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Originally Posted by LeeM1023
There are many choices here, and I've never settled on one particular edition. The Cambridge Concord is classic, but at 56 I'm finding the print a bit too small. The Cambridge "Presentation Reference" edition, which was originally called the "Turquoise", has very clear print and good references, but like all Cambridge Bibles it's way overpriced.
I like Thompson, but honestly find it hard to use on a daily basis. It's a little too cumbersome for me to be flipping around the numbered references.
I have an old Collins "Longprimer" concordance edition, black letter, which is probably close to my favorite. It was published in the 1940s.
But the Bible I keep by my bed and keep going back to is an edition published by World (the original World, when it was in Cleveland)--it's large print with in-verse references, printed on a velvety bright white paper . . . it has a terrible coated paper kind of artificial leather cover, but the text is the best I've found. (World was eventually sold to Collins, then the whole thing was sold to a company in Iowa . . . there are still some World Bibles on the market, but I'm not sure who makes them, and they're not the same quality as the old ones.)
Lee
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Sadly, most of us are looking to Europe for well made Bibles (irony since Europe is more post-Christ than the USA) I had a friend who "dogged on me" for spending 120 bucks for an Allan's Bible....I had the last laugh, he needed a new Bible and bought a Nelson (I think) KJV, anyway, pages started coming out after 7 months. His Bible was about 50 bucks, do the math, YES, Allan, and Cambridge are pricey BUT, I am aware that good editions from these printers can hold up after 40 years of wear and tear.
