Recommend a good KJV Bible?

I have a Cambridge in French Moroccan Leather. No study "guide", no paragraph headings, no red letters. Just God's word in a durable cover and binding.

I second BeYeDoers.

I absolutely cherish my Cambridge Concord Wide-Margin.

The cover is very sturdy goatskin, yet is wonderfully pliable, which allows it to lay open flat at any section of the scriptures. The text is a nice, readable 9-point font. As well, the references are generally useful, the margins are *quite* generous, and it has a concordance, glossary, 16 color maps,and fifty pages of ruled an blank paper in the back. The sewn binding is excellent. Difficult names have pronunciation marks like in a dictionary (I love that) and, unlike many KJV's, the 1611 "Translators to the Reader" introduction is included.

Here's the ISBN:
0521536987

And here's an image of it:

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Here's one person's opinion of it:
[url="http://www.jmarkbertrand.com/bibles/widemargin/index.htm"]http://www.jmarkbertrand.com/bibles/widemargin/index.htm[/url]

Don't be fooled by the insane prices!!! Shop around long and hard. On some websites it is more than $180, but my friend got his for $70 at a local book store. Seems like a lot, but I expect mine to last at least a decade, and probably more. Sell some of your old, unused stuff. Have a garage sale and buy a lasting bible.

Another more portable and affordable option is the Personal Concord Reference Bible, which comes in black, gray, and tan. The text is 7/5 point, has 15 maps and a concordance, and a sewn binding. I like that this one is 6.6''x4.5'', much smaller than my stay-at-home bible. It costs around $45, unless you get a sale price.

The ISBN is:
0521702526

Here's a photo of that one...

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there is a review on the page openlife recommended, i think you should read that blog much, many good reviews,

Having owned bibles from all of the major high-end bible makers, I strongly recommend [b]RL Allan and Sons of Glasgow[/b]. They make absolutely the most beautiful bibles in the world -one of these will last you a lifetime of use. They have great customer service as well.

Cambridge goatskin bibles are soft and subtle, but they seem more 'manufactured' than their Allan counterparts... and there really aren't any competitors at the top besides those two; Oxford got out of the fine bible binding business a while back, and Zondervan hasn't bound a decent bible in ages.

You can check out the Allan website here:
http://www.bibles-direct.com/

You can also read reviews of and see pictures of different bible bindings here:
http://jmarkbertrand.typepad.com/bibledesign/

I own a Allan 'Oxford Longprimer Goatskin' KJV, an Allan 'Pitt Minion Text-Only Morocco' KJV and a Goatskin ESV1 -they are all very good bibles. Although I would probably choose something in between the longprimer and the pitt minion had I had the choice today, the pitt minion is a bit too small, and the longprimer is a bit too big for me.

Hi Brother...

I have always enjoyed my KJV Thompson Chain-Reference Bible. Yes, it is considered a [i]study[/i] Bible, but Thompson did a great job of keeping most of his doctrinal positions to himself. The Chain-Reference features of this Bible are extraordinary! The margins contain the next verse that deals with a particular subject, and it contains a wonderful topical index by which to reference them in their entirety.

I have a hard-cover version of the Thompson that literally fell apart from use, but my leather version has withstood a lot of heavy "wear and tear." The margins are wide enough to write notes, and the paper is of very good quality. It does have many very good study features (charts, illustrations, diagrams, photographs, and historical notes), but it is primarily a reference Bible.

Of course, I also like the types of Bibles mentioned here (and in previous threads) too. I pray that you will find the one that will be of the most benefit!

:-)

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I have one of these and although it's not a high dollar Bible, it is a very good Bible. If you can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars for a Bible, this might be a great choice.

It's center column reference, there are introductions to each book of the Bible that put it in context by giving information of when, where and under what circumstances the book was written and by whom. It's a great Bible, I've used it for years.