(Christian) Serious Answers Only Please! Other than KJV, what is the next best version for a teen study bible?

Unfortunately KJV does not make a study bible for teens. I know some versions have scripture removed and I am wanting to know the closest version to the KJV that I can get in a leather study bible for a teenager. I am referring to a Holy Bible, no other books please. I would appreciate respectful, serious replies only. Thank you.

(Christian) Serious Answers Only Please! Other than KJV, what is the next best version for a teen study bible?
The NIV has a great study Bible. Although the study helps are not strictly designed for a teenager, it is something that I use frequently to help me understand various passages in the Bible.
Reply:I can't go past the KJV.


Too many have verses missing apart from the KJV.


What is this new fad.........bibles for teen..bibles for women... bibles for men...........Are they all different?


Should be one Bible for all.





Eccl. 8:4...Where the word of a king is there is power:................KJV





Edit.


NKJV..........omits the word LORD 66 times.


omits GOD 51 times.


omits REPENT 44 times.


omits HELL 22 times.


omits DEVILS entirely.


NKJV ignored the KJV Greek over 1,200 times.
Reply:New Living Translation is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! i have NIV and The Message and NKJV and i always come back to NLT. Check it out, you will love it! Go to biblegateway.com and you can compare versions of the bible and find out which one you like best. And NLT doesn't remove scriptures at all.
Reply:How about the NIV or NKJV ? I've been through 45 versions and the New King James Version Spirit Filled Life Study Bible is my all time favorite, accurate and easy to read.
Reply:New King James version.
Reply:Go with the NKJV for teens. It's probably the easiest to get your hands on as well.


Blessings.
Reply:OK, first, I don't recommend the heavily-abridged King James Version (KJV) bible editions that are generally available today. That being said, *IF* what you really want is a typical heavily-abridged KJV teen edition, here are the only leather ones I could find:





http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...


http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...





Now, if you want a good *complete* KJV edition, good for study, get this (sorry, no leather)


http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...


Here is the ISBN for the leather, apparently no longer in print


0521843871





Here's a chapter from this excellent complete KJV


http://www.cambridgebibles.com/Media/Med...





Note that the New Cambridge is not a "teen" bible, but it *is* probably the closest thing to the actual translation produced by the original translators available, except that the spelling is modernized.








If this is someone who is very studious and a very good reader, I can also recommend this, the 1611 King James, also complete (like the one above) but unfortunately uses the original spelling of the 1611 edition. On the bright side, every word in this bible is in the same exact place on the page as in the original 1611 KJV edition.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i...





This is, essentially, a "replica" 1611 edition. At 1st this will cause readers some difficulty (but only at 1st). Once you have mastered the transposition of u and v, and of i and j, you will likely find it just as easy to read as an Oxford Revision KJV (what most editions available now are). Fortunately, this edition does not use the original Germanic lettering of the original, and instead uses the Roman lettering to which we are all accustomed. Possibly the best bible to use when discussing scripture with a KJV-only Christian, as this is about as close as you can get for under $100 to the *actual* *original* KJV first edition. I wish I could find an excerpt to show you the difficulty of reading this - and how easy it is for someone to get over.








The difference briefly between those recommended:





First two - these are abridged printings of Oxford Revision of 1769, lacking the marginal notes that the translators felt were a *necessary* part of the translation, lacking the Apocrypha included in the original translation (and first edition), and probably lacking the foreword, "The Translators to the Reader". Included are teen-oriented commentaries.





New Cambridge - scholarly attempt to reproduce the original translation (rather than any specific edition, which might include printers errors): includes all the original text, and based on the most authentic (original) available texts.





1611 KJV - replica of the original 1611 edition, in modern type, but otherwise identical and complete.





I hope this helps.





Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/bibles/