How long would it take to read the entire bible through? Any recommended ways to read?
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Get yourself a Bible that is easy for you to read. You will stall out with the old English of the King James Bible. Just read as much as you want every day. If you only have time to read one verse, then so be it.  Just do it every day. Start at the beginning and put a book mark in after each reading. Don't worry how long it will take. Just enjoy it.
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Recently I decided to read the New Testament and then the Old Testament to make sure I had read the entire bible.\n\nUsually though I take the approach that I pray before I read and let the Holy Spirit guide me.\n\nThere are so many ways to approach it and I don't think there are any wrong ways.\n\nThe main thing to me is to pray and ask God to speak to me through His word.
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I don't know the answer to your Q, but I think I can help you find it for yourself.\nTry to recall any words that you can remember of what wat read, and them look those words up in a concordance or online Bible site such as www.biblegateway.com\n\nit might take some time, but I'm sure you will be able to find it (and might just come up with some interesting Bible reading in the proccess.)
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So far I have found no reference in the Bible to the age of the earth or indeed the universe.\n\nTo iMi: I agree that looking at ages in the genealogies would indicate approximately 6000 years of history.\n\nHowever, the Hebrew word that is translated as "created" in Genesis 1:1 generally applies perfection, orderliness, completeness, etc. In Genesis 1:2 everything is in chaos. How much time elapsed between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2? I think there is any way for us to know.
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The KJV was meticulously translated.  By man.  And, no surprise, it isn't perfect.\nThere IS no perfect translation because, even if you have a Hebrew, Greek or Chaldean lexicon, you don't have the meaning of the words from 2,000 years ago.  Meanings change.  Take the word "gay" for example - means something VERY different today than it did 20 years ago.\nWithout taking the time to learn the original languages, then do have the lexicons as well as a Strongs (or other) Concordance.  Read the same passages in different versions for richer comprehension.  A passage read from the KJV, the NIV and The Message takes on new dimension.\nRead it - and read it sloooowly and patiently!  Read it reguarly.  And read it again and again.  What had no relevance (seemingly) last month can suddenly leap out at you today.
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Look, I've never read the bible before.\nAll I know is it's all on how you want to interpret it.
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at least 400, for some odd reason.\nKJV\nNKJV\nNIV\nNew NIV\nESV\nCSV\nNLT\nthe message\nGod's word\nLiving Bible\nthose are the main argumentives\nNothing compares to the KJV  \nBleive it or not, they have a 100 minute Bible and the "Jesus loves Porn Stars" Bible.\n\nWHAT NEXT?
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When I was in elementary and high school I learned hundreds of Bible verses as part of a yearly Bible Memory program all the kids in our family used (with some nice incentives every few weeks if you did it).  I certainly don't regret that (thanks Mom & Dad), but I went on to discover that it's equally important to understand the overall CONTENT of large sections, and how those verses fit in their original CONTEXT.    (I have often witnessed people citing some memorized verses to prove some idea, but they had no idea of how those verses fit into the chapter of book they came from-- their interpretation might be pretty reasonable or way off base, but without the context there is no check.)\n\nSo, I began to try to learn how various books of the Bible are put together -- to memorize an outline of the contents of a book.   That way if someone mentions or I'm thinking of something like "where did Jesus say. . . ?" I have a pretty good idea not only of what he said and where to find the chapter but I'll know what was going on just before and after he said it (the context).\n\nI still think it's important to learn verse and short passages --especially key ones (such as highpoints and turning points in a book)-- and if you can memorize much longer sections, that's great!   But now I have a better idea of the MEANING of the verses that I've memorized or that others mention and can more easily put my hands on related passages (for my own studies or in a discussion).\n\n(By the way, you don't need to have the "perfect" or fullest outline to benefit from this.  I have fairly sketchy outlines for some books, starting with the biggest pieces and major turning points.  For others that I've spent a lot of time in I've come up with more detailed outlines.)
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Dear Friends,\n\nRead the Bible together!\n\nYours in Him,\nFrancesois
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The Bible-for can't just read once and be done with it.  Theres always new understanding,new discoveries and if one didn't get it or understand read again and hey theres the light of understanding. It is THE guide to life.
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First you have to look at the age of the book.  The bible is cut into 2 general parts.  The new testament is from about 0ish AD  The old testament claims to go to the beginning of time.  \n\nNow, let's revisit the "Phone game" from kindergarten.  Before they had paper and pen, stories were told from generation to generation.  Now let’s say there are 4-6 generations per century.  So the “phone game” is passed from person to person many times per century.  Hmmm, having been in kindergarten, I seem to remember that each retelling seemed to change fact into fiction.  Since the Old testament dates before written techniques, we can surmise that it is folklore and not fiction.  Now the new testament is a different story.  Here we know that monk’s mostly did the copying of the bible.  However we also know that kings enforced changes to suit the times. So if it is socially acceptable to change the text, who is to say that what you read is even remotely true.\n\nNow let’s add in the ambiguity of language.  The last time you read a Shakespearean play, did you take it verbatim word for word?  The bible also uses such vague diction.  Taken literally would be insane.  The moral basis of the text is good, but little fact can be derived from the text. \n\nNow for my personal opinion.  You can trust it to teach a general set of good morals to live by.  Aside from that, it is a good story.
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I often read a book in two days, about 200 pages or more. The most important issue, is having the time to do it. You could learn speed reading, which would help, but other than that, it's simply getting some quiet time and reading the story. It's important that the story or content is fascinating, otherwise it becomes a chore to read it.\nAs to reading off a computer, that is more difficult, and time consuming. Reading off a monitor screen is hard on the eyes, whereas books have been designed for hundreds of years to be easily read.\nThe only answer is to set aside the time and quiet, and read.
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That really depends on what you want to read the bible for, what religion and where you are in your life, reference, teen, concordance, faith sharing, group study, ect. \n\nThe Muslim Bible is known as the Quran (spelling)\n\nThe Hebrew Bible is known as the Tanakh\n\nEnglish translations of the Christian Bible have been around since around 1066. For more information see below
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READ\nMatthew 4:1-11 -or- Luke 4:1-13
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read Psalms Chapter 9. (incidentally, it is somewhat difficult to understand your detailed info. It is nice, but deep...perhaps too much for my feeble mind.)
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i used the one year bible,it has books and verses set out for you and it takes a year
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http://www.bible.ca/bible.htm