Do you write in your Bible?

[Matthias]

This is an example of someone (not me) writing in their Bible. How common is it for people to write in their Bibles? Do you write in yours?

I own dozens of Bibles. I only write in Bibles that I use to teach and preach from.

 

[Matthias]

 

[markalan]

This is an example of someone (not me) writing in their Bible. How common is it for people to write in their Bibles? Do you write in yours?

I own dozens of Bibles. I only write in Bibles that I use to teach and preach from.

My old Bible does not look like the one pictured but I have at least one verse underlined on most pages.

I recently bought an online large print KJV second hand ... the previous owner neatly printed in the margin the modern meaning of all the "hard" words that have changed such as leasing.

I cherish my deceased mother's Bible for the verses she underlined ... she had a difficult life so it is very moving to see those words that gave her strength to endure trials.

 

[Lambano]

This is an example of someone (not me) writing in their Bible. How common is it for people to write in their Bibles? Do you write in yours?

I own dozens of Bibles. I only write in Bibles that I use to teach and preach from.

These days I'm mostly using on-line bibles, and Blue Letter Bible's site owner won't authorize me to write on their site, darn it.

 

[markalan]

These days I'm mostly using on-line bibles, and Blue Letter Bible's site owner won't authorize me to write on their site, darn it.

Even at church services I see people using Blue Letter Bible on their phones ... I guess I'm just an old fuddy-duddy but it doesn't feel like a real Bible to me

 

[TrevorHL]

Greetings Matthias,

This is an example of someone (not me) writing in their Bible. How common is it for people to write in their Bibles? Do you write in yours?

As young people we were encouraged to write in our Bibles. Many of us had Oxford Wide Margin Bibles. One exercise given to us was to mark where Isaiah was quoted in the NT, referencing both the OT and NT passages. We were given a thorough list but there is also a more useful list in Barnes OT Commentary accessed via Bible Hub. I also marked the relevant verses in the Psalms. Some of our members have very thorough Bible marking, and most of these are much more tidy than the example that you gave. I made extensive notes on Galatians, but the writing is very small and now difficult to read.

After 50 years my Oxford Bible started to fall to bits and I inherited an almost new Interlinear RV/KJV from my mother's estate. I have yet to mark many of the NT quotations of the OT. As I usually work using Logos8 Bible Program, I have made many notes in that facility in more recent years.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[TitusTwoWife]

I have a note taking Bible with lines in the margins. Ive only written a few things.

 

[Episkopos]

I write tons. A lot of Hebrew in my English and French bibles...and a lot of English and French in my Hebrew bible.

 

[TrevorHL]

Greetings again Matthias.

This is an example of someone (not me) writing in their Bible. How common is it for people to write in their Bibles? Do you write in yours?

I have recently received an interesting addition to my library which in some respects resembles a fully marked up Wide Margin Bible. It was a gift from a US speaker who stayed with my brother-in-law when he visited and spoke in Sydney. It is Dake's Annotated Reference Bible with Concordance and Index 1961. It has two columns of KJV text and two columns of notes and reference material on either side. There is not much room for personal notes except for a small amount at the bottom of the page. Possibly good for reference, but I will continue to use my RV/KJV Interlinear Bible. In a way Dake's Bible is not much different to Ethelbert W Bullinger;s Companion Bible or my NASB Study Bible which comes with some Notes on each page, a Strong's Concordance and a limited Lexicon of important words.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Jay Ross]

^^^^ Do you write in your bible?

The problem is that I have not yet written "my bible."

 

[Matthias]

^^^^ Do you write in your bible?

The problem is that I have not yet written "my bible."

Do you write in the Bible you have?

 

[Jay Ross]

Do you write in the Bible you have?

My problem is that the contextual accuracy of the translations that have been produced by the "scholars" through the "committees" process leaves a lot to be desired.

What I have been working on slowly is to produce my own paraphrased translation of the original text.

The problem I have is that people will trust a translation compiled by a committee rather than by a single person based on the premise that a committee is less likely to make "mistakes" in the committee generated process, however I have come to accept that a committee can generate just as many mistakes as a single person makes in their understanding of the "original" scriptural texts.

People also hate change and so it is a very slow process to produce new translations that will readily sell to the general public at large. An example of this is the KJV which many "Christians" still prefer over better crafted versions today.

Now, the re-paraphrased biblical text that I have generated for myself have only corrected the contextual errors that I have found/discovered within the translations that exist today.

One example of this is found in Genesis 2:17 which I have rephrased to read in this manner.


However, many scholars suggest that the concept of the "Second Death" has been revealed to us slowly in the scriptures, whereas it is my contention that the "Second Death" was introduced to Adam before he entered the Garden of Eden and that it was a distant future event which would be decided at the end of the Seventh Age when all of mankind will be judged for their righteousness.

In Ezekiel 18, the prophet tells us that the consequences of being a candidate to be dispatched into the Lake of Fire, i.e. the second death, can be overturned if we, that is anyone who will humble themselves and repent of their sins against God and will be called righteous at the time of the Judgement at the end of the seventh age. Ezekiel 18 also tells us that if a righteous man sins and will not humble themselves and repent of their sins against God that they will not gain everlasting life at the time of the final judgement but that they will also be cast into the Lake of Fire, i.e. the Second Death.

In the inserted image of what my corrected contextual translation looks like it is easy for other readers to see the contextual translated text that I perceive is in error and my inserted text which I believe corrects this error.

Simply writing in "my Bible" to correct these contextual errors is not workable because when I have to replace my printed Bible because it is falling apart because of its age, I lose the work that I have done and the new Bible is once more just a blank sheet with none of my previous learned/revealed understanding of the Bible within its fresh pages.

Instead, I use a computer "Writing Program" to store my revelations in.


Shalom

 

[Matthias]

My problem is that the contextual accuracy of the translations that have been produced by the "scholars" through the "committees" process leaves a lot to be desired.

What I have been working on slowly is to produce my own paraphrased translation of the original text.

The problem I have is that people will trust a translation compiled by a committee rather than by a single person based on the premise that a committee is less likely to make "mistakes" in the committee generated process, however I have come to accept that a committee can generate just as many mistakes as a single person makes in their understanding of the "original" scriptural texts.

People also hate change and so it is a very slow process to produce new translations that will readily sell to the general public at large. An example of this is the KJV which many "Christians" still prefer over better crafted versions today.

Now, the re-paraphrased biblical text that I have generated for myself have only corrected the contextual errors that I have found/discovered within the translations that exist today.

One example of this is found in Genesis 2:17 which I have rephrased to read in this manner.
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However, many scholars suggest that the concept of the "Second Death" has been revealed to us slowly in the scriptures, whereas it is my contention that the "Second Death" was introduced to Adam before he entered the Garden of Eden and that it was a distant future event which would be decided at the end of the Seventh Age when all of mankind will be judged for their righteousness.

In Ezekiel 18, the prophet tells us that the consequences of being a candidate to be dispatched into the Lake of Fire, i.e. the second death, can be overturned if we, that is anyone who will humble themselves and repent of their sins against God and will be called righteous at the time of the Judgement at the end of the seventh age. Ezekiel 18 also tells us that if a righteous man sins and will not humble themselves and repent of their sins against God that they will not gain everlasting life at the time of the final judgement but that they will also be cast into the Lake of Fire, i.e. the Second Death.

In the inserted image of what my corrected contextual translation looks like it is easy for other readers to see the contextual translated text that I perceive is in error and my inserted text which I believe corrects this error.

Simply writing in "my Bible" to correct these contextual errors is not workable because when I have to replace my printed Bible because it is falling apart because of its age, I lose the work that I have done and the new Bible is once more just a blank sheet with none of my previous learned/revealed understanding of the Bible within its fresh pages.

Instead, I use a computer "Writing Program" to store my revelations in.


Shalom

That’s interesting. I understand and appreciate your problem.

None of the Bibles you own have been written in by you?

 

[Jay Ross]

None of the Bibles you own have been written in by you?

I am still working on the contextual repairs of the translations that are presently available to buy.

One could say that I am writing in the available Biblical text on my computer. It also allows me to add my footnotes as well.

As such I am creating my own translation of the original texts.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Yes, I write in my Bible/s. My first one was a KJV Study Bible given to me when I was barely 14 by my youth pastors upon accomplishing their challenge of memorizing the books of the Bible.

I wrote in it, slept with it, took it everywhere with me ...to school, even. I had it all the way into my marriage and still kept it with me nearly 24/7. I wore it out, pages falling out, notes, highlights, etc. I finally had to retire that one.

I have another that I highlight, and make notes, etc. My goal is that it too will be as well used as the other.

 

[TrevorHL]

Greetings Jay Ross,

One example of this is found in Genesis 2:17 which I have rephrased to read in this manner.

However, many scholars suggest that the concept of the "Second Death" has been revealed to us slowly in the scriptures, whereas it is my contention that the "Second Death" was introduced to Adam before he entered the Garden of Eden and that it was a distant future event which would be decided at the end of the Seventh Age when all of mankind will be judged for their righteousness.

Interesting, but I disagree with your doctrinal perspective which you have superimposed on this verse and replaced the actual words of the text. I suggest that the death mentioned in Genesis 2:17 is the death explained in Genesis 3:19..

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Sel@h]

I write in my precious Bible a lot!

 

[Jay Ross]

Interesting, but I disagree with your doctrinal perspective which you have superimposed on this verse and replaced the actual words of the text. I suggest that the death mentioned in Genesis 2:17 is the death explained in Genesis 3:19..

I agree with you that it would seem that I have superimposed my doctrinal perspective upon Gen 2:17 by suggesting that the phrase "You will surely die.", with" you will die the second death."

However, I disagree with your suggestion that Genesis 3:19 is speaking of the same death as is referenced in Genesis 2:17.

Shalom

 

[TrevorHL]

Greetings again Jay Ross,

I agree with your that it would seem that I have superimposed my doctrinal perspective upon Gen 2:17 by suggesting that the phrase "You will surely die.", with" you will die the second death."

Yes. What I cannot understand is your suggestion that you will in some way produce your own Bible replacing the text with your interpretations. My understanding of Bible Marking is to leave the text as it is, and then underline "surely die" and then in the margin in your case add "That is, the Second Death", even though as I stated that I disagree with your interpretation and I would prefer to add the marginal reference Genesis 3:19.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Jay Ross]

Greetings again Jay Ross,

Yes. What I cannot understand is your suggestion that you will in some way produce your own Bible replacing the text with your interpretations. My understanding of Bible Marking is to leave the text as it is, and then underline "surely die" and then in the margin in your case add "That is, the Second Death", even though as I stated that I disagree with your interpretation and I would prefer to add the marginal reference Genesis 3:19.

Kind regards
Trevor

Trevor, what I am doing in my word files of the Bible NKJV is to highlight the portion of the text in a light grey colour which does not ring true to me and then inserting in Bolded Text what I believe the text should read. Which is what you also are doing except I am doing this is a Word Document of the particular Bible Book.

I do spend a lot of time on what the Interlinear tells me for the particular verse I am considering. In this case Gen 2:17: -




Now Bible Hub suggests that the common understanding of this verse is this: -

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

World English Bible
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
and

and

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”

New American Bible
except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die.

New Revised Standard Version
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”

Please note that the Douay-Rheims Bible above is suggesting what I am, but the translation does not link it to the Second Death as I have.

Your suggestion that Gen 3:19 explains the meaning of Gen 2:17 is to rely on Satan's understanding of the consequence of sinning does not lead to the second death as God suggested in Gen 2:17 that the consequence of sinning/turning away from God is the second death at the time of the Final Judgement.

There are many ways of highlighting passages in the Bible, some people put sticky notes onto the relevant page with much more information than can be written in the margins.

In my case I can highlight the text in question and then insert what I believe is the more accurate contextual words for the highlighted text in question.

If we consider the Hebrew words with the embedded Hebrew Root word H:017 which has the meaning of fertile soil/field which unfortunately has been translated as either "land" or "earth" we actually miss God's Plan to scatter the nation of Israel throughout the whole earth by placing them in His Fertile Soil/Field. Jesus' parable of the Sower confirms this when we consider that the Parable of the Sower has a timeline embedded in its telling.

But as they say we should allow the Bible to interperate what it is that we do not understand in the verses that we read.

So often we all have eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear what God is telling us in His scriptures.

Shalom