Clear Word Bible

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Summary: EXTREME CAUTION !!!!
Review: A very bad translation. It is a deliberate mistranslation by the Seventh Day Adventists to promote their personal doctrine about Saturday Sabbath keeping. Check out http://www.sdaoutreach.org/clearwordbible.cfm
for some examples of it's distortions.

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Summary: lies and misrepresentation
Review: As an ex-7th day Adeventist, I recognize the language & phrases used by many reviewers who applaud this book - to be that of Seventh-day Adventists. Since this false "Bible" is published by the SDA church's own publishing house, churchmember praise is understandable. But please listen to the warnings posted here by reviewers who are familiar with the goofball doctrines of this church - and have warned that this "Bible" is shamefully altered to support unique SDA doctrines. If you don't know your Bible very well, you probably won't recognize the seriousness of the errors found in it. It can put you in real Spiritual tumoil to trust in the words of a false Bible. If you want the most widely respected paraphrase of the Holy Bible, I suggest The Living Bible.

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Summary: The Clear Word?
Review: I am astonished by the number of people who think "The Clear Word" is a wonderful paraphrase of the bible. Get a list of Adventist doctrines,or of the 27 fundamental beliefs. Then, go to almost any verse in the bible related to a doctrine. Ready? Now,
read the verse from the Clear Word.
The "paraphrase" is very different is'nt it? The author will cheerfully reverse the meaning in many cases. God's covenant with Israel was the same as as that with their forefathers, Noah was not
given everything as food, and etc., etc., etc.
An amazing book.

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Summary: The Clear Word?
Review: I am astonished by the number of people who think "The Clear Word" is a wonderful paraphrase of the bible. Get a list of Adventist doctrines,or of the 27 fundamental beliefs. Then, go to almost any verse in the bible related to a doctrine. Ready? Now,
read the verse from the Clear Word.
The "paraphrase" is very different is'nt it? The author will cheerfully reverse the meaning in many cases. God's covenant with Israel was the same as as that with their forefathers, Noah was not
given everything as food, and etc., etc., etc.
An amazing book.

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Summary: Simplicity
Review: I enjoy the simplicity of the writing. From my understanding this started as the authors own form of worship, to try and understand the Bible better. It was never intended to be a "Bible". Compare it with other versions and only then can one say if it is Truth or not.

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Summary: Clear Word Questions....
Review: I have enjoyed the Clear Word Bible very much, there is great clarity and understanding, but my problem is, that I need to know what the grammatical errrors in the Bible are, because from what I understand it is being reprinted because of there being several grammatical errors. Please inform me what they are, because I have given quite a few of these Bibles as gifts to people that I really love and care about....I have paid [money] for each Bible and I am feeling somewhat cheated by paying for a inferior product. (...)

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Summary: Marvelous clairity and easy reading Bible!
Review: I have in my library six or seven versions of the Bible. Rarely before has the Scripture been authoritatively researched and assembled with such clairity and easy reading. One is fascinated with the story line rather than wondering how to unravel the details formerly in Old English. I recommend it to anyone who has had difficulty really enjoying reading Scripture.

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Summary: It reads like a book should--seamless and understandable
Review: I have studied the Bible many years. Since using the Clear Word the Bible no longer is a book that I jerkily move through. It is seamless since it is written clearly in my language--modern English! I stongly recommend it as a superior version!

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Summary: Excellent "Devotional" --Better than the Message Bible!
Review: I've been doing some Bible research, and I like to use paraphrase Bibles so that I can get a quick overall understanding of the passages that I'm studying... I have been comparing the New Living Translation, the Message Bible, and the Clear Word. These represent different levels of paraphrasing the Bible. The New Living Translation is probably the most accurate of the paraphrases. The Message Bible is an excellent Bible just to read for devotionals, but I found that it is actually the WORST when it comes to reinterpreting passages and putting the translator's own preconceived understandings into the passage. That's why I enjoy the Clear Word. Yes, Jack Blanco elaborates on some passages to explain what he thinks they mean--and that is why this is a "Devotional" Bible (its not meant for serious Bible study)--but I find that Blanco is far more faithful to what the text is saying than the Message Bible (which I would not recommend for anything besides devotions either because of its poor eisegesis).

The Clear Word deserves five stars for *faithfully* communicating what the Bible is trying to say in modern, contemporary language and for its excellent readability. It has pretty much the same goal as the Message Bible, but I think the Clear Word is much better.
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Summary: Easier to read Bible
Review: I've read the Bible in its entirety using the New King James Version. It took me a year. I've study the Bible using many different translations for about five years. I'm now reading the Clear Word Bible and am almost done. It has only taken me six months to read vs. one year. I still open up my other translations and have bible studies in a group using many different translations at a time so we can compare. The Clear Word says the same thing but in a very unique simple way. It flows so that I didn't have to read a verse over and over before it sunk in. I've picked up and remembered more with this Bible than I have with any other version. I'm ordering many for my friends who feel the same way. I have also found that there is no influence on church or religion to bring in different views from any other version but has made them a bit easier to read.