Say you’re trying to explain the differences between English language translations of the bible to a nerd.<\/p>\n
Where do you start…?<\/p>\n
NASB – C3PO. Very technical and rigid, but mostly right on.<\/p>\n
ESV – Yoda. Not wordy, but backwards worded at times. It’s mostly right, but almost impossible to quote quickly.<\/p>\n
The Message – Jar Jar Binks. Kinda out there. You know what it’s saying, but you wouldn’t rely on it for anything serious.<\/p>\n
KJV – Obi Wan Kenobi. An old fossil, but for some reason still gets the job done for die-hard traditionals.<\/p>\n
NIV – Han Solo. Simple to understand. Good when you need something quick but effective. Some have major issues with it though.<\/p>\n
Hebrew\/Greek – R2D2\/Chewbacca. Can’t understand either without an education or translator.<\/p>\n
NKJV – Princess Leah. Diplomatic sounding, yet understandable to most. It appeases those looking for that traditional tone, but it’s also modern enough to fly a space ship and fire a blaster.<\/p>\n
TNIV – R5-D4. That’s the droid who blows up before R2D2 gets purchased in Star Wars 4. The TNIV got discontinued and was replaced by the NIV11.<\/p>\n
HCSB (Holman) – Qui Gon Jinn. It’s a very good translation, and most know it is very good, but for some reason it’s not super popular and is kinda mysterious.<\/p>\n
[ edit: added from a friend… ]
RSV – Anakin. While originally promised much good, was eventually turned and used as a source of power by the dark side. Everyone hopes he comes good again.<\/p>\n
[ edit#2: suggestion from our bible study group… ]
\nGNT (Good News) – Luke Skywalker. Not especially intellectual, but stays true to its calling and has its heart in the right place – may be responsible for more saved lives than any other..?<\/p>\n
Any other ideas?<\/p>\n
Initial set cleaned up from this thread<\/a> via Jodie McNeil with additional input from John Dekker<\/a> and the best Connect Group at Donvale Presbyterian Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Say you’re trying to explain the differences between English language translations of the bible to a nerd. Where do you start…? NASB – C3PO. Very technical and rigid, but mostly right on. ESV – Yoda. Not wordy, but backwards worded at times. It’s mostly right, but almost impossible to quote quickly. The Message – Jar… Continue reading Bible versions as Star Wars characters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RxuW-fz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gearfamily.net\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}