Top 4 for me would be: 1.) ESV Heirloom Heritage 2.) CSB Thinline Two tone 3.) NKJV MACLAREN series Large Print Thinline Reference 4.) CSB Life Counsel Bible
So glad for NET recognition! I've routinely found that it handles translating difficult passages in the best way and then gives a great footnote to explain why!
That CSB has really blown me away. I absolutely love mine. I wish it wasn’t printed in China, but their choice to go with 33 gsm paper makes the block beat any current model Schuyler for me. 32 gsm and up only for me from now on, I hate how hard it is to turn the page on 28gsm. The fact that it’s less than half the price of a schuyler is also amazing and so it’s also an incredible value.
My favorite Bible for about 5 years now has been my Schuyler Thinline Quentel in NAS95. I like how large the print is for how thin the Bible is. It is a perfect ratio for me. I don't know if I will ever switch to a different Bible as my "main" Bible. My father recently died and I was given the opportunity to pick what I wanted from his belongings. I picked his KJV Bible that he read all through my childhood and I ALSO received my grandfather's KJV Bible that was in my father's possession. That blew me out of the water. I was so surprised by that! Those Bibles mean the world to me.
Top 5 for me would be: 5. Cambridge NIV Insight Wide Margin (rebound by Scriptura Bibles) 4. Cambridge NRSV Wide Margin - Minister Text 3. Allan NIV1 2. Zondervan NIV or NRSV Side Column Wide Margin (Single column wide margin for the NRSV) Premier Collection 1. Allan NRSV1
NKJV Single Column from Nelson is my favorite right now, but after seeing the wide margin from Nelson I may be buying that and getting it rebound! I wish they would bring it back!
I own at least 300 bibles including some printed in foreign languages. My two favorite bibles versions are NIV and NLT. I own numerous copies of these versions.
I sure hope this Schuyler NASB wide margin I just ordered will be my #1! I have been wanting one. Schuyler won with the rose gold Humble Lambs being sold out.
My favorite is the CSB Study Bible (not the Everyday Study Bible.) I keep going back to that one. Cross references, commentaries, color pictures, archaeological finds, maps throughout the text, double column, red letter. Not a journaling Bible, but enough room to jot down notes. It’s big as a boat anchor, but I love it.
My first time seeing you. Thanks for sharing . My favorite is the ESV student study Bible. Next is the Life application chronological Bible and The King James Spirit-filled Bible.
My top five - 1. Schuyler NIV Quentel black pearl, 2. Schuyler NLT Quentel black goat, 3. Schuyler NASB Stridon Blue, 4. NRSVue Zondervan black goat, 5. Schuyler PSQ NIV blue
I don't have a top 5 list yet, but because of your channel my little pile of 6 cheaper bibles has turned into a bigger pile, 16, of multiple translations with my now preferred single column text block, still cheaper versions, but when i find my top five they will be off to the rebind shops. Looking forward to reading your book to help me find my FAV-5 :-) Thanks for doing what you do, it's definitely sparked my interest in reading different Bibles.
The ESV Heritage is my favorite this year! 😊 I love that it's single column since I prefer single column for reading (but I'm fine with double columns for studying). I love that its chapter and verse numbers aren't obtrusive so it can almost be a reader's version or at least a hybrid. I love the beautiful font type and size. I love that the words per line and the spaces between lines make the reading experience feel very comfortable and breathable, not dense and crowded. I love that the paper looks even more opaque than its premium cousin the Heirloom Heritage (I own the Prussian blue Heirloom Heritage). And I love that it's quite affordable relative to its good quality ($35 when I ordered it). It's a wonderful Bible.
My current favorite translations are ESV and CSB. After watching this I am interested in checking out the NET Full Notes Edition. That will be top of my list for next to purchase.
1. CSB Everyday Study (it was cheap but I’ve grown to love it) 2. NET Full Notes 3. Berean Standard Bible (Narrow Gate Rebind) - This may top the list soon. 4. NLT Life Application 5. NLT Jesus Centered Bible by Group. Mainly for the Old Testament blue letter references to Jesus.
Love this list! I'm giving the CSB Everyday Study Bible to someone in the current Baptism class and I'm glad to see it listed here as a favorite. The NET Full Notes is awesome and stays on my desk. I need to get a physical copy of the Berean, right now I just go to their website to read it, but that's a translation I have truly come to enjoy and appreciate.
My recent favorite is the NIV Side-Column Personal-Size Reference Bible. I actually found out about it through your videos. It was the one that was right for me! 😎
I’m currently using the Bible I was given in bootcamp. The military challenge bible it’s small and compact. At home my wife and I are using the chronological NLT bible.
Okay Tim...Love the video and nice to see your preferences... I now have a favorite that I decided to invest in... It is (drum roll) the Schuyler NASB Stridon...It is amazing!
@@timwildsmith I am saddened that you have decided to use an NIV to be your preaching bible at church... I am sure you have your reasons for liking the NIV... I often use one to compare verses with... but... what are pyou planning to do.. about the verses that are omitted from the NIV... such as Acts 8:36...and many others... just skip over them and Just Not discuss them or preach about their significance...?,, or what about verses such as.. Matthew 5:22 where the NIV...does Not include the words "without cause"..? or even verses such as Ephesians 1:4-5 where the verse is divided up strangely... 4 For He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love 5 He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will- notice the words "In love"... seem to sit right outside of the verse 4 but come before verse 5... are those words part of verse 4 or verse 5?.. should we understand this to mean... are we blameless in His sight , in love?.. or In love, He predestined us....?
Yea I don't love the NET translation but the notes are really good. Thanks for reminding me it's on my shelf.. kinda forgot about it. Will get it back in my study pile
1.LSB red letter handy sized in blue goatskin. 2. InTouch NASB Notetakers (out of print) 3. Schuyler NLT in royal blue 4. Lockman NASB scr in calfskin. 5. ESV Study Bible large print in dark brown buffalo. I had a hard time choosing 5. There were several others I could have included.
Enjoyed your top 5 and nice to see an NIV in there. I’ve a small collection - my favourite is my brown NIV1 and an honarable mention for my NIV Pitt Minion. Looking forward to the forthcoming NRSV from Allan and in the Diadem.
My Subjective Top Five Favorite Bibles: 5. NLT Notemaker's Bible (1996 NLT Text with wide margins and lines at the bottom) 4. NASB MacArthur Study Bible (Second Edition) 3. NET Bible (Full Notes Edition) 2. The Reformation Study Bible ESV 1. NASB Ryrie Study Bible (Blue Bonded Leather 1995 Edition)--not for the study notes, and not for the Dispensational perspective, but simply for the amazing outlines throughout the text. This is the best outlined Bible I have ever owned and it is my favorite. Moody updated the Bible and the text is smaller, the inline (gutter) margins not as wide, and the font has changed (and I don't like it). But the '95 Edition of Ryrie, with the '95 NASB, is my everyday and favorite Bible.
My ESV LEGO verse by verse rebound by Lion and Lamb is my favorite. The paper is second to none. The Heritage is second- the Horween edition. Such a spectacular Bible. The Allan ESV NCR1 limited mahogany is my third.
Love your lists!! New to it all. Building my collection. Schuyler NLT. And Schuyler ESV PSQ Next - bigger version of ESV. Def will check out your number 1!!
1. Longprimer KjV navy blue speckel Allen 2 NLT Caxton sunfire Schuyler 3ESV study bible Calfskin tuscany 4KJV cambidge family chronicle vloth over board NJV blue bible
That ESV Heritage is on my list to purchase this year. Currently my top 5: 5-ESV Wide Margin in Genuine Leather 4-NKJV Sovereign Wide Margin in Leathersoft. 3-NLT Wide Margin in hardcover (leather-like over board). 2-ESV Personal Reference Bible in TruTone. 1-ESV Quentel in blue 🐐. Congratulations on your recent ordination and thanks for another year of great videos!
Tim, have you noticed quality issues with ribbons on Bibles coming from publishers? I’ve bought from Holman, Crossway, and Thomas Nelson in the last year - extremely disappointed in the quality of the ribbons and binding. Often the ribbons are glued in crooked or with an edge folded. I’ve had to return or exchange a handful of Bibles in the last year because the quality was poor out of the box.
Following Tim's recommendation, I purchased the Crossway ESV Bible (2024 #1 pick). I was curious and did a bit more research, reading excerpts and educating myself about Crossway's history. I am in full agreement with Tim's review, a lovely effort by Crossway. I am new to the single column format, it is a comfortable read (like a book). I have previously gone for the more expensive options (but no more than $150.00) as a lifetime investment. However, this version delivers and will be the one I carry with me each day in my work bag. The translation notes in the Preface really sold me, for the Translation Oversight Committee's honest and gracious intentions. Thank you Tim, for your always helpful advice.
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
My favorite: ESV Heritage Heirloom. The cheap ones are fantastic too. I’ve given multiple of them away. But the heirloom paper is night and day better. If you’re looking for a premium ESV that will last forever, that’s the one.
New subscriber here. My favorites are mostly based on what I’ve learned from you and the other two Tims. 😊 1. The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible (KJV), personal size, hardcover 2. NLT Illustrated Study Bible, hardcover 3. NKJV Thinline, Large Print Blue Letter Maclaren Series, Leathersoft 4. The C.S. Lewis Bible (NRSV), hardcover 5. CSB Legacy Single Column Wide Margin Notetaking Bible, LeatherTouch
Great list! And I entirely sympathize with your affection for the CSB. It's becoming my preferred translation for when I just want to read scripture with the NASB (both '95 and '20) being my translation for study. With that in mind, my favorites right now: 1. Allan R1 Reader '95 - Blown away at how nice it is. Truly stunning. 2. NASB Stridon - My go to for both Church and personal reading 3. CSB Personal Size in Saddle Brown - what I keep at work. 4. Lockman Prime Reference - Honestly, the perfect-sized Bible to me. It's hard to find, and the CSB personal size is the only other one I have seen close to it. Lockman's fonts are the only thing holding me back from rating it higher 5. CSB Handcrafted Single Column, wide margin - just an amazing Bible for desk reading in the morning/evening. P.S. Congratulations for all the attention on the videos. Wish you the very best for your work and really hope that people appreciate the heart with which you are approaching this site, and not just the bibliophile aspects. (I love books - so I have to check myself sometimes to make sure my affection for books isn't getting in the way of my respect for scripture.)
Honourable mentions on my list would include a recently purchased ESV single column journalling Bible and an NKJV "Reader's" Bible. I also have an as yet seldom used full notes edition of the NET, not to be confused with the older NEB (which i first came aware of in the early 1970s). I also like the CSB.
Right now my favorite is a Hosanna Revival large print CSB notetaking Bible . It’s been a great tool for recording my thoughts, as well as insights from the Spirit while I’m reading. I’d like to get one in a different translation for the next time I read through the Bible. The top one on my wishlist is the CSB Reader’s Bible set because the print size and paper quality will be excellent for my aging eyes.
I have only used the NET online but it definitely would be a good purchase for studying purposes…. I’m actually looking to purchase a Schuyler NIV this year for preaching as well. I still enjoy my ESV Crossway Wide 1 inch Margin Trutone Bible…. Thought about getting it rebound to some high quality leather because it is my favorite go to Bible.
Schuyler NASB ‘95 Quentel black pearl calfskin, is my absolute favourite! Schuyler ESV PSQ Quentel British tan; Cambridge NKJV Topaz dark blue; Crossway ESV thin line Horween leather; Cambridge Cameo KJV brown calfskin. I love each one!
5. NIV premier collection single column reference personal size 4. Buffalo leather large print compact Esv 3. Omega black goatskin Esv 2. PSQ black goatskin Esv 1. Heritage black goatskin ESV
My wife asked me what I would like for my birthday in June, "an ESV Heritage" I said. She ordered it in Wellington! I never thought I would have such a Bible, it looks to have ticked all of the boxes for me and then some (premium). Understated, ESV, single column with no extras. Wow prefect! Thank you for your information Tim, keep up the good work.👍
I worked for a few years making bibles in the 80s and then in a bible warehouse in Nashville. My unconventional (and short) list: 1: Zondervan NRSV, small black hardcover. (Inexpensive, came recommended as scholarly, very readable language and precise translation, the one I most often read, great translation footnotes.) 2: A recycled, unbound KJV (see below). 3) My old Children's Bible (in storage, unknown publisher, just love how it made reading fun as a kid, and it was a gift from a very special family.) I worked for a large printing & bindery shop in MN for a few years in the 80s, and we printed a lot of bibles for Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, and others. We once did a run of ~250,000 large, super-cheap KJV bibles on recycled newsprint paper, temporarily perfect-bound with a slip cover to be sent out for hardcover binding and sold in poor countries for $5 USD. (Published by a coloring book publisher.) If anything we printed had any kind of imperfection it was thrown into recycling, and employees were allowed to take what we wanted from recycling. That's where I got my awesome large print, slip covered, imperfect, perfect-bound, recycled KJV. It's mine, and there's no other like it! I like the language, and it's fun to compare it to modern translations. It's also very lightweight for its size. We also printed one bible on very, very light paper that came, I kid you not, from Zig Zag. I saw the label with the familiar logo on the web press roll myself. I wouldn't joke about that. It was a small run (our minimum run was 2,000, close to that), and we only had one roll of that paper. (I think it was 18# paper - so long ago.) Then I moved to Nashville and worked at the Thomas Nelson warehouse. Even after my experience in the bindery and occasionally on the presses, I still had no idea how many versions there could possibly be of the same book! I believe we had 2,000 at the time (late 80s). It was absolutely fascinating, and like many things I experienced when I was young, I wish I could experience it again with a greater appreciation. I admit, I came to see the review of the Trump bible, and I was impressed with how gently Pastor Tim handled it, but I was also taken back in time, hearing him talk about the physical qualities of the paper and the binding. That means something. I've watched maybe 5 videos in a row now, and believe it or not, I'm not even Christian.
A little over a year ago I bought an ESV legacy in (what is now somewhat uncommon) dark brown goatskin from the facebook groups. I wanted to see if the odd style was for me or not. After a year of use and notetaking in the wide margins I have grown to adore this copy of God's word. I have broke it in like a well-used baseball glove and it is so floppy and beautiful. It constantly draws me to spend time with the Lord in it! Just gotta change out those dinky crossway ribbons!
Nice choices. For me it would be: 1 humble lamb shepherd nkjv 2 caimbridge clarion niv 3 grace and truth premium study Bible 4 caimbridge pitt minion niv 5 esv PSQ
My order depends on the use… Schuyler CSB PSQ Deep Purple HHC Single Column Personal Size Marbled Slate He Reads Truth Bible CSB ESV Compact SCR Leather Touch Jesus Centered Bible (NLT) Currently trying to decide on my VbV: Allan ESV SCR Purple, HHC Wide Margin Vbv Marbled Burgandy or Schuyler Stridon ESV Black Pearl (Deser Camel is sold out)
What are your favourite large print (10.5-12 pt font) Bibles? I'd especially love recommendations for the ESV and the CSB. Bonus points for single column text and cross-references, but having a good line spacing and layout is the most important to me.
For me it's : 5.) ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible 4.) NKJV Premier Collection Thompson Chain 3.) NIV 36GSM Quentel 2.) Allan ESV SCR in Navy blue goat. 1.) Allan ESV NC1 (I've got a beautiful rebind from ICA in dark green PatNat and a wine colored lambskin liner, its sheer perfection)
1. Schuyler KJV Treveris: I'm doing my '24 read through the Bible in the KJV. Great version for devotional reading. 2. KJV Cambridge Family Heritage: Splurged on this one. Also using it some for daily reading at night. 1st grandchild due in September, and itching to write her name in the family chronology portion!
My current top Bibles are: 1) LSB Inside Column Reference - good update to the NASB as the translation goes, and the opacity of the paper and the 11-point font just make this super readable 2) CSB Study Bible - I love the CSB as less literal translations go (inevitably there are still some bugbears for me in Paul...), it's a really nicely done study Bible, and my copy's purple! 3) Jewish Study Bible - maybe not one to bring to church (and this just contains the OT of course), but it's brilliant from a scholarly perspective 4) NASB MacArthur Study Bible (2nd ed) - okay, not as high-quality as study Bibles are these days, but I actually find MacArthur's notes generally helpful, even though he's far more conservative than me (his explanation for the Moses was the most humble man on earth verse in Numbers 12 is ingenious, but I don't buy it at all) 5) CEB Study Bible with Apocrypha - maybe I'm sticking this one in because of how awful the SBL Study Bible is, but it's still my favourite study Bible to include the Apocrypha
Hmm, top 5... #1 - Schuyler ESV Treveris I bought based on your review, I'm loving the single column format, it arrived at the beginning of this month and I've been challenging myself to read through it chronologically in less that 90 days right now, so far I'm on track. #2 - Cambridge Diadem ESV with Apocrypha (also bought based on your review) #3 - Crossway ESV study Bible in brown leather #4 - Tyndale NLT study Bible 2020 text I think (NLT 1996 was gifted to me years ago and that was the first Bible I really got into, prefer the ESV now, but still like the NLT on occasion and the notes in the study version) #5 - LSB single column, found this buried on a shelf at a Bible store, bought it on a whim, fell in love with single column uncluttered format because of it. Honorable mentions: my thinline crossway ESV 2011 text, which was my first Bible that I've read fully through multiple times, due to your recent video discussing AA leather I've sent that one off for a rebind after years of use. Also recently aquired a Holman CSB ancient faith study Bible, it has a bunch of commentary from early church leaders, it's my first copy of CSB in general and was most interested in it for the commentary, I've scanned through it and like it so far, but haven't read it enough to list in my top 5. I ordered my wife a copy of the Schuyler Stridon ESV based on your review of it, was on pre-order and finally shipped yesterday, I will present it to her tomorrow and hope that it becomes her number 1, a spot currently held by her personal sized ESV study Bible I got for her last year and is the first Bible she has really got into and I think I may have created a monster 😂 and will be adding more to our growing collection... Thank you so much for your videos! You have guided me well in my pursuit to find the right Bibles for us.
Good morning Tim. I recently found your UA-cam channel and I am enjoying your content. Question, if you were coaching a person at your Church that wanted to go deep into God's Word, what 4 to 6 Bibles would you suggest they have on hand to read and study? I have about 12 Bibles, but they were aquired randomly. Not with the intention of using them together for studying. Also, have you done a review on John Maxwell's Leadership Bible? I have only watched about 6 of your videos, so these questions have haave been covered in video form already. If so, let me know that as well. Thank you.
I definitely think the NET is useful, but one thing I do not like about it is the translators sound a little too scholarly at times. I've seen several notes that say something like, "The Hebrew does not make sense here, so we think it should be this similarly spelled word instead." Granted they usually justify it with an ancient translation or some other manuscript support, but the way they say "does not make sense" strikes me as a little disrespectful for a Christian textual critic. Textual criticism is needed because we have multiple manuscripts and we ultimately have to make choices between them, but we should be humble enough to consider that we might be making the wrong choice and not potentially say the Word of God does not make sense. We can miss HOW it makes sense. Just something I never hear people critique about the NET but is a glaring flaw to me.
This is a tough tough question. Right NOW this is the best I can do. 1. World English Bible (Nice Majority Text) 2. NASB1995 (very good) 3. RSV 1950s & RV 1888 (ancient words and false friends fixed) 4. ASV 1901 (Famous) 5. Geneva Bible. (Legendary) Goatskin. Blue or Black. GENEVA Bible commentary. Cross References
My Favorite bible the king James version bible god bless you your beautiful wonderful family and your friends enjoy the rest of your day wherever you are love you🙏📖😊🥰❤🌹👑
1. ESV with Apocrypha from Anglican Liturgy Press. It’s affordable, it looks beautiful, and it includes the entire Apocrypha in a separate section. More for reading. 2. CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible by Holman. It feels like I’m having conversations with some of the earliest Christian authors-it reinforces the connections and continuity of our faith. Just two.
The Logos Bible app. Does that count? I absolutely adore being able to make extensive notes and connect multiple scriptures together in these notes. That has revolutionized my Bible study like I could never have imagined. I didn't really need all that fancy commentary stuff, though I do use it on occasion. I do absolutely love seeing the original Greek and Hebrew definitions, too, but the simple notes feature is my favorite. And I'm very much a digital girl. I hardly touch my physical Bibles, but of those, I would have to say the ESV Archeology Bible would be my fave. Lots of fantastic pictures that Logos cannot even begin to touch, and the archeology commentary is nice, too, when they aren't calling Israel by the name of God's enemy, that is.
My fingers are crossed that the Legacy Standard Bible take their translation notes published on master seminary and do something similar of the NET open note bible.
I only have two ‘nice’ bibles; a Cambridge Clarion reference edition in paragraph format, and an Allan 52 longprimer. Both KJV. I like both but prefer the paragraph bible for reading. It’s also a smaller bible, which I like. The Allan is a nicer ‘book’ in terms of the materials and has nicer calfskin. The two are both about ten year old. All of high end bibles are excellent imo. For me the main thing (beyond obviously the translation) is the size of the bible. Always liked a smaller bible for reading myself.
Top 4 for me would be:
1.) ESV Heirloom Heritage
2.) CSB Thinline Two tone
3.) NKJV MACLAREN series Large Print Thinline Reference
4.) CSB Life Counsel Bible
Nice!
So glad for NET recognition! I've routinely found that it handles translating difficult passages in the best way and then gives a great footnote to explain why!
For studying I like ESV in the double columns and for just reading the Humble Lamb History book looks beautiful 😊
Good choice!
I just ordered a CSB single column rebind, very excited to get this bible before I preach my first ever sermon!
Awesome!
That CSB has really blown me away. I absolutely love mine. I wish it wasn’t printed in China, but their choice to go with 33 gsm paper makes the block beat any current model Schuyler for me. 32 gsm and up only for me from now on, I hate how hard it is to turn the page on 28gsm. The fact that it’s less than half the price of a schuyler is also amazing and so it’s also an incredible value.
My favorite Bible for about 5 years now has been my Schuyler Thinline Quentel in NAS95. I like how large the print is for how thin the Bible is. It is a perfect ratio for me. I don't know if I will ever switch to a different Bible as my "main" Bible.
My father recently died and I was given the opportunity to pick what I wanted from his belongings. I picked his KJV Bible that he read all through my childhood and I ALSO received my grandfather's KJV Bible that was in my father's possession. That blew me out of the water. I was so surprised by that! Those Bibles mean the world to me.
Top 5 for me would be:
5. Cambridge NIV Insight Wide Margin (rebound by Scriptura Bibles)
4. Cambridge NRSV Wide Margin - Minister Text
3. Allan NIV1
2. Zondervan NIV or NRSV Side Column Wide Margin (Single column wide margin for the NRSV) Premier Collection
1. Allan NRSV1
Nice list, Kyle!
NKJV Single Column from Nelson is my favorite right now, but after seeing the wide margin from Nelson I may be buying that and getting it rebound! I wish they would bring it back!
I own at least 300 bibles including some printed in foreign languages. My two favorite bibles versions are NIV and NLT. I own numerous copies of these versions.
I gotta ask - what foreign languages?
Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish and some islamic. But they are all based on the king James version.
@@monopolylife Islamic? Do you mean Arabic?
@@BGID7 yes, sorry.
I'm not Christian, and for some reason I love watching Bible reviews 😅
We'll make the list one of these days 😉
Maybe we can work on a design together!
@@timwildsmith that sounds interesting, let's talk!
I sure hope this Schuyler NASB wide margin I just ordered will be my #1! I have been wanting one. Schuyler won with the rose gold Humble Lambs being sold out.
In my opinion the new redesigned @humblelamb KJV Lion is #1!!!!!!
I need a compact Shepard!!!!
My favorite is the CSB Study Bible (not the Everyday Study Bible.) I keep going back to that one. Cross references, commentaries, color pictures, archaeological finds, maps throughout the text, double column, red letter. Not a journaling Bible, but enough room to jot down notes. It’s big as a boat anchor, but I love it.
My first time seeing you. Thanks for sharing . My favorite is the ESV student study Bible. Next is the Life application chronological Bible and The King James Spirit-filled Bible.
I'm really glad for you. I love all the effort and goodwill poured by you to make this channel what it is. Congratulations and I hope all the best.
Thank you so much!
My top five - 1. Schuyler NIV Quentel black pearl, 2. Schuyler NLT Quentel black goat, 3. Schuyler NASB Stridon Blue, 4. NRSVue Zondervan black goat, 5. Schuyler PSQ NIV blue
Great list!
@@timwildsmith Thanks ... my brown Allan NIV(1) and Holman NASB202 LPThinline black goat, and Caxton MM NLT rank as 'nearly in the top 5 as well)
Congratulations 🎉
This channel has opened my
Eyes to the many types of different bibles. Who knew?? 😊
Wonderful!
I don't have a top 5 list yet, but because of your channel my little pile of 6 cheaper bibles has turned into a bigger pile, 16, of multiple translations with my now preferred single column text block, still cheaper versions, but when i find my top five they will be off to the rebind shops. Looking forward to reading your book to help me find my FAV-5 :-) Thanks for doing what you do, it's definitely sparked my interest in reading different Bibles.
Awesome. Thanks for watching!
The ESV Heritage is my favorite this year! 😊 I love that it's single column since I prefer single column for reading (but I'm fine with double columns for studying). I love that its chapter and verse numbers aren't obtrusive so it can almost be a reader's version or at least a hybrid. I love the beautiful font type and size. I love that the words per line and the spaces between lines make the reading experience feel very comfortable and breathable, not dense and crowded. I love that the paper looks even more opaque than its premium cousin the Heirloom Heritage (I own the Prussian blue Heirloom Heritage). And I love that it's quite affordable relative to its good quality ($35 when I ordered it). It's a wonderful Bible.
The Trump Bible is #1
My current favorite translations are ESV and CSB. After watching this I am interested in checking out the NET Full Notes Edition. That will be top of my list for next to purchase.
Thank you for sharing not only about Bibles, but also about your ministry.
You’re welcome!
1. CSB Everyday Study (it was cheap but I’ve grown to love it)
2. NET Full Notes
3. Berean Standard Bible (Narrow Gate Rebind) - This may top the list soon.
4. NLT Life Application
5. NLT Jesus Centered Bible by Group. Mainly for the Old Testament blue letter references to Jesus.
Great list!
Love this list! I'm giving the CSB Everyday Study Bible to someone in the current Baptism class and I'm glad to see it listed here as a favorite. The NET Full Notes is awesome and stays on my desk. I need to get a physical copy of the Berean, right now I just go to their website to read it, but that's a translation I have truly come to enjoy and appreciate.
My recent favorite is the NIV Side-Column Personal-Size Reference Bible. I actually found out about it through your videos. It was the one that was right for me! 😎
Glad I found your channel! I’m a Bible collector/geek myself! Would love to purchase these Bibles
I’m currently using the Bible I was given in bootcamp. The military challenge bible it’s small and compact. At home my wife and I are using the chronological NLT bible.
Okay Tim...Love the video and nice to see your preferences... I now have a favorite that I decided to invest in... It is (drum roll) the Schuyler NASB Stridon...It is amazing!
Good choice!
@@timwildsmith
I am saddened that you have decided to use an NIV to be your preaching bible at church... I am sure you have your reasons for liking the NIV... I often use one to compare verses with... but... what are pyou planning to do.. about the verses that are omitted from the NIV... such as Acts 8:36...and many others... just skip over them and Just Not discuss them or preach about their significance...?,,
or what about verses such as..
Matthew 5:22
where the NIV...does Not include the words "without cause"..?
or even verses such as Ephesians 1:4-5 where the verse is divided up strangely...
4 For He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love 5 He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will-
notice the words "In love"... seem to sit right outside of the verse 4 but come before verse 5...
are those words part of verse 4 or verse 5?..
should we understand this to mean...
are we blameless in His sight , in love?.. or
In love, He predestined us....?
1. 2013 NASB Schuyler Quentel
2. NASB Schuyler Quentel Wide Margin
3. Bibliotheca
4. NASB Humble Lamb History
5. 2022 NIV Schuyler Quentel FY
Yea I don't love the NET translation but the notes are really good. Thanks for reminding me it's on my shelf.. kinda forgot about it. Will get it back in my study pile
1.LSB red letter handy sized in blue goatskin.
2. InTouch NASB Notetakers (out of print)
3. Schuyler NLT in royal blue
4. Lockman NASB scr in calfskin.
5. ESV Study Bible large print in dark brown buffalo.
I had a hard time choosing 5. There were several others I could have included.
Enjoyed your top 5 and nice to see an NIV in there. I’ve a small collection - my favourite is my brown NIV1 and an honarable mention for my NIV Pitt Minion.
Looking forward to the forthcoming NRSV from Allan and in the Diadem.
Loving my verse-by-verse handcrafted CSB.
My Subjective Top Five Favorite Bibles:
5. NLT Notemaker's Bible (1996 NLT Text with wide margins and lines at the bottom)
4. NASB MacArthur Study Bible (Second Edition)
3. NET Bible (Full Notes Edition)
2. The Reformation Study Bible ESV
1. NASB Ryrie Study Bible (Blue Bonded Leather 1995 Edition)--not for the study notes, and not for the Dispensational perspective, but simply for the amazing outlines throughout the text. This is the best outlined Bible I have ever owned and it is my favorite. Moody updated the Bible and the text is smaller, the inline (gutter) margins not as wide, and the font has changed (and I don't like it). But the '95 Edition of Ryrie, with the '95 NASB, is my everyday and favorite Bible.
I recently got the csb single column marbled calfskin in slate grey and I absolutely adore it!
My ESV LEGO verse by verse rebound by Lion and Lamb is my favorite. The paper is second to none. The Heritage is second- the Horween edition. Such a spectacular Bible. The Allan ESV NCR1 limited mahogany is my third.
Love your lists!!
New to it all.
Building my collection.
Schuyler NLT. And Schuyler ESV PSQ
Next - bigger version of ESV. Def will check out your number 1!!
Sounds great... have fun!
1. Longprimer KjV navy blue speckel Allen
2 NLT Caxton sunfire Schuyler
3ESV study bible Calfskin tuscany
4KJV cambidge family chronicle vloth over board
NJV blue bible
That ESV Heritage is on my list to purchase this year. Currently my top 5:
5-ESV Wide Margin in Genuine Leather
4-NKJV Sovereign Wide Margin in Leathersoft.
3-NLT Wide Margin in hardcover (leather-like over board).
2-ESV Personal Reference Bible in TruTone.
1-ESV Quentel in blue 🐐.
Congratulations on your recent ordination and thanks for another year of great videos!
Thanks!
Can you do a top 5 study bibles too please?
Working on it!
I appreciate your channel brother
So nice of you!
Tim, have you noticed quality issues with ribbons on Bibles coming from publishers? I’ve bought from Holman, Crossway, and Thomas Nelson in the last year - extremely disappointed in the quality of the ribbons and binding. Often the ribbons are glued in crooked or with an edge folded. I’ve had to return or exchange a handful of Bibles in the last year because the quality was poor out of the box.
Following Tim's recommendation, I purchased the Crossway ESV Bible (2024 #1 pick). I was curious and did a bit more research, reading excerpts and educating myself about Crossway's history. I am in full agreement with Tim's review, a lovely effort by Crossway. I am new to the single column format, it is a comfortable read (like a book). I have previously gone for the more expensive options (but no more than $150.00) as a lifetime investment. However, this version delivers and will be the one I carry with me each day in my work bag. The translation notes in the Preface really sold me, for the Translation Oversight Committee's honest and gracious intentions. Thank you Tim, for your always helpful advice.
I love annual traditions.🎉🎉🎉
Me too!!
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
My favorite: ESV Heritage Heirloom. The cheap ones are fantastic too. I’ve given multiple of them away. But the heirloom paper is night and day better. If you’re looking for a premium ESV that will last forever, that’s the one.
Thank you, Brother Tim 🌹⭐🌹
You are very welcome!
My favorite is Free on the Inside, Readers Edition. The Rhythm and harmonization of the words are Pleasant for the ears to hear.
I have the premium black goatskin heritage and it’s so beautiful 😍
I just put the NET full note bible in my Amazon basket. I love my She Speaks Truth CSB version in Poppy.
New subscriber here. My favorites are mostly based on what I’ve learned from you and the other two Tims. 😊
1. The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible (KJV), personal size, hardcover
2. NLT Illustrated Study Bible, hardcover
3. NKJV Thinline, Large Print Blue Letter Maclaren Series, Leathersoft
4. The C.S. Lewis Bible (NRSV), hardcover
5. CSB Legacy Single Column Wide Margin Notetaking Bible, LeatherTouch
Welcome… and great list!
Great list! And I entirely sympathize with your affection for the CSB. It's becoming my preferred translation for when I just want to read scripture with the NASB (both '95 and '20) being my translation for study.
With that in mind, my favorites right now:
1. Allan R1 Reader '95 - Blown away at how nice it is. Truly stunning.
2. NASB Stridon - My go to for both Church and personal reading
3. CSB Personal Size in Saddle Brown - what I keep at work.
4. Lockman Prime Reference - Honestly, the perfect-sized Bible to me. It's hard to find, and the CSB personal size is the only other one I have seen close to it. Lockman's fonts are the only thing holding me back from rating it higher
5. CSB Handcrafted Single Column, wide margin - just an amazing Bible for desk reading in the morning/evening.
P.S. Congratulations for all the attention on the videos. Wish you the very best for your work and really hope that people appreciate the heart with which you are approaching this site, and not just the bibliophile aspects. (I love books - so I have to check myself sometimes to make sure my affection for books isn't getting in the way of my respect for scripture.)
Thank you kindly!
Honourable mentions on my list would include a recently purchased ESV single column journalling Bible and an NKJV "Reader's" Bible. I also have an as yet seldom used full notes edition of the NET, not to be confused with the older NEB (which i first came aware of in the early 1970s). I also like the CSB.
Right now my favorite is a Hosanna Revival large print CSB notetaking Bible . It’s been a great tool for recording my thoughts, as well as insights from the Spirit while I’m reading. I’d like to get one in a different translation for the next time I read through the Bible. The top one on my wishlist is the CSB Reader’s Bible set because the print size and paper quality will be excellent for my aging eyes.
Thanks for sharing!!
I have only used the NET online but it definitely would be a good purchase for studying purposes…. I’m actually looking to purchase a Schuyler NIV this year for preaching as well. I still enjoy my ESV Crossway Wide 1 inch Margin Trutone Bible…. Thought about getting it rebound to some high quality leather because it is my favorite go to Bible.
Schuyler NASB ‘95 Quentel black pearl calfskin, is my absolute favourite!
Schuyler ESV PSQ Quentel British tan;
Cambridge NKJV Topaz dark blue;
Crossway ESV thin line Horween leather;
Cambridge Cameo KJV brown calfskin.
I love each one!
GREAT list!
1) Holman KJV Study Bible
2) Schuyler Treveris ESV
3) Schuyler Quentel NIV
4) Cambridge Wide-Margin (with Scofield notes)
5) Zondervan NASB, Preacher’s Bible
1. NASB History - Humble Lamb
2. NKJV 2 Column Gray - Holman
3. NLT filament - Tyndale
4. LSB Red leather - 3.16
5. KJV wide margin - Schyler
Great list!
As a convert from Judaism, I prefer The Jewish Study Bible --- it uses many Hebrew words (much like the Aramaic that Jesus spoke). ❤❤❤❤❤
5. NIV premier collection single column reference personal size
4. Buffalo leather large print compact Esv
3. Omega black goatskin Esv
2. PSQ black goatskin Esv
1. Heritage black goatskin ESV
Great video as always Tim. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
1. ESV Heirloom Heritage (sending to AA leather for rebind in July)
2. ESV Topaz Black Goatskin
3. CSB Thinline
4. Zondervan NASB 95 Preacher’s Bible
5. ESV Thinline
My wife asked me what I would like for my birthday in June, "an ESV Heritage" I said. She ordered it in Wellington! I never thought I would have such a Bible, it looks to have ticked all of the boxes for me and then some (premium). Understated, ESV, single column with no extras. Wow prefect!
Thank you for your information Tim, keep up the good work.👍
I want a Schuyler ESV and KJV so badly. They are simply beautiful.
5. NIV Study Bible
4. ESV Study Bible
3. CSB HHC Single Column Personal Size
2. NET Full Notes
1. CSB Baker Illustrated Bible
Love it!
ESV Pitt minion still my favourite ATM
#5 NIV Pitt Minion, #4 NASB Large Print Compact, #3 ESV Thinline, #2 Schyler PSQ NIV, #1 KJV Concord. Great video!
Nice list!
I worked for a few years making bibles in the 80s and then in a bible warehouse in Nashville. My unconventional (and short) list: 1: Zondervan NRSV, small black hardcover. (Inexpensive, came recommended as scholarly, very readable language and precise translation, the one I most often read, great translation footnotes.) 2: A recycled, unbound KJV (see below). 3) My old Children's Bible (in storage, unknown publisher, just love how it made reading fun as a kid, and it was a gift from a very special family.)
I worked for a large printing & bindery shop in MN for a few years in the 80s, and we printed a lot of bibles for Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, and others. We once did a run of ~250,000 large, super-cheap KJV bibles on recycled newsprint paper, temporarily perfect-bound with a slip cover to be sent out for hardcover binding and sold in poor countries for $5 USD. (Published by a coloring book publisher.) If anything we printed had any kind of imperfection it was thrown into recycling, and employees were allowed to take what we wanted from recycling. That's where I got my awesome large print, slip covered, imperfect, perfect-bound, recycled KJV. It's mine, and there's no other like it! I like the language, and it's fun to compare it to modern translations. It's also very lightweight for its size. We also printed one bible on very, very light paper that came, I kid you not, from Zig Zag. I saw the label with the familiar logo on the web press roll myself. I wouldn't joke about that. It was a small run (our minimum run was 2,000, close to that), and we only had one roll of that paper. (I think it was 18# paper - so long ago.)
Then I moved to Nashville and worked at the Thomas Nelson warehouse. Even after my experience in the bindery and occasionally on the presses, I still had no idea how many versions there could possibly be of the same book! I believe we had 2,000 at the time (late 80s). It was absolutely fascinating, and like many things I experienced when I was young, I wish I could experience it again with a greater appreciation.
I admit, I came to see the review of the Trump bible, and I was impressed with how gently Pastor Tim handled it, but I was also taken back in time, hearing him talk about the physical qualities of the paper and the binding. That means something. I've watched maybe 5 videos in a row now, and believe it or not, I'm not even Christian.
Thanks for sharing!
My top 3 would be:
1: LSB two column verse by verse in goatskin
2: NASB 95 wide margin by Zondervan
3: LSB handy size 5 solas in hardcover
A little over a year ago I bought an ESV legacy in (what is now somewhat uncommon) dark brown goatskin from the facebook groups. I wanted to see if the odd style was for me or not. After a year of use and notetaking in the wide margins I have grown to adore this copy of God's word. I have broke it in like a well-used baseball glove and it is so floppy and beautiful. It constantly draws me to spend time with the Lord in it! Just gotta change out those dinky crossway ribbons!
Awesome! Love to hear this.
Nice choices. For me it would be:
1 humble lamb shepherd nkjv
2 caimbridge clarion niv
3 grace and truth premium study Bible
4 caimbridge pitt minion niv
5 esv PSQ
Nice list!
I'm getting a Life Application Study Bible KJV. I think it's gonna be an awesome Bible. I have 13 bibles right now.
My order depends on the use…
Schuyler CSB PSQ Deep Purple
HHC Single Column Personal Size Marbled Slate
He Reads Truth Bible CSB
ESV Compact SCR Leather Touch
Jesus Centered Bible (NLT)
Currently trying to decide on my VbV: Allan ESV SCR Purple, HHC Wide Margin Vbv Marbled Burgandy or Schuyler Stridon ESV Black Pearl (Deser Camel is sold out)
What are your favourite large print (10.5-12 pt font) Bibles? I'd especially love recommendations for the ESV and the CSB. Bonus points for single column text and cross-references, but having a good line spacing and layout is the most important to me.
The Quentels by Schuyler are great. I also really love the CSB VbV by Holman.
My top 5:
5. The Abide Bible, Thomas Nelson
4. Schuyler Treveris KJV
3. Cambridge ESV Clarion Reference Ed.
2. Humble Lamb NKJV Shepherd
1. Crossway ESV Heirloom Heritage calfskin
Runner-up: Zondervan NIV giant print compact Bible purple color 😊
Nice!
For me it's :
5.) ESV Interleaved Journaling Bible
4.) NKJV Premier Collection Thompson Chain
3.) NIV 36GSM Quentel
2.) Allan ESV SCR in Navy blue goat.
1.) Allan ESV NC1 (I've got a beautiful rebind from ICA in dark green PatNat and a wine colored lambskin liner, its sheer perfection)
Nice list!
1. Schuyler KJV Treveris: I'm doing my '24 read through the Bible in the KJV. Great version for devotional reading. 2. KJV Cambridge Family Heritage: Splurged on this one. Also using it some for daily reading at night. 1st grandchild due in September, and itching to write her name in the family chronology portion!
My current top Bibles are:
1) LSB Inside Column Reference - good update to the NASB as the translation goes, and the opacity of the paper and the 11-point font just make this super readable
2) CSB Study Bible - I love the CSB as less literal translations go (inevitably there are still some bugbears for me in Paul...), it's a really nicely done study Bible, and my copy's purple!
3) Jewish Study Bible - maybe not one to bring to church (and this just contains the OT of course), but it's brilliant from a scholarly perspective
4) NASB MacArthur Study Bible (2nd ed) - okay, not as high-quality as study Bibles are these days, but I actually find MacArthur's notes generally helpful, even though he's far more conservative than me (his explanation for the Moses was the most humble man on earth verse in Numbers 12 is ingenious, but I don't buy it at all)
5) CEB Study Bible with Apocrypha - maybe I'm sticking this one in because of how awful the SBL Study Bible is, but it's still my favourite study Bible to include the Apocrypha
1. Cambridge turquoise KJV split calfskin.
2. ESV heritage burgundy tru-tone.
3. NASB95 giant print reference leathertex.
4. Personal size large print KJV and NKJV reference leather-soft
5. HCSB Airman’s Bible from Holman..
ESV heritage in Wellington leather is my number 1. ESV Cambridge wide margin is my number 2.
That desert camel calfskin is gorgeous
Yaaaaassss!!!
The Humble Lamb KJV Lion in pink is my favorite because it's hard to find a girly premium Bible, and, um, I'm a girl, so....
Hmm, top 5...
#1 - Schuyler ESV Treveris I bought based on your review, I'm loving the single column format, it arrived at the beginning of this month and I've been challenging myself to read through it chronologically in less that 90 days right now, so far I'm on track.
#2 - Cambridge Diadem ESV with Apocrypha (also bought based on your review)
#3 - Crossway ESV study Bible in brown leather
#4 - Tyndale NLT study Bible 2020 text I think (NLT 1996 was gifted to me years ago and that was the first Bible I really got into, prefer the ESV now, but still like the NLT on occasion and the notes in the study version)
#5 - LSB single column, found this buried on a shelf at a Bible store, bought it on a whim, fell in love with single column uncluttered format because of it.
Honorable mentions:
my thinline crossway ESV 2011 text, which was my first Bible that I've read fully through multiple times, due to your recent video discussing AA leather I've sent that one off for a rebind after years of use.
Also recently aquired a Holman CSB ancient faith study Bible, it has a bunch of commentary from early church leaders, it's my first copy of CSB in general and was most interested in it for the commentary, I've scanned through it and like it so far, but haven't read it enough to list in my top 5.
I ordered my wife a copy of the Schuyler Stridon ESV based on your review of it, was on pre-order and finally shipped yesterday, I will present it to her tomorrow and hope that it becomes her number 1, a spot currently held by her personal sized ESV study Bible I got for her last year and is the first Bible she has really got into and I think I may have created a monster 😂 and will be adding more to our growing collection...
Thank you so much for your videos! You have guided me well in my pursuit to find the right Bibles for us.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Love this list!
Have you done a review on top __ study bibles yet?!
Coming soon-ish!
@@timwildsmith yay! Also wondering if you have done a review for Bible “carriers/bags/etc” of all sorts ?!
Good morning Tim. I recently found your UA-cam channel and I am enjoying your content. Question, if you were coaching a person at your Church that wanted to go deep into God's Word, what 4 to 6 Bibles would you suggest they have on hand to read and study? I have about 12 Bibles, but they were aquired randomly. Not with the intention of using them together for studying. Also, have you done a review on John Maxwell's Leadership Bible? I have only watched about 6 of your videos, so these questions have haave been covered in video form already. If so, let me know that as well. Thank you.
This video should answer your question: ua-cam.com/video/U38m3j2waaE/v-deo.html
1. Cambridge KJV with apocrypha Cameo (black calfskin)
2. TBS KJV Royal Ruby with Metrical Psalms (black hardback)
3. British Bible Society NKJV (burgandy hardback)
4. Baronius Press Douay-Rheims (burgandy bonded leather - pocket sized)
5. Orthodox Study Bible (burgandy hardback)
Ezekiel 23:20. Hallelujah amen!
I definitely think the NET is useful, but one thing I do not like about it is the translators sound a little too scholarly at times. I've seen several notes that say something like, "The Hebrew does not make sense here, so we think it should be this similarly spelled word instead." Granted they usually justify it with an ancient translation or some other manuscript support, but the way they say "does not make sense" strikes me as a little disrespectful for a Christian textual critic. Textual criticism is needed because we have multiple manuscripts and we ultimately have to make choices between them, but we should be humble enough to consider that we might be making the wrong choice and not potentially say the Word of God does not make sense. We can miss HOW it makes sense. Just something I never hear people critique about the NET but is a glaring flaw to me.
Great list, great video!
My top 5 would be...
1. Allan ESV SCR
2. Schuyler ESV Stridon
3. Crossway ESV Alpha
4. LSB ICR
5. Crossway ESV Heritage
This is a tough tough question.
Right NOW this is the best I can do.
1. World English Bible (Nice Majority Text)
2. NASB1995 (very good)
3. RSV 1950s & RV 1888 (ancient words and false friends fixed)
4. ASV 1901 (Famous)
5. Geneva Bible. (Legendary)
Goatskin.
Blue or Black.
GENEVA Bible commentary.
Cross References
Another Great Video Tim! 🦬🌳🌳🌳 ESV HERITAGE BIBLE!
The best!
I love that ESV Heritage Bible from Crossway.
I'd love a CSB Stridon but the folks at EB have told me they don't have plans for one at the moment. 😢
😢😢
My Top 5
1. KJV Westminster Bible & Fire Bible
2. NKJV Woman’s Study Bible
3. 1977 NASB
4. NLT Illustrated Study Bible
5. Amplified Bible
Nice!
My Favorite bible the king James version bible god bless you your beautiful wonderful family and your friends enjoy the rest of your day wherever you are love you🙏📖😊🥰❤🌹👑
My KJV Thompson Chain rebind by Leonard. and I just purchased a NKJV Single column wide margin. I hope to make this my favorite.
CSB for me for now. Then will try ESV.
1. ESV with Apocrypha from Anglican Liturgy Press. It’s affordable, it looks beautiful, and it includes the entire Apocrypha in a separate section. More for reading.
2. CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible by Holman. It feels like I’m having conversations with some of the earliest Christian authors-it reinforces the connections and continuity of our faith.
Just two.
The Logos Bible app. Does that count? I absolutely adore being able to make extensive notes and connect multiple scriptures together in these notes. That has revolutionized my Bible study like I could never have imagined. I didn't really need all that fancy commentary stuff, though I do use it on occasion. I do absolutely love seeing the original Greek and Hebrew definitions, too, but the simple notes feature is my favorite. And I'm very much a digital girl.
I hardly touch my physical Bibles, but of those, I would have to say the ESV Archeology Bible would be my fave. Lots of fantastic pictures that Logos cannot even begin to touch, and the archeology commentary is nice, too, when they aren't calling Israel by the name of God's enemy, that is.
My fingers are crossed that the Legacy Standard Bible take their translation notes published on master seminary and do something similar of the NET open note bible.
I only have two ‘nice’ bibles; a Cambridge Clarion reference edition in paragraph format, and an Allan 52 longprimer. Both KJV. I like both but prefer the paragraph bible for reading. It’s also a smaller bible, which I like. The Allan is a nicer ‘book’ in terms of the materials and has nicer calfskin. The two are both about ten year old. All of high end bibles are excellent imo. For me the main thing (beyond obviously the translation) is the size of the bible. Always liked a smaller bible for reading myself.
1) King James Version Study Bible ( Thomas Nelson )
2) ESV Study Bible ( Crossway )
3) The C.S. Lewis Bible ( NRSV )
Thanks!
Thank YOU!