A Journaling Bible

[Ransom]

The Berean Standard Bible has been released to the public domain.

This is purely theoretical, of course (the process of formatting a 1000+ page book being rather prohibitive, to say nothing of the hoops you have to jump through to make sure your personal use of the text is technically legal), but I'd rather be on the same page with other people, so I'd go with the ESV.

 

[aleshanee]

Your Bible looks very similar to the size of my Zondervan. Without the wide margins you mentioned, they are not any bigger than most Bibles. I like the idea that I can keep virtually all my notes on the same page as the text I am reading and the fact that the notes are typewritten makes them much neater and easier to read than a lot of notes that are handwritten.

i also have another regular hawaiian language bible.... it;s hawaiian language only..... .... smaller than the parallel bible.. . that;s the one i carry to sunday school... ..and whenever someone else goes with me i loan them the parallel bible to use in class..... .... but of course if they want to take notes they better have their own notebook.. ..

 

[aleshanee]

I don't remember who (@Tarheel Baptist ?) turned me on to the ESV reader's version. I'm not a note taker; I read and learn from the context, which is why I love the reader's version, because it is structured to read the same way we read an ordinary book: in paragraph form without chapter and verse divisions. I find the flow to be uninterrupted by verse divisions which, for me, has been revolutionary in my comprehension of the scriptures.

i have been reading the bible that way for years... just ignoring the chapter verse divisions.... ...... that;s the way the bible was originally written... straight forward like any other book..... ... it was a 13th century monk... (whose name i can;t rememebr right now).... who added the chapter and verse notations..... and he did it with the good intention of making bible study and finding desired sections easier.... . ....

but the down side was that it lended itself to a reduction in actual bible study as people began focusing on a few verses and nothing else.... . it also lent itself to cults taking scripture out of context and using versus as if they were meant to stand alone.... ..it;s sad but even after learning the truth many people try to treat the chapter and verse divisions as if they were an inspired part of the text.....