Which Version of the Bible is the Word of God?

Many wars have been fought and millions died, all insisting they were on a 'mission from God'. They all 'knew'. Major schisms in Christendom were fueled by 'an answer from the Expert'. Who were the outsiders and insiders?
So, I think we can put this approach to bed.

no, the translation is also literal, except that it is as literal as possible in the language it is being translated into. So if the greek verse is talking about walking down a long stretch of road, the literal translation is also relaying the message of walking down a long stretch of road.thats what a literal translation is. It doesnt mean 'word for word'...because that would be very difficult to read due to the differences in grammerthe verse still needs to be translated into readable english, but the context and subject is as close as possible to the original.

As best I can tell, you are among the advocates of a literal interpretation of the Bible over all other human testimony, empirical knowledge gained through science, and each and every other interpretation of any religious text including both other sects of Christianity and all other religions.So it should be easy to tell us all which exact Bible translation is literally the word of God.Buzsaw could do it, why can't you?

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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis BaconThe more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

Hi, Peg, but that is precisely the problem. We don`t have the originals (known as autographs), so we have nothing to compare.Take the ending of Mark, for example. We have four ways to close. Which one follows the autograph?Do we:
a. Follow the oldest?b. Follow the most mentioned in surviving manuscripts?c. Follow only Greek MS as Mark wrote in Greek?d. Follow any references in Matt or Luke as they were copyists of Mark?e. None of the above, but go with a gut feeling, a.k.a. guidance of the HS?Edited by Nighttrain, : Tidied up ?

all bibles in their original languages are the word of Godall bibles that have been translated correctly are the word of GodI would even go so far as to say that all bible translations are the word of God. Unfortunately, some of them are just badly translated.

Hi Nightrain,there are so many very old manuscripts in existence, that you can be 100% confident that what we have today is as authentic as what the 1st century christians were reading.the long and short conclusions of mark is evidence of how well documented the bible is. Those two conclusions are not to be considered as authentic because they are not found in some of the key ancient manuscripts.Of course we dont have any original writings anymore, but what we do have are copies of the originals...some manuscripts date back to the 1st century and so of course we have some very old specimens with which to keep as templates of all of todays translations.

Hi, Peg, care to put a name to those 'key ancient manuscripts'?

one would be the Codex Sinaiticus another is the Codex Vaticanus No.1209. both of these date back to the 4th century and neither of them have the two conclusions in them.

Name one.

How do you come to the conclusion that any translation or that even the original writings are the word of God? These are the words of men who wrote on what they saw, felt etc. They were originally told through word of mouth and only much later written down as the books now called the bible.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

one is to be found in the collection of the Fouad Papyri inventory number 266, in Cairo's egyption papyrus society, containing portions of the second half of Deuteronomy. It is dated 1st century.

hi bluescat
there are a few things that show its not merely man's wordsprophecy, and there are many very accurate prophecies that have come true. And the writers of prophecy even admitted they did not know what they were writing. eg. Daniel's writings show that he had no idea what the 'wild beast' prophecies were about.The truthfulness of the writers - they spoke openly about their own sins and their failings. Even Moses was punished by God and forbidden to see the promised land. Do you really think that if he was creating a new religion he would tell everyone how his God punished him? Leaders of nations dont usually do that.Laws - laws that man cannot enforce such as 'covetousness'- Its one of the 10 commandments, 'thou shalt not desire anything of your fellowmans' . Do you really believe that a man would invent a law that in unenforceable? And how could anyone know if someone was coveting their fellow mans possesions? How could a person be judged on such a law?

There is no evidence as to when or by who such prophesies were written not any evidence the the supposed prophesies were in fact fulfilled. We do not know who actually wrote these passages therefore we do not know whether what was said by whomever was really stated. The 10 commandments weren't the first set of laws. There are other similar codes throughout the Mesopotamian/Canaanite areas. The So-called "Law," was set down by Levite Priests in the book of Leviticus. Whether this is even correct is subject to speculation.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

You didn't state whether that was C.E. or B. C. E. but in either case that is over 1000 years after the alleged stories in Deuteronomy were allegedly written.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

But, but, but, Vaticanus(B) and Sinaiticus (aleph)don`t agree with each other.
And when you look at their provenance, we have no records of their history before 1492 for B and c. 1850 for Sinaiticus. Who knows who was responsible for their compilation or where? Guesswork seems to be the standard for possible early manuscripts, while paleography sweeps with a wide broom.