This is a new one for me. I found out about it at Theo Geek which is a blog I do not endorse. But for those of you who like to collect translations and didn’t know about this one, I thought I would mention it. You can find the NT as a PDF file here. I notice it has a lot of exclamation marks!
I thought I’d post a quick sample:
Romans 12:9-21 The Source
9-13 Your love must not be overly critical. Strongly detest evil! Cling to good! Your love for the fellow believers is to be affectionate and warm. Honor one another above yourselves. Do not hesitate to be eager. Be spiritually boiling hot as a slave servant to the Lord!
Be joyful when you hope, have endurance when you are oppressed,
persist obstinately when you pray! Be in partnership with the needs of the
people devoted to God! Go after opportunities to be hospitable!
14-21 Bless those who persecute you! Bless them and do not call down
curses upon them! Rejoice with those who rejoice, and cry with those who
cry! Think along the same lines as each other! Do not be high minded!
Rather, associate with those of low social standing. Do not become
conceited.
Do not repay bad with bad. Have a concern beforehand about what is
favorable in the sight of all people.
If possible on your part, live at peace with all people.
Do not take revenge, my dearly loved ones, but leave room for God’s
anger, as the Scriptures say: “’Vengeance is mine, I indeed will repay,’
says the Lord.”
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed them! If they’re
hungry, give them a drink! For by doing this, you will heap coals of fire
on their head!”
Do not conquer by doing bad things, but conquer bad things by doing
good things!
Psalm 119:92 with a surprise ending
Most translations of Psalm 119:92 go something like this:
If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction. (TNIV)
To me the word perish means to pass away, die a physical death, be destroyed etc.
Matthew Henry says:
John Gill says:
So what is the only translation I found that conveys the meaning of this verse to me?
If your revelation hadn’t delighted me so,
I would have given up when the hard times came.
Psalm 119:92 The Message
I’ll just say that I don’t like The Message a lot, to put it in my vernacular. I’ve never seen a single verse or passage quoted that I liked until now. This is the only translation I found that conveys the meaning to me. Let’s just keep this between you and me. I know as of now there are about 6.7 trillion people who don’t read this blog.
For more reading:
C.H. Spurgeons’s The Treasury of David