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Student's Life Application Bible: New Living Translation, hardcover

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I was super hesitant to get this Bible. I saw the aqua one at borders for $26.xx and came to look on amazon and it was 20 bucks. Still i was hesitant cuz i lean more towards word for word translations like the esv and niv compared to dynamic equivalence translations like the NIV.
However, i'd spent a good amount of time going through the aqua colored edition that i realized this Bible would be great for me. So i decided to get it as my third Bible and use it for the purpose of the learning tools in it.
Good thing is that i found this blue one, there's an orange one too but they are the same as the $20.xx aqua one. Different print dates but both second editions. I even went to the NIV website to look at the pdf chapter ones of each one just to make sure they were the same and it were so i bought it.
I did get here and i'm glad i got this $15 one cuz it's the same as the aqua colored one, the only difference is the price. I mean it's the same thing on the same pages the only difference is the color of the bibles.
I like it, i've been reading it everyday and the dynamic equivalence is not soo different, at least the genesis isn't although when you get to proverbs, you see huge differences that completely change the meaning of the verse so for that, get an esv.
I'm a college student and some of the things i've read soo far does apply to me. I find it to be a great study bible. I spent weeks sitting at borders every afternoon comparing different study bibles. I mean reading differnt chapters and whatever.

If you are crazy about color and are willing to pay $5 extra bucks at amazon or 11 extra borders, get the aqua colored one but just know the extra money you are paying is for the cover of the book. Same things at the exact places in each page but just different color. They're both second editions. Amazon doesn't list it well, this one is also a life application study bible like the aqua one.
Otherwise, buy this one cuz you are going to be glad you did and for the price, it's soo worth it even if you don't like the NIV translation.

Oh, MY five star rating is solely for how good this bible is as a student study bible. It is NOT my rating for the NLT translation.

Addendum: This study does a good job helping me see different angles of chapters i've read 10x or more in my life. I try to read everyday but you know life is for college students. I'm almost done with school and this has been one of the best things i've had living in a crazy city and going attending a big university. If you don't mind the translation, i think it'll be a good gift for a college freshman or high school student who desires a better walk with God. I actually read it alongside the ESV because i've different bible translations and i like to compare certain verses.

When my husband and I were teaching our youth group at church, we were surprised to discover that most of the kids either had no Bible of their own at all, or a Bible that they did not quite understand. We bought a case of these.
I like the fact that this Bible has real life applications and questions all throughout, stories and anecdotes for the reader to consider. There are several ' what do you think' areas that make great teaching tools especially in how they refer back to various verses. These are all headed under things like 'jealousy,cheating,violence'.
It is written in the NLT which makes it easier to understand for all of us and the print is large enough to be legible. The study guide part is not too 'youthful' so it is appropriate all the way through the teen years into the twenties.
I found out many weeks after giving these out to the youth group,from three different parents, that their teens were actually READING their Bibles for the first time and they could not thank us enough for providing them. I cannot think of a better recommendation than that.

This Bible is highly recommended for teenager's! The study notes are helpful; the examples in them are useful and the words are in a language they can understand and relate to! It would also work for a new Christian, but there is a Life Application Bible for the next set up that has awesome study notes. I learn so much from those Study notes...I feel like I am in class. I so appreciate this Bible. I given many of them!

Purchased the Student's Life Application Bible for my grandson. He was truly pleased and impressed with the gift. This appears to be an excellent study bible for a teen.