Comments on: The New Living Translation Review – Why We Use it. https://livingpraying.com/nlt-new-living-translation-review/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Brian Sloan https://livingpraying.com/nlt-new-living-translation-review/#comment-1040 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:58:35 +0000 https://livingpraying.com/?p=1074#comment-1040 In reply to Carol R Montgomery.

Those are fine points you made and they are common for those in our age category. I have spent over 35 years in the ministry and I’m not very far behind you in age. I have used the New American Standard Bible for most of my ministry and the NASB is my favorite. I wouldn’t say that the NLT is necessarily watered down, however, the language is very readable for the wide variety of ages that I write for. So, for this blog I use it quite a bit. God bless you, and I thank you for your comments!

]]> By: Carol R Montgomery https://livingpraying.com/nlt-new-living-translation-review/#comment-1038 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:00:50 +0000 https://livingpraying.com/?p=1074#comment-1038 The new pastor at my church is using a NLT…for me it seems watered down. I am wondering if, in the intent to make God’s Word easier to understand, the translators are trying to speak for God. That’s the only way I can think to say it. When I read scripture from KJV, NKJ and seek understanding, the Holy Spirit teaches me. I pray these translators are not putting themselves in the Holy Spirit’s shoes, so to speak. I think it important to learn of the customs of the Biblical periods during which the writer’s wrote and to analogize life today with that of then. I can see eliminating the King’s English of thee, thou, thine, etc. It’s also important for us to know the -eth endings on the verbs mean constantly and continuing. the NLT just seems watered down, in my opinion…by the way, I am 70 years old, if your running statistics…LOL!!! Thanks for the opportunity to reply…

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