WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Which Bible Translation is the Best One?

Do a search on amazon.com for “Bible” and a bewildering number of translations and editions appeared, so many that it can be an all-but-impossible challenge for someone who is new to the world’s best-selling book ever to make a choice.

And adding to the confusion is the fact that, while there are more, earlier copies of the original manuscripts in existence for the Bible than for any other document from the ancient world, there are some differences, depending upon the data of the copy and the languages from and to which the translation is made.

In the following video, the latest in the Colson Center’s “What Would You Say?” series, Dr. Steven Sanchez offers three major reasons why such concerns do not render the Bible untrustworthy, as well as useful guidance in making a selection among the many versions: