What is the most accurate version of the Bible?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
5 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Kaitlyn Schiess sits down with Amy Peeler (who’s on a real Bible translation committee) to answer what’s the right version of the Bible. There’s so many Bible translations. Why are they different if they’re all God’s word? Amy Peeler explains why the translations turn out different and why you shouldn’t be too alarmed when you read an unfamiliar translation.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:50 - What’s the Most Accurate Bible Translation?
6:47 - How Different Are Bible Translations?
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13:50 - Direct Translation and Paraphrase
15:26 - Why Write New Translations?
21:40 - Differences of Langauge
27:33 - Simple Answer for Kids!
30:40 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we take a kid question about God, theology, or the Bible, |
| 0:05.3 | and find a scholar to answer it. This week we talk about an incredibly practical, but very important |
| 0:11.7 | question. Which version of the Bible is the most accurate? I get asked this question a lot, |
| 0:19.0 | and it has such a good motivation behind it. People want to read a |
| 0:23.0 | Bible they can trust, and maybe even little kids have started to realize that there are lots of |
| 0:28.2 | different kinds of Bibles. They sound different, they look different, and grown-ups sometimes |
| 0:34.1 | seem very attached to their particular version. |
| 0:40.3 | Behind this question is a bigger one. |
| 0:43.3 | How can I know I have a Bible I trust? |
| 0:47.1 | Is there a version that will help me understand the Bible more easily? |
| 0:51.4 | Am I reading a version of the Bible that's going to teach me something that isn't true? |
| 1:00.0 | Today we are joined by New Testament scholar, author of many books and Holy Post pundit, Dr. Amy Peeler, to talk about how we ended up with so many different kinds of Bibles, how Bible translation even works, and how you can understand more of your Bible. |
| 1:10.0 | I don't know. and how you can understand more of your Bible. |
| 1:13.4 | I don't know. |
| 1:17.6 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 1:30.5 | Dr. Amy Peeler, thank you for being on the show again, maybe a third time, like many times. |
| 1:35.4 | It's my favorite to be with you and to hear these amazing questions. Thank you for inviting me. Yeah, and you are our first guest here in the Holy Post studios, which is like amazing. I don't know that I deserve that honor, but I am thrilled. |
| 1:45.5 | I will remember this forever. |
| 1:46.2 | Me too. |
| 1:46.8 | Me too. |
| 1:48.0 | All right. |
| 1:50.1 | Let's hear our kid question today. |
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