Choosing a Bible version for the Early Years

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  • August 6, 2013 at 5:23 am
    anniepeter
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    I was recently reading in my Early Years book about CM’s thoughts on this:  archaic language shouldn’t keep the children from understanding (doesn’t need to be explained too much) but it should read beautifully.  With this in mind…which version would/do you choose?  I love my King James version.  I think it reads beautifully.  But I do find I have to explain something in most every verse at this point.  I have a Bible for the Deaf, which they can easily understand…but it would probably be a stretch of the imagination to think that it reads beautifully.  I recently picked up a “Young Readers Bible” (Revised Standard Version) free at the thrift store in town.  It might be ok, but I’m not sure yet.  I can’t say that I love it at this point.  Thoughts?

    August 6, 2013 at 10:31 am
    Tristan
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    We’re KJV here! Our goal is not to read a lot in one sitting, but to discuss and understand what we read in a sitting. If that means we’re working with younger children and only read 4 verses and talk about them it’s ok.

    August 6, 2013 at 11:37 am
    Bookworm
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    We also just use KJV.  Small children deserve beautiful language too.  IMO KJV is a lot easier to memorize.  We just use tools to look up anything we need help with; like Tristan, reading a few verses with understanding is better than big chunks without.  

    August 6, 2013 at 11:46 am
    missceegee
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    We prefer the ESV. It reads well, is a more literal translation, and we’ve memorized without any difficulty.

    August 6, 2013 at 1:29 pm
    jmac17
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    I think whichever version you use yourself is what the kids should use. For us that is King James.  We do the same as Tristan and Bookworm.  We read short chunks and then discuss.  sometimes I’m surprised by how much they pick up.

    We do have a couple of Bible storybooks as well, which we read whenever we like, but our daily family reading time is from KJV.

    August 16, 2013 at 4:49 am
    anniepeter
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    I’m a little belated…but thank you for your thoughts on this. That makes good sense to me…using the same version we use, since that is what they will continue to hear and what they hear in church. Maybe I’ll just use the others occasionally as a reference just like I do for myself.

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