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Nelson's KJV / NKJV Parallel Bible with Center-Column References

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Many churches have gone to using the NKJV as the standard for church service and in written articles.

This parallel Bible is excellent for those who use the KJV as the standard scriptures for preaching/teaching and where the NKJV is the standard in his/her church.

One thing that is very interesting is noticing the differences in KJV/NKJV quotes. In some cases there are as many as 6 changes per page. For those who are interested in biblical criticism, this is an excellent tool to show that the NKJV is more of the revised text type than many think.

Another neat feature in the NKJV is that many of the NT footnotes, annotated as NU or M, are the texts usually used in the NIV and the NRSV or related Bibles.

So for the money, you are getting not only a parallel of the NKJV but also of the other texts.

I recommend it.

In some ways this is peculiar as a parallel bible; for the vast majority of the text the two columns are very, very similar. As such it really cannot be recommended for people that want a 'different view' on the same verse.

Where this bible does, in my opinion, become extremely useful is for people that have a preference for the KJV but that occasionally need a slightly simpler or more modern reading for an archaic word.

As the other reviewer mentioned, it is also useful for people or churches that are in a KJV/NKJV transition and for mixed translation bible studies.

This is the second of these parallel's I've owned; as such I recommend it heartily. However it does have some downsides as a 'go to church' bible. It is relatively heavy and it is hardbound rather than leatherbound. That means that the binding does degrade over time; my first one wore out over the period of about 5 years.

One other point to mention is that whilst it has cross references these are very weak compared to a true study bible.

The marginal references are also of dubious value. If you are using a KJV/NKJV combination then it had -better- be because you prefer the Majority text to the Alexandrian (the Greek text used by all the other translations). Thus the usefulness of the notes is limited to anyone that isn't interested in lower biblical criticism.

It's great for comparing the 2 versions but I think I really didn't need it like I thought I did.

I was using this to see how the old KJV lined up with the new kjv. After awhile I noticed that some of the old kjv verses had been changed to make it line up with the nkjv. I was so mad. Here I was thinking wow, these line up almost exactly.

WHAT IS THE POINT IN BUYING A OLD/NEW KJV PARALLEL BIBLE IF IT IS NOT EVEN THE OLD KING JAMES VERSION!

If you want a good bible go to local church bible publishers. They have the best Bibles. Just type it into google. It will be the first thing that pops up.