bible. The only negative that I can think of pertains to the size of the font. The font is larger than most but not as large as some other Bibles I have seen. Otherwise, I would highly recommend it.

We are very pleased with this Bible. It is like it was described. We like this cover better than a hard cover. It is very useful in comparing the two versions to help to understand verses.

This Bible is wonderful! I had been planning on purchasing a parallel Bible for a while, but the cost had always been higher than I was willing to pay, given that I already have several single translation Bibles. This parallel Bible was a great price and had only the translations I was seeking (NIV and KJV), so I didn't feel IToday's Parallel Bible was paying extra for translations I wouldn't use. The 'large print' was not quite as large as I was hoping, but it'll work.

For those who learned in the KJV and memorized some verses in it. I was raised up learning in KJV but some verses I just couldn't understand what was being said so I alternated bibles so this makes it more easy to understand. And sometimes the speaker at church uses KJV so you can easily use that to find out what they are saying while reading the part that makes it easily understood by you. They have an KJV AND NIV concordance in the back but it is not listed in the table of contents.

I was very surprised after purchasing this Holy Bible to find that the print was so very small. I gave it away to someone who could read this tiny print.