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NET · 2005
NET Bible
A translation whose footnotes are as valuable as the text itself.
- Publisher
- Biblical Studies Press
- Text base
- NA28 / BHS
- Philosophy
- Balanced
- Reading level
- 9th grade
Strengths
- 60,000+ translator notes
- Transparent methodology
- Free to distribute
Textual issues & criticisms
Notes can overwhelm
Issue
Full-notes edition is dense and reads more like a commentary.
Occasional idiosyncratic renderings
Issue
Some choices reflect the translator's specific view.
Divine names in this translation
YHWH — the Tetragrammaton
Rendered as LORD — Extensive translator notes on the name's morphology.
Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh — I AM WHO I AM
Rendered as I AM THAT I AM — Long note defending a future/causative sense.
Elohim
Rendered as God — Notes the 'plural of majesty' debate at Genesis 1:1.
El Shaddai
Rendered as Sovereign God — Notes the mountain etymology at length.
Immanuel
Rendered as 'young woman' — Long note on almah vs. betulah.