Claire
Member
Can anyone suggest the Bible version they are using and that their children are really enjoying for ages 9 -11? Or teen years? What do you use currently for yourself?
What about other books that you've found meaningful in your faith? I always jot down book titles on the back of scraps of paper ...never to be seen again. I thought I'd ask and start making a list I'd be able to find one day!
Claire,
Our family enjoys the ESV translation. My dd11 has a thinline ESV. My ds8 has the ESV seek and find which is the full bible and a bible story book all in one. For other books, we've enjoyed those recommended at http://www.charlottmasonhelp.com.
erin.kate
Member
My 8-y-o thoroughly enjoys her ESV Grow Bible.
Our church uses the International Children's Bible, but our Friday Bible study class uses the 1984 NIV (will be changing as the 1984 has been replaced by one that won't work for this class), and then we mostly have the Holman Christian Standard at home that we use (and is also the version our sons use for Bible Drill classes, which they participate in Sept.-April culminating in a Bible Drill).
Good news (no pun intended) is that they have grown I think by being exposed to different translations. My 13YO said recently he really liked studying with the KJV, and we have several copies of that as well, so that is what he uses often for personal study.
I used to be an Editor for a major Christian publisher of Bibles, Bible studies and books, and I had to proofread the Bible passages word for word, comma for comma, space for space ... at one time I had 20+ different versions, but I have culled them out since I no longer have this job.
I prefer HCSB or NKJV myself. Well I like NASB too ... OK, I like using multiple versions on a regular basis for in-depth study as well as Strong's Concordance.
jeaninpa
Member
We use mostly the ESV or the NASB, but all of us also have a Hebrew/Greek study Bible which I would highly recommend. Sometimes it makes a huge difference to be able to look up the word in the original language.
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