NKJV, Gift and Award Bible, Leather-Look, White, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version

I gave this item 5 stars because I very much like the New King James Version (NKJV) translation. The NKJV, like the old KJV, has an elegance and flow in its language that makes it a joy to read. Even the prose rises up off the page with an almost-musical lyricism. Unlike the Old KJV (with its archaic, 300-400-year old, hard-to-read verbiage), the NKJV is in modern English, and is easy and comfortable to read -- much moreso than most folks would imagine, given the "King James" in the name. At the same time, it is a faithful updating of the language in the Old KJV, so no one who reveres the Old KJV should begrudge the NKJV for its ease of reading. The NKJV stands on its own as a translation good for most all purposes of personal reading and study. Especially helpful in the NKJV is a system of footnotes, unparallelled in any other version, that fully and clearly inform the reader of the content and origins of major variant readings among the ancient manuscript (hand-copied, pre-printing-press) traditions. The serious Bible student should have at least 3 or 4 different translations for comparative study, including the NKJV and/or the Old KJV. They are the only widely-selling versions in which the New Testament is based on the Greek "Textus Receptus". While the TR has some shortcomings, it is almost always a faithful representative of the "Majority Text" tradition -- the overwhelming majority of Greek NT manuscripts copied up thru the 15th Century. In contrast, almost all other modern translations (e.g., the ESV, NASB, NIV, RSV, NRSV, et. al.) depend for their Greek NT sources on only the 3 or 4 oldest (4th-5th Century) known manuscripts. While those old manuscripts must be seriously considered because of their closeness in time to the originals, the overwhelming preponderance of the Majority Text is also evidence in favor of its dependence on accurate predecessors. NOW on to the "BUT" complaints above: (1) That purple-and-gold picture appears to be joined to at least a few different NKJV editions. The one I received had a different page size and cover. Sellers need to make sure to post accurate pictures of what they are selling. (2) The cardboard wrapper on the item I received says it is a "Large Print Compact Reference Bible". Wrong. The type size is about 8-point, which is almost impossibly small for me to read, even with my glasses. After this disappointment, I've looked into many Bible editions on a number of websites and discovered: If it says "Compact" or "Personal Size" Bible, BEWARE -- THAT'S the relevant phrase! The fine print in some descriptions even says disingenuous things like, "8-point type, which is large for a Bible this size...." No. Small print is small print. If you do not want microscopic print, DO NOT buy a "Compact" or "Personal Size" Bible. If the font size is not listed, DO ask what it is. (12-point is the SMALLEST that legitimately can be called "Large".) Publishers and sellers should not advertize small print in small Bibles as "Large".

Black, red letter, center column, verse by verse, NKJV premium goatskin, comfort print. - I want to start by saying...this Bible is beautiful and well crafted for sure! Anything I mention that I don't like or care for are merely personal preferences on my part, not an issue with the Bible itself. I just want to provide info so you can make more informed personal preference decisions for yourself. :) Likes : ~Leather is very soft and pliable. ~Construction quality feels incredible. Unlike any other Bible I've ever had in my many decades of life. :) ~Lay flat. ~3 high-quality place markers. ~Page quality/thickness is great. ~Red ink highlights throughout the Bible to accentuate various things. Things I would change: ~ The grain/texture put in the leather is very fine/rough, and really takes away from the supple feeling of the extremely soft leather. This is by far the thing I would change first. ~It has a very nice, large, concordance in the back. It adds about 1/4 inch to the overall thickness, and a decent amount of weight. I rarely use the concordance in my Bible, so this is something I wish they offered a version without. ~The place markers are very long. They hang down about 4 inches past the Bible. I would just trim them, but they have a sealed edge on the ribbon to keep them fraying, which is great...unless you want to trim them. :) ~The comfort print is a little smaller than I would prefer, but not terrible. 10pt font I believe. I wanted the large print, but I couldn't find it offered in the black goatskin, red letter, center column versions. ~Only has 'Holy Bible' written on the end/binding, and not the front. Overall, I would still by it again in a heartbeat. Get one, you won't regret it. :)

I grabbed this NKJV Bible for personal study. I have always found theology interesting despite not being an especially religious person myself; perhaps it was only a matter of time I finally got a Bible for myself rather than reading off of copies my family own. I have only handled a few other Bibles before, so I don't have much of a metric to base my judgments on, but I've found that I really enjoy reading this book. It stays open in the hands, pages feel satisfying to turn, the bleed-through is pretty minimal for a book of this size, and the text size is definitely large print as advertised. It's also nice to have dialogue from Jesus in red text, I've never read one that does that before. My only complaint is that the material they used for the book makes it a little bit clammy to hold onto while reading, but that's not a problem if you just place it on a flat surface when reading. This is a shockingly great feeling book for the price I paid (only $10), I'd recommend it.

I'm surprised by the size 😍 the cover is more like a thin cardboard so you must be careful not folding it. paper is thin you can't use a highliter because it will bleed to the other pages, but you can use Crayola or ballpen as highlighter.. Red letter version💯 Im satisfied with it 😉

Letrinha bem pequena, mas é legível. Chegou com um amassadinho nas beiradas e umas páginas amassadas. É esteticamente bonita ; palavras de Jesus em vermelho. A capa é bem frágil, vou encadernar

Simply beautiful I have always wanted a white bible and with all this COVID-19 I have found things tough and I have turned to god a lot more lately so thought I would treat myself to a nice bible that I can look at to calm me down and of course read at this difficult time. The writing is on the rather small side so you may struggle but the paper is not thin as I thought after reading certain reviews and the book it self is just simply gorgeous. I love that Jesus is high lighted red so you don’t have to do it all yourself. I can’t wait to read this one and it’s the perfect edition to my book self.

Super schnelle Lieferung. Die Bibel ist makellos. Kann ich nur empfehlen.

Great quality, nice and soft and an easy read