hi ever wondered why there are so many versions of the Bible I mean let's face
it if God wrote one Bible and one version of the Bible why in the world
are there so many Bibles if that's something you've ever wondered or
questioned hang on and I'll be right back
hi this is Jim with gods411 we are starting a new series called what is
the right Bible for me when I bought my first Bible it was really confusing I
didn't know what to get I didn't know you know it seemed to me like there were
so many translations out there of the Bible and that was very confusing
because I didn't know what they meant I didn't know what I wanted I didn't know
what the right translation was for me and then on top of that I mean there was
paper back and there was hard covers and there were leather Bibles and I didn't
know which one I wanted so I ended up buying not necessarily the wrong Bible
but a Bible that really wasn't right for me so in this video what I'd like to do
is just help people that are maybe looking to buy a Bible for a gift or
maybe you have a Bible but you just don't feel that it's kind of the right
Bible so we're going to be going through in this first video just a series of
questions that you'd really want to ask yourself first
when looking for a Bible or buying a Bible and then also in this video we're
gonna be taking a look at really the three types of Bibles and then in our
next video we're going to be looking at translations you know what do they mean
what translation is right for you what it means by word for word or thought for
translations and all that good stuff and then in the coming videos of also be
looking at you know the different types of Bibles like parallel Bibles and other
specialty Bibles so this is really I'm really excited because this is a great
tool because Bibles aren't cheap they're you know they're pretty pricey I mean
some good Bibles are up to one hundred dollars so you want to make the right
decision in finding your Bible so if you're ready let's get started when
picking out your Bible the first thing that you want to do is to ask yourself
what you're going to use the Bible for so for example is this Bible a gift and
if it is then you probably want just a certain type of a gift Bible if it's a
Bible for you are you going to be is this like your permanent Bible you're
going to write in the Bible are you gonna take this Bible to church are you
gonna put in your car I mean how are you going to use this Bible and when you ask
yourself that question determine how you're going to use that Bible it helps
you out so much than picking what we're going to talk about next is the type or
different covers of Bibles to give so let's take a look at the different types
of Bibles okay so you've asked yourself the question how am I going to use my
Bible or what purpose am i going to use it for so the next question you're going
to answer is then what type of cover am I going to get the first type well
there's really three three bibo covers out there there's a paperback there's
hard covers and there's a leather different types of leather Bibles out
there the first one is paperback and I got my
notes here so you don't forget anything the paperback is lightweight
good feature they're cheap the cheapest of all the three between the paperback
the hardcover and the leather so they really make a great starting Bible if
you don't know what kind of Bible you want just a way to get into it you can
find them for under $10 which is a great price they're a great giveaway Bible we
have one here this is like a gift in a word Bible it's already sealed so if you
guys can see that great giveaway Bible a lot of times churches will use these
because you can buy them in mass quantities and you can probably you can
even get them for under you know five dollars if you're buying in bulk for
churches they do make a great travel Bible because they are lighter than
other Bibles you know you can throw it in your car travel with it some of the
cons are they are paperback so the cover is really easily torn and it's really
easily damaged it won't last you a long time just because it doesn't have a
great cover on it because it's just really easily damaged and because it
doesn't have a great cover on it the spine isn't really protected and the
inside pages are not protected that well but it's a great starter Bible and it
does serve a purpose so that's what it's good for so if
that's something that you know you ask yourself you know what am I going to use
my Bible for if that is one of the reasons that you're going to buy a
paperback the Nick paperback would be a good choice for you so let's take a
closer look at the paperback
here is a close-up of the paperback Bible and for the most part all of the
Bibles have the same internal meaning it has old and the New Testament and then
it just kind of depends if you want an application Bible a Study Bible and then
maybe a specialty Bible like a men's devotional or a woman's devotional but
in this video all we're going to do is just take a look at the starting which
is just the covers of the Bible the three different types of covers so this
is a paperback and basically it's what the name says it is it is a paper cover
that is covering the internal parts of your Bible so it does not protect your
Bible as well because as you can see you know you could pretty much bend this
pretty easily like that typically you wouldn't do this with your Bible but for
the sake of that you know if you throw it down wrong or you put it down long
it's easily bent and then it starts to expose you know the parts of your
internal Bible which you wouldn't so the paperback provides the least amount of
protection for a Bible alright let's take a look at the second classification
of our Bibles which is the hardcover so basically a hardcover Bible is basically
what it says it's just a hard cardboard cover with usually a dust cover which is
a piece of paper around it you can remove the dust cover or you can
leave it a lot of people that I know do remove the dust cover their medium price
range so it's going to be not as expensive as the leather ones but more
expensive than the paperback they'll last you about you know ten years
depending now hard you are in your Bible it's a good Bible to carry to church to
take with you a Study Bible at home they're hard they're durable and the
best thing if you're going to use a Bible cover this is the best Bible that
you can put into a cover now a Bible cover real
quick is so you don't have a leather Bible but you want to like carry your
Bible in or just protect this to last you longer people will put this Bible in
to take that out foam insert put this into a Bible cover and so you put your
Bible into here right here and then you zip it up and then you'd be able to
carry your Bible with you and use your Bible covers we'll go more into these
we'll do another video on these it's great because they have places over your
phone your pins your note you name it you zip it up and you can just carry it
to church so that's a great way leathers do not work in Bible covers because the
leather covers Bend and they don't hold well into Bible covers so if you're
thinking about getting a Bible cover like one of these or any types one like
I said we'll do a video on these your best buy is going to be a hardback so
let's take a closer look at the hardback this is the hard cover of the Bible
these are the middle as we said before as far as price range this is more of a
Bible that's going to last you because of the cover the heart cover that
protects the inside of your Bible so basically a hardcover is just what it
says it is it is a hard cardboard cover that lets me move that over it's a hard
part this is what they call it dust cover this cover this outside you can
remove the dust cover and a lot of people will take to this dust cover off
and then they just have the hardcover Bible the heart right like that and
basically what it is it's a piece of cardboard or board leather that's hard
that is bound that buying the inside of your Bible together so again the Bible
is same through and through as far as the
old and new Testament it's just going to be this cover this hardcover that
protects your Bible one note about these is they do the tips will easily get
famed and they'll start to get damaged and they'll bend a little bit these can
bend if you get water on them they will get waterlogged or water you know the
water marks so that's why these make great bibles to put into Bible covers
which protects the hardcover and then you can put pencils and pens and phones
and you name it all in there so this is a version of a hard cover Bible okay
let's take a look at the last aisle and that is our leather Bibles so let me
just say this if you're looking to buy a Bible for a gift for someone I would
most likely buy a hardcover or a leather and if you're depending how much money
you're gonna want to spend leathers Bibles are of course the most expensive
I have two examples of leather Bibles this is a bond pretty much there's
either a bonded leather or there are premium leathers and I'll explain that
in just a minute these are the most expensive out of all
the three of course because of the leather covering and there is a bond and
we will go over because there's a really important point that I want to make
because there are different types of leather and I'll show you a close-up of
a way you want to look and what you want to look for so these will last you
probably leather Bibles will last you your life so if you're going to buy a
leather Bible you're looking to buy a Bible that you're going to take the
grave with you or you're gonna pass it on to somebody else they do income they
don't they don't they don't come as many fancy colors as the hard covers which
they can print on and do some really need stuff you know they'll help
the leather which is like brown black I've seen blue burgundy red white Bible
covers there is like I said a difference between a bonded leather and a premium
leather a bonded leather is going to be P so bonded basically just means is
there well there's either a faux leather and
they should tell you this so when you're buying another byte what you really want
to make sure you're getting your money's worth
there's faux leather which would be fake leather so that's not or synthetic
leather that's not real leather so you want to know what you're getting because
you see the word leather and you think you're getting a real leather Bible and
that's not the case at all so there's faux or synthetic leather leather which
is just simulated leather but it's not real leather
then there's bonded leather which means those are pieces of leather that are
glued together to make one cover or one piece they're good but I will shoot a
close-up of this and what to look for then let's put this away then you have a
premium a premium leather and the premium leather you can tell right off
the bat there feel really soft it feels just like a nice you know leather jacket
really nice I mean they have that great leather smell and we just feel just
really good so it depends what you want to get in leather but again be careful
because you see the word leather you think you're getting a leather Bible and
you're really not so I always suggest if you're wanting the leather Bible
together a bonded leather or a premium leather the premium or premium cask and
leather will last you your entire lifetime so let's take a look at both
the bonded and the premium leather Bibles this is a great example of a
bonded leather Bible like we said before there's two classifications for leather
there's bonded leather which are pieces of leather that are glued together to
make a hover or an actual premium leather Bible
which we're gonna look at in just a moment this is a bonded leather and as
you can kind of tell this the scenes that go along here you can see where the
leather is glued on to a paper backing so it this is that's how you can tell
one way you can tell that it's a bonded leather if you open it up and let's see
if we can see you can see how the leather is blown gluon gluing is that
our word glued to the like a vinyl cover inside so again this cover will last you
a long time this type but it is a bonded leather and again the insides are the
same so we're just taking a look at what the bonded leather looks like and you'll
be able to see the difference between this bonded leather there's like you can
see you can see how the pieces that are glowing together and then it's to the
vinyl versus a premium leather which we're going to look at next this is an
example of a premium leather Bible and this would be the most expensive of your
Bibles a premium leather Bible is going to be anywhere from 80 dollars to a
hundred and up and I've seen some Bibles they're very expensive 200-300 dollars
this happens to be a thin line Bible this is my Bible that I carry around
with me so this is a thin line again the insides are all the same but a good
example of the leather it's a really soft supple leather this is kind of like
a decorative border around it when you open it up it's soft that's the biggest
thing that you can feel with a bonded leather you could almost fold it and and
bend it and crease it this is very pliable just like a leather
coat so it's really nice you can see right here where it is glued on to the
vinyl piece and begin but the insides are all the same in the Bible it's just
this cover we're talking about so the premium leather
is the creme de la creme the best one you can get very soft very subtle smells
wonderful just like a fine leather jacket I hope that gave you a great
starting point for finding the right Bible for you and starting the process
of thinking finding that Bible for you whether it be for you or a gift for
someone else in our next video what you're going to
want to be sure to subscribe is we're going to be taking a look at
translations all the different translations of the Bible what they mean
and we'll do some comparisons so you can see side-by-side how they look with the
different translations so I hope you guys will subscribe and join us and we
look forward to seeing you in our next video this is Jim living the Christian
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