Bible Translations Explained & Compared (ESV, RSV, NRSV, NABRE, NLT, GNT, JERUSALEM BIBLE, KNOX)

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When comparing translation philosophies, there are generally two sides of the spectrum. Formal equivalent translations, which attempt to recreate the word and structure of the original languages, and functional equivalent translations which attempt to recreate the original thought and intent, with the middle being optimal equivalent translations which attempt to find an optimal balance between the two.

From the more formal to the more functional we have:
The English Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Douay Rheims Bible
The Revised Standard Version First and Second Catholic Editions
The New Revised Standard Version
The New American Bible Revised Edition
The New Catholic Bible
The Revised New Jerusalem Bible
The New Jerusalem Bible
The Knox Bible
The Jerusalem Bible
The New Living Translation
And the Good News Translation

Now, none of these translation philosophies are about being more accurate than another. Since any good translation does attempt to be accurate, but rather it speaks to their approach on how they want to get that accuracy across, and, when they must make interpretive decisions, what will end up guiding them.

Bible Verses compared:
1 TIMOTHY 3:15
COLOSSIANS 2:9-10
1 CORINTHIANS 10:1
PSALM 127:3
1 CORINTHIANS 11:28
2 CORINTHIANS 2:10
DEUTERONOMY 6:4-5
DEUTERONOMY 16:7
DEUTERONOMY 32:8
GENESIS 1:2
GENESIS 4:8
ISAIAH 7:14
ISAIAH 53:11
JOHN 1:18
JUDE 5
LUKE 1:28
MATTHEW 16:18
MATTHEW 27:17
PSALM 22:16
PSALM 82:1
1 SAMUEL 13:1
1 SAMUEL 14:41
1 TIMOTHY 5:14