It’s the beginning of a new month and time to concentrate on a new verse!
Whenever I decide what I want to memorize, I try to look at several translations to find the one that is the most meaningful to me. For me the easiest and quickest way to compare the wording of different translations is by searching online. I have two favorite sites: www.biblegateway.com and its passage lookup feature, and www.biblestudytools.com, which has a few versions that Bible Gateway does not have. A third site that I have recently found is http://net.bible.org/, which showcases the New English Translation of the Bible.
If you love one translation above all others, by all means use it. If you half-memorized a verse years ago in one translation and want to finish the task now, why go through the frustration of unlearning and then relearning the same message in different words? But if you don’t have a preference, why not take a look at a variety of translations? You might be surprised at the richness of interpretations and wordings that can exist in one simple verse. And you just might find a new favorite version of the Bible for your personal study!
I’m looking forward to seeing your newest verses. Bring them on!
Wow Jan, you have added so much to the site - I love your insight into translations - I recently read Jeremiah 29:11 (a verse that followed me a few years ago) in The Message and it is translated as "I know what I am doing!" So true! On that note, here is my March 1 Verse :)
ReplyDelete“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD."
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
John 15:13 NIV
ReplyDelete"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends"
Tina Chriest
Psalm 40: 7-8 "Then I said: 'Here I am, I have come - it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will O my God, your law is within my heart.'" NIV
ReplyDeleteMarian
Matthew 11:28-30 (New King James Version)
ReplyDelete28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Tim
"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
ReplyDeletewill find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
This I declare about the Lord;
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
He is my God, and I trust Him."
PSALM 91: 1-2
Lori Ellis
Cyndy Lindblad March 1, 2001 NKJV 1 Peter1:6&7
ReplyDelete6: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
little while, if need be, you have been
grieved by various trails,
7: that the genuineness of your faith, being
much more precious than gold that perishes,
though it is tested by fire, may be found to
praise, honor, and glory at the revelation
of Jesus Christ
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 KJ
ReplyDeleteok - so this is the 5th time but I think I have it!
ReplyDelete...being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion...
Philippians 1:6
I had been looking for this scripture for another member of a small group - "finally" prayed about it - 30 seconds later... wish this post had taken me 30 seconds!!!!!!!!
Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup, you have made my lot secure.
ReplyDeleteThe boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 16:5-6 NIV
Bonnie
Search me, God and know my heart.
ReplyDeleteTest me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM 139:23- 24 NIV
Kathy
Wow! I think I've got it!!!!It only took me 5 days to figure this out.
ReplyDeleteTrust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path.
Proverbs 3: 5-6 NIV
1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
ReplyDeleteAnd to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
Psalm 92:1-2 NKJV
Josie
Psalm 71:18: "Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, til I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come." NIV
ReplyDeleteMarlene
Isaiah 30:21 (NLT)
ReplyDeleteYour own ears will hear Him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
"This is the way you should go,"
whether to the right or to the left.
Jan Stowell
"For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." 2 Chron. 16:9
ReplyDeleteJulie
God works for the good of those who love Him,
ReplyDeletewho have been called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
Kathy
"But they who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."
ReplyDeleteIs 40:31
Doris
ReplyDeletePsalm 119:105 KJV
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.