11K views · 365 shares | ICYMI: The Septuagint is one of the most important Bible translations you might never have heard of. Seventy-two translators worked on this project commissioned by King Ptolemy II, the Greek King of Egypt! That’s why the Septuagint is abbreviated with the Roman numerals LXX, or 70, rounding 72 down to 70. Watch to learn more! | Museum of the Bible | Facebook

The New American Bible Revised. The King James Version. The Message. The New Revised Standard Version—Catholic Edition. The Jerusalem Bible. The English Standard Version. The New American Standard Bible. Among the hundreds of translations of the Bible into English, which one is the best one? Do you want to read a Bible that stays as closely as possible to every word of the original Hebrew and Greek? Or a “thought to thought” translation? Or both? Is it to study the Bible—or for devotional purpos