New American Standard Bible-NASB 1995 (Includes Translators' Notes)

I am a reader of only NASB updated Edition (1995). I have a middle size paper version Bible and I live with it and try living according to it. However, I am not a native English user and therefore have to translate pretty often, even a common words. Moreover, I am daily using public transport to go to job and want to use that time for reading. The paper version is heavy and the bus lighting is poor and insufficient for reading. For a long time I was looking for a solution - an e-book that I could use quite like any other PDF document using my PC-tablet that I have always with me. I found this e-book a perfect choice that exactly fits my needs. The main features I was looking for and have found in this e-book: 1) Having exactly my Bible: NASB Updated Edition (1995) in e-book version, published by the Lockman Foundation (Original), not some other/similar or inaccurate imitation of NASB 1995. 2) Ability to read the Bible Off-line, without Wi-fi connection, completely standalone. I can't be hooked up to Wi-fi anywhere I go always. It's either battery consuming or impossible at all. For Online readers there's a biblegeteway(.)com. But the point is to use your Bible anywhere you go, just like you use your paper version, right? 3) Ability to read this e-book using Windows 10 PC or Windows 7 PC, using Kindle for PC software for Windows/Max/Android (because I am only reading NASB and no other books, have a PC but not a Kindle). 4) Ability to translate words by clicking on them directly, like Google Translate. (I was asked to download an U.S. Oxford version dictionary that even works off-line (standalone)). A powerful advantage as it is time consuming to copy-paste a word and minimize/maximize another window of some translator to translate the word. 5) Ability to highlight words/verses and comment them 6) Ability to use search function (in this Kindle for PC App, the search works exceptionally fast in comparison to searching in PDF file, moreover, the search function not only finds the first word in the text (so you have to go through all the Bible), but shows in the search result window all the verses that contain the word you are searching. Awesome! 7) Remembers the last page I read (even without placing bookmark). I read in the bus going to job. Coming back, I just open my tablet and page I ''closed'' the Bible appears straight away. 8) Ability to change font and its size, word count per line and background color - beautiful features. I like to read my tablet in landscape mode, using black background (better visibility in daylight, less battery consumption), using pretty large font size, like 14 or so. That way I can easily read sitting in the public transport as if I had an extra large paper size Bible. 9) Table of contents easy manage. Not only have hyperlinks to main books in Bible, but also, opening the particular book, you can choose a chapter you want straight away. Thus you can open whatever place in the Bible very quickly. The only problem with this Kindle for PC app is that is sometimes crashes on my Windows 10 PC. But I can quickly re-open it and I am back in the page I left, so not that big deal. Some things I would like to figure out (maybe you guys can help me): 1) Is it possible to export the highlighted text that I have marked in one particular PC to other PCs as well? 2) How stable are my highlights or added comments? Will they remain in my Bible always and wont disappear while some further software updates or whatever reason? 3) Would this Bible App will always work and not disappear or or become unavailable/discontinued/unsupported, so that I lose my markings?

As a trained theologian, I like the '77 version better than the newer, '95 edition because it is more committed to an exact translation from the Greek and Hebrew. I have never found it's readability to be a problem, even before seminary training. The newer version has been "dumbed down" a little, which I don't think is appropriate for the Bible. I want to know exactly what it says. One example: the '77 version uses the word "lest," which the '95 version replaces with "or else." They don't mean the same thing. "Lest" is the better choice. I don't mind the '95 version's choice to replace the "Thee's" and "Thou's." Those are not a part of the original languages. They are carryovers from the Elizabethan English of the King James Version. And I don't know how much new manuscript evidence has come to light between the '77 and '95 versions. That could be a consideration, but the NASV has always been based upon the most reliable manuscripts, so I doubt that there is much difference there. I would choose the NASV over any other version, whichever edition one prefers, '77 or '95. It is the most accurate, literal translation of the original languages. And for study, that is what we want. I have used both editions every day for many years. Now as to this particular Bible: the print is large without being giant, so the book doesn't weigh a ton, but is easy for older eyes to read. The cover is well-made. It has a concordance and maps in the back. It doesn't have as many cross-references as I like to see in a study Bible. Those can be found other places, but most wouldn't trouble themselves. To get large print and reasonable size meant that something had to be left out. They made the right choice in cutting down on the cross-references. For someone who needs a larger print Bible, I would definitely give this one my full recommendation

My print version of New American Standard is what I normally read and use for my Bible Study class but I like having this Kindle copy for reading at night after I turn the lights off. The adjustable light in the Kindle makes for very comfortable reading even in the dark. This NASB is fairly easy to manipulate. It has white, sepia and black background mode to chose from. There are 11 font sizes and 6 fonts; two columns or one; three different line spacing choices; narrow, wide or normal margins; and you can highlight passages. You can use Text-to-Speech if you like. It's easy to find passages that you have 'bookmarked' but otherwise you have to go to the index and find the passage from there. A 'word' or 'phrase' search sure would be great but I find it very useful as a secondary Bible. I like to take my Kindle fire with me when I go away overnight so it's very convenient to have my Bible at hand. I think the price is very reasonable; NASB is an excellent translation; and Kindle is wonderful!

I really enjoy having a copy of scripture literally at my finger tips. The NASB translation and the foot notes help me better understand the text and context. Having this soft copy always with me helps me never miss a day of reading. Thank you to the Lockman Foundation for their faithful work in creating this translation.

If there is anything that can be said about the NASB, it is accessible. Strike that: it is WONDERFULLY accessible. The purpose driving the Lockman Foundation to create this particular translation is to translate the old writings in a way that is both accurate and makes sense to modern English speakers. Of course, being separated by a few thousand miles and few thousand years, they don't always get it quite right, but if you're going to study the Bible seriously you'll be referencing the original languages anyway. All in all I am a huge fan of this translation along with The Message. The same cannot be said of the publisher. For the past 10 or 12 years that I have been using this translation, I have noticed an... unsavory pattern of nickel-and-diming readers. It seems like every time I turn around, Lockman is demanding money for something else. From a business, I would find this annoying. From a non-profit that claims to strive toward glorifying Jesus, I find it reprehensible. Don't believe me? Keep reading. This is not the first Kindle NASB that I have purchased, but it is the first one that I was blackmailed into buying. I found out about this through Amazon's Update Notification. "Ok, cool," I think to myself, "I'll take an updated bible". So I clicked and received my updated version, which I quickly discovered I was not allowed to read on any mobile device (including my Kindle Fire). I can only read it on my PC (which the fire is not) or Kindle Cloud Reader which requires some kind of web access (without Wi-Fi I'm screwed.) Translation: either cough up again to get the new version or go back to paper. But when you buy the new version, of course you'll be able to read it on any device, including PC and Cloud reader, rendering the so-called updated version completely USELESS. So, having been effectively shaken down by the Lockman Foundation, I coughed up a second time (otherwise I have no right to complain) but rest assured there will not be a third time. Personally I would say if you buy this, turn off Amazon's Automatic Update or risk getting screwed in-kind. But even that's no guarantee. Stick with paper if you are unwilling to run the risk and must have this translation. Better yet, get a bunch of your church friends to go in on a Bible by the Case purchase with you. You get a good price and you'll get a much longer shelf-life. I got less than a year out of my Kindle purchase. Otherwise go about your business; nothing to see here. Caveat emptor. The warning has been given.

It was easy to read. I finished it in less than a year. Increasing the phont size made it easier to read. Doing this review is totally unnecessary. I will not do it again.

There's an old Russian saying: "a translation is like a mistress--either faithful and ugly or beautiful and unfaithful." Ironically, that can apply to Bible translations. As I don't read ancient Greek, Aramaic, and ancient Hebrew, I'm at the mercy of the Bible translator--I may not know when the translator had difficulty translating an idiom, a word or phrase with multiple connotations, or even when there is a possibility of multiple translations. And with some older translations, the meaning of certain English words has changed over the centuries (e.g., let/prevent). Additionally, some of the older translations were not able to take advantage of hundreds or thousands of additional copies of old and ancient source materials. When you want it to be as literal as possible (as close to the original language as possible, with as few interpretations as possible), but still comprehensible, the NASB/NASB-updated is unmatched in American English. Alternate readings, which could be interpretations in other editions, are indicated. The careful reader is encouraged to seek out a concordance and/or commentary to assist with difficult passages, rather than depend one person or committee's version. I may be "old school" and want to do things the hard way, but I know that the NASB I use is the best scholarly work I can have. Any error in interpretation is probably the result of my sin: laziness, or forcibly reading something into the Bible passage. In other words, I'm ready to own my errant eisegesis!

The Kindle Scribe's features seamlessly integrate with this Bible, allowing you to handwrite your reflections as you read. These annotations are compiled in the Kindle notes and highlights section, making them easy to find. The Bible navigation all works allowing you to go to the Bible Book and to the chapters. Perfect for those who used to jot down notes in the margins of a physical Bible, only to eventually face the wear and tear of its binding breaking and requiring you to lose your notes when you get a new Bible.