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8. KJV New Marked Reference Bible and more...
8. KJV New Marked Reference Bible 8. New Marked Reference Bible (KJV). God. 1983. Zondervan. 1753 pages. [Source: Bought] First sentence: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Started: July 10, 2026 Finished September 15, 2026 This is the "New Marked Reference Bible" which leads me to believe there was a "Marked Reference Bible" before this one. I believe Zondervan released the "New Marked Reference Bible" in 1972--my edition is the seventeenth printing in 1983. I'm guessing the marking system could date back so far as 1928 since that's the earliest date in the listing. The marking system is "marked and edited" by J. Gilchrist Lawson (editor of the Christian Worker's New Testaments). So what is the marking system? All verses about salvation are marked with red ink. All verses about the Holy Spirit are marked with green ink. (More like teal) All verses about temporal blessings are marked with tan. All verses about prophetic subjects are marked with blue. There does seem to be a chain reference situation going on. There is a "help" system in the front that is detailed about how to use the color codes most effectively AND the chain reference to study the themes. Each of the four broad subjects (colors) are broken down by letter into smaller subsections. For example, salvation has eighteen subsections--each represented by a letter of the alphabet. A All unsaved people are sinners C Condition of sinners described D Christ Died to save sinners E The Lord knows Every secret thing F We are saved through Faith G "Good Works" alone will not save H Punishment and Hell await sinners J All men will be Judged by the LORD K Saving and Keeping power of the God L The LORD LOVES and saves sinners M We must be Meek or Humble before God N Neglecting or Rejecting Salvation O The Lord is the Only way to salvation P The Lord loves and Pardons backsliders R Repentance, confession, and restitution S Holy Living SHOULD follow conversion T Testifying or confessing the Lord W "Whosoever will" may be saved When you find a color coded verse in the Bible there will be a LETTER (written in that color) which indicates which subsection it falls into. One verse may have multiple letters on the side. For that matter, a verse may have TWO colors and be split down the middle. (This was not my favorite or best.) This marking system came out BEFORE the Rainbow Study Bible. It is similar in some ways. BUT the Rainbow Study Bible color codes EVERY SINGLE VERSE of the Bible. It covers a lot more subjects and topics than just these four main ones. What else should you know? It is out of print. You may find it thrifting, but, it is no longer in print. It is the King James Version. It is verse by verse. Complex words are broken down with a pronunciation guide. (Not all, but mainly proper nouns--people, places, etc. It seems relatively arbitrary. Like Samaria has a pronunciation guide but Galilee doesn't. Jesus doesn't have a pronunciation guide (thankfully) but Lazarus does. So it has less of a pronunciation guide than some KJV but still has some words broken down into syllables. It is DOUBLE COLUMN. Words of Christ are in black letter. Verses are color coded. A built-in highlighted section, if you will. Not all verses are color coded. The print size is on the smaller end. The print size of the help section is TINY. This one features a LOT of Bible helps at the back of the Bible. The book introductions are in the BACK OF THE BIBLE. There are various charts and tables and articles about the chronology of the Bible. There is a harmony of the gospels chart. There is a concordance and maps section. There is a Bible reading plan. Most notably perhaps there is a help section called 5500 Questions and Answers on the Holy Bible that cover the Bible Genesis - Revelation. My thoughts: I struggled with this one because of the print size. The color coded backgrounds were slightly distracting because of my ongoing vision issues. If the font had been larger I'm not sure I would have struggled with the background. I have read the Rainbow Study Bible at least once or twice with no problem. I did appreciate that it was not red letter. I do love the King James Version. I thrifted this one very reasonably. I can appreciate how in 1972 many Bibles weren't so well equipped with HELPS. Though to be fair, the THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE Bible would predate this one and it has a TON of helps in it. The Scofield (several editions) would also have been around. I'm sure there were other editions of the KJV that had extra bells and whistles to help men and women understand the Word of God better. Now I'm trying to think of when the Open Bible came out! But I'm thinking that was late 70s.     • View comments • Track comments •
7. New American Standard Bible 1971, First Edition7. New American Standard Bible Reference Edition. 1971. Lockman Foundation. 1730 pages. [Source: Bought] First sentence: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. I started this one on May 31, 2026. I finished it on September 14, 2026. This was my second time to read the NASB 1971. I first read the NASB 1971 in October 2018. When I first read this translation, it was my FIRST venture into older editions of the NASB. I've since read almost all variations. I've read and reviewed the 1971, 1973, 1977, 1995, 2020 and the LSB. I've not read the NASB 1975. Since I first read this translation, the NASB 1977 has become my favorite, favorite, favorite, favorite, favorite, favorite translation. It is the translation I keep reading and rereading again and again and again. I'd be surprised if I haven't read it at least once a year since first reading it. I probably won't be rereading the NASB 1971 again and again. Simply because there's nothing so wonderfully unique about it that I can't find in the NASB 1977. And I am SO HAPPY to have this one in my collection, but, there's no use to wear it out because this one is much harder to find thrifting. It is a good reference to have. But I want to keep it in the best condition I can.
It was verse by verse and not paragraph. It was black letter and not red letter. It did have references and textual notes on the sides. The text was in the center. The Old Testament and New Testaments were paged separately. There was little to no bleed through. The pages were just the right thickness. The size of the font was small. In a perfect, perfect world it would have had larger font. But it wasn't impossible to read. It was a little large to read in bed, but just right for reading in a cozy chair with a cup of tea. It does use thees and thous.   • View comments • Track comments •
Bible Reading #38 Sunday September 6, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible 1 Chronicles 14-29; Ezekiel 4-7; Acts 4-5; NASB 1971 Reference Bible John 18-21 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Kings 3-7 NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Isaiah 36-43 Monday, September 7, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible 2 Chronicles 1-3; Ezekiel 8-16; Acts 6-11; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Acts 1-8 NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Isaiah 44-51 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Kings 8-20 Tuesday, September 8, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible 2 Chronicles 4-9; Ezekiel 17-32; Acts 12-14; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Acts 9-28 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Kings 21-25; 1 Chronicles 1-10; NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Isaiah 52-66 Wednesday, September 9, 2026 KJV 2 Chronicles 10-15; Ezekiel 33-36; Acts 15-17; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Romans 1-8; NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Chronicles 10-17 NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Jeremiah 1-10 Thursday, September 10, 2026 KJV 2 Chronicles 16-23; Ezekiel 37-48; Acts 18-28 NASB 1971 Romans 9-11 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Chronicles 18-29; 2 Chronicles 1-9 NKJV Deluxe Readers Jeremiah 11-20 Friday, September 11, 2026 KJV 2 Chronicles 24-28; Hosea 1-6; Ephesians NASB 1971 Romans 12-16; 1 Corinthians; NASB 1977 2 Chronicles 10-12 NKJV Deluxe Readers Jeremiah 21-26 Saturday, September 12, 2026 KJV 2 Chronicles 29-36; Hosea 7-14; Joel; Amos; Obadiah; Philippians; NASB 1971 2 Corinthians; Galatians NASB 1977 2 Chronicles 13-16 NKJV Deluxe Readers Jeremiah 27-38   • View comments • Track comments •
Bible Reading #37Sunday August 30, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible Deuteronomy 19-24; Jeremiah 9-14; Daniel 3-4; Luke 8 NASB 1971 Reference Bible Luke 1-3 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Samuel 5-12; Monday, August 31, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible Deuteronomy 25-28; Jeremiah 15-21; Daniel 5-12; Luke 9-10; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Luke 4-10; NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Samuel 13-19; Tuesday, September 1, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible Deuteronomy 29-34; Ezra; Jeremiah 22-28; Luke 11-14; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Luke 11-24 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 2 Samuel 20-24 Wednesday, September 2, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible Nehemiah 1-5; Jeremiah 29-31; Luke 15-17; NASB 1971 Reference Bible John 1-5 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Kings 1-6 Thursday, September 3, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible Nehemiah 6-13; Jeremiah 32-39; Luke 18-24; NASB 1971 Reference Bible John 6-9 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Kings 7-11 Friday, September 4, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible 1 Chronicles 1-9; Jeremiah 42-52; Acts 1-2 NASB 1971 Reference Bible John 10-13; NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Kings 12-16 NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Isaiah 1-13; Malachi Saturday, September 5, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Study Bible 1 Chronicles 10-13; Ezekiel 1-3; Acts 1-3; NASB 1971 Reference Bible John 14-17 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Kings 17-22; 2 Kings 1-2; NKJV Deluxe Readers Bible Isaiah 14-35   • View comments • Track comments •
Bible Reading #36Sunday, August 23, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 1, Ruth, Isaiah 40-42, Romans 3-4, NASB 1971 Reference Bible Matthew 8-9 Monday, August 24, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 2-3; Isaiah 43-45; Lamentations; Romans 5-6; NASB 1971 Matthew 10-12; NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible Joshua 6-24 Tuesday, August 25, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 4-5; Ecclesiastes 1-2; Isaiah 46-51; Romans 7-11; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Matthew 13-18 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible Judges Wednesday, August 26, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 6-8; Ecclesiastes 3-7; Isaiah 52-55; Romans 12-16 NASB 1971 Reference Bible Matthew 19-28 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-11 Thursday, August 27, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 9-11; Ecclesiastes 8-12; Isaiah 56-66; Luke 1-3 NASB 1971 Reference Bible Mark 1-5 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Samuel 12-20 Friday, August 28, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 12-15; Esther; Jeremiah 1-4; Luke 4-5; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Mark 6-10; NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Samuel 21-26; Saturday, August 29, 2026 KJV New Marked Reference Bible Deuteronomy 16-18; Daniel 1-2; Jeremiah 5-8; Luke 6-7; NASB 1971 Reference Bible Mark 11-16 NASB 1977 Inductive Study Bible 1 Samuel 27-31; 2 Samuel 1-4   • View comments • Track comments •
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