New NIV Bible to Debut amid Ongoing Concern

sermonindex Mar 14, 2011

Say good-bye to the NIV Bible as we know it and say hello to the updated, gender-inclusive NIV Bible which debuts in stores this month.

Mega-publisher Zondervan printed 1.9 million copies of the updated NIV Bible in this first run, up from the original 1.4 million.

"This laydown of the NIV update is bigger than we imagined," said Chip Brown, senior vice president of Bibles for Zondervan, to The Christian Post. "A couple of retailers came in a little higher after seeing the marketing and products." ...

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White_Stone Mar 14, 2011

say hello to the updated, gender-inclusive NIV Bible

I'll pass. . .

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mguldner Mar 14, 2011

I agree, I tolerated the NIV and even thought it very reliable but if they are going to be making that major a change then No thank you.

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Joyful_Heart Mar 14, 2011

I went from the Kings James as newly born again Christian never reading a Bible up to that point. Then I picked up an NIV and I really got a lot out of it. The NIV soon become watered down. But now as a mature Christian I have been reading the NKJV "Knowing God Bible" and my New American Standard "Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible". I wouldn't change.

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mguldner Mar 15, 2011

Yeah I have an older NIV that I got when I was first baptised and a NLT which I got for Christmas a long while back. I mostly do the same as you NKJV and NASB are great, I also read the AMPlified bible its pretty awesome.

Has anyone ever heard of or read the Jerusalem Bible?

Actually never mind on the Jerusalem Bible I just googled it. I inherited a huge library when I moved and that was one of the books that was in their collection along with a ton of other bibles, I will have to research them all because some of them are translations I have never even heard of.