Is there any way to purchase NIV 1984 version for proclaim software? Our church uses NIV 1984 for everything and it would be nice to project the same version as the bibles we have in the pews.
Laura - Welcome to the forums!
Unfortunately, the translators and publisher of the NIV don't want the NIV84 to be sold anymore, so Logos is prohibited from doing so.
ahh... I was afraid of that, thanks for the confirmation, I understand the desire to use the updated version but it's kind of inconvenient in some ways. Thanks for the quick answer!
It is inconvenient in a lot of ways....
It is indeed - mostly because a lot have churches have a lot of investment in NIV pew bibles.
However as these are not going to be reprinted (as I understand it) eventually replacements will have to either be the updated version or a different translation.
Those buying bibles for home use soon will not be able to purchase the 1984 so there will be a disconnect between the presentation and the versions in hand one way or the other pretty soon.
Laura - Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately, the translators and publisher of the NIV don't want the NIV84 to be sold anymore, so Logos is prohibited from doing so.
Doing away with the NIV 1984 - the most widely accepted translation since KJV (more accepted than KJV at this stage in its history) has to be the smartest marketing decision since "New Coke". The publisher has really blown it. It is arrogance at its height to believe that a publisher can just tell people that they have to change their Bible preference, and they will do so. Personally, if I change it surely will not be to a different NIV version.
I concur! I don't have the NIV 84 on Logos, so I either use the ESV or my paper version of the NIV. Zondervan has lost my business.
Well, our pastor probably thought Zondervan's policy was the best thing that happened since the '70' rolled out the new (now old) greek OT. He loves the ESV and keeps sneaking ESV verses on to the presentation screen. Being the patient sort, it's just a matter of time until everyone wonders why the NIV's are still in the pews.
Zondervan has lost my business.
To be fair: the decision to no longer allow sales of the NIV84 is not a Zondervan decision; it's a decision of Biblica, who holds the copyrights and contracts with publishers, including Zondervan (which has the exclusive license in North America).
