Product Description
This parallel bible gives you the best contrast available, featuring two very different translations that are outstanding examples in their respective categories.
The Message is an extraordinarily striking rendition of the bible for modern readers. Its translator, Eugene Peterson, calls it "a translation into American", a supplement to other bible versions, whose tone "stabs us awake to a beauty and hope that connects us with real lives." It is by far the most imaginative, lively, and compelling interpretation of the Scriptures available.
The NKJV is the most popular example of a formal or word-for-word translation, where every word from the original languages is carefully transmitted in modern English as precisely as clarity, taste and grammar will allow.
This makes an excellent comparison of the two epitomes of their respective traditions.
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