Has there ever been a comparative study of Bible translations from different languages into English?

I believe that interpretations and translations of the original testaments have clouded the veracity of the current bible. I don't know enough language to do a comparative study on my own. I am truly curious and open minded about the subject. Thank you for any "reasonable" answers

Has there ever been a comparative study of Bible translations from different languages into English?
The books of the Bible originally were written in three different languages, that which was found in the manuscripts, namely Hebrew (classical which did not have the vowel soundings) Chaldee and the Greek language. The portion that was written in the Chaldee language was a few chapters in the book of Daniel, mainly Hebrew the language used in writing the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament.


For centuries there have been comparitive studies of the Bible Translations and then some translations did distort the original meaning and gave their own interpretations, just to suit the translator or the community that he belonged to. Later authenticating bodies were formed and then standards were laid, of which we see the Septuagint, the Vulgate and so on, and all translations were measured with the above to check the credibility and authenticity.





Manuscripts what we have at the moment in connection to the books of the Bible, there are more than 5,000 of them, majority being the books of the New Testament. Not much of the manuscripts were found for the Old Testament as it was the custom of the Jews to recite and pass on the books of the 'Torah' (as they call the Old Testament), by word of the mouth, commonly known as the Oral Tradition and this practice went on for genrerations for years. And then we see the 'silent period' (time period of 400 years) in between the Old Teatament and the New Testament.





Much of the distortion is seen with the meanings in the New Testament books. Many scholars came up with writings claiming it to be 'authenticative' claiming it to be the 'inspired' word of God and so on, which came to be known as 'apocryphal books' which did not pass the 'cannonisation', though we presently do have 'apocryphal books' in our regular Bibles, like the book of Revelation.





For your info: The Dead Sea Scrolls that we have, tucked away in the museums is not the original manuscript of the Bible. It is just a copy that was written down over the generations, and could possibly be several thousanth copy of the original. The only thing unique is that the Dead Sea Scrolls have the entire Bible in the manuscript form except for a few chapters here and there in the OT and NT books. And the Uniqueness of the several thousand manuscripts of the Bible that are available is that, though the authors varied in style, culture, tradition etc, the writing and the central theme of all the writings, of all the manuscripts is the same, focussed on one truth, i.e. Christ!
Reply:the bible is a lie


judism is lie


islam took control of the lie


and turned it on them


american history, guns, pompus stuck up hate and slavery


biggest cover up so far next to hiv now lets all foget (lol)


i have q n a (lol) san fran, prisons, and millitary bio science


i love the internet


but you know what really blows is were it was placed or was it more lies or monkey possible truth





hi
Reply:of course,its a big arguement as to the validity of which bible is the most accurate concerning doctrine,you can find lots of commentaries on the accuracy of the king james bible and of course plenty of attacks against the king james, other bibles in english only claim to be paraphrases of a translation or like jeffersons bible, a personal translation with bias.


i've compared my bible to the peshida,an assyrian bible,with the help of an orthadox believer and found it most helpful to ground me as to the reliability of the kjv.meet with a spanish speeking believer or one that speaks another language to compare, it will be fun
Reply:yes, there have been multitudes of them. It was a much more popular study in the 1800's. If you check in old book stores (real old book stores) you are likely to find shelves full of them. I am not interested in looking them up for you right now.
Reply:Only One,The Love of My life was born and raised in Egypt


We read the Bible together, His Arabic, Mine English.Every


word, story exact ,just some names in there different.
Reply:Formerly known as "Biblewars",





"Truth in Translation -- Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament", by Jason BeDuhn





"Here at last is a comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible: King James Version, New American Standard Bible, New International Version, New Revised Standard Version, New American Bible, Amplified Bible, Today's English Version (Good News Bible), Living Bible, and the New World Translation. The book provides a general introduction to the history and methods of Bible translation, and gives background on each of these versions. Then it compares them on key passages of the New Testament to determine their accuracy and identify their bias.





Passages looked at include:


John 1:1;


Philippians 2:5-11;


Colossians 1:15-20 ;


Titus 2:13;


Hebrews 1:8;


2 Peter 1:1.





Also explored are passages involving "prostration" or "worship," gendered language, the "holy spirit," and the use of "Jehovah." Two hundred pages in all offering my most detailed examination of the issues and pressures involved in Bible translation. ... Thank you, and happy reading! Jason BeDuhn"





"It Is The Best Interlinear New Testament Available", by Dr. Jason BeDuhn, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion at Northern Arizona University http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/neww...





"What Is the Best New Testament?", written by Professor Ernest Cadman Colwell


http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/neww...
Reply:Try the new king james version-------for me it just 'feels right'. NKJV
Reply:I don't believe there has been. Try a word study on your own. You will need a lexicon for each of the versions of the Bible. I started mine with the 23rd Psalm. It was really cool to read it in its original meaning. I really encourage you to do this!