Suggestion: Legacy Standard Bible

Jake ham said:

Does the Acc. version come with both Old and New testaments?

It's just Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament.

It's not the same as having it in Logos, but you can access both Testaments online pretty easily via https://read.lsbible.org/. I discovered that via a Shepherd's Conference update at the end of last month (Nov).

In addition, they're providing sporadic updates about progress on the project (mainly the print copies, some news about electronic versions) via a mailing list. You can sign up in the footer on their website: https://lsbible.org/.

My print Bible just arrived in the mail and I'm switching over to it as my main teaching/preaching text. I'm really looking forward to the Logos edition!  

Here's an update from the publisher I received today:

We are done with the work on the cross references, footnotes and Strong’s numbers that are included in the master database for the LSB. A meta-data company will filter through the file and then minor updates will occur. After that work is completed we will have a file to begin typesetting reference editions and a file that can be used for programmers to begin their work on digital editions. We expect several of the Bible software apps and websites to begin making the LSB available by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

I hope to see this for sale in Logos soon.

For the time being I have this in my browser and I am going to see about making a link in L9

https://read.lsbible.org/ 

The creation of the text was from the seminary. The funding/publishing can be a hash of partnerships as this appears to be based on the notice you posted.

David Paul said:

Surprised to see Lockman listed at the bottom of the page. I thought this was a Masters Seminary project.

It is a project by them but the text of NASB is licensed to them to update it and part of that licensing of the text must include Lockman to hold copyright over the LSB text.

I would look for it to become available in late April or early May. 

The LSB website posted something recently:

Will the LSB be available on mobile apps, Bible software platforms, and online?

Any update on the release of the LSB?  Reading through it

Relax, that's not the final digital file that will be made available to Bible software companies, including Accordance. That's a stand-alone app and is not the same as the final product that will be available to Logos and Accordance at the same time.

Hello Kiyah, May I please ask where I can go and download that software to use on my laptop?

Jim King said:

Hello Kiyah, May I please ask where I can go and download that software to use on my laptop?

Although the bible is free, the competitor's (MacOS/Windows) software is not. I'm trying not to violate Forum guidelines by promoting a competitor's non-free product. You'd have to buy their bible software and then "purchase" their free version of the LSB in order to be able to use it on your laptop.

I frankly don't see what advantage there is to the LSB over the NASB95. I like the NASB for its literalness, but the deal-clincher is that it has marginal notes that amp up the literalness even more. For instance, while the NASB and the LSB both have "lights" in Gen. 1:14, the NASB has "luminaries" in the margin, which i much prefer simply because it is more accurate. Why should I switch to a version that is simply less of what I like about the original?

You should watch the videos discussing the translation philosophy of the LSB on their website.  One translation priority is to make the original language apparent in the translation by using the same word to translate it if doing so can preseve the meaning. This is why light not luminaries. If you don’t like this approach, fine. But don’t falsely claim it is a bad translation choice while ignoring the reasons for it. This is disingenuous 

You should watch the videos discussing the translation philosophy of the LSB on their website.  One translation priority is to make the original language apparent in the translation by using the same word to translate it if doing so can preseve the meaning. This is why light not luminaries. If you don’t like this approach, fine. But don’t falsely claim it is a bad translation choice while ignoring the reasons for it. This is disingenuous 

The LSB is available for pre-order!

Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) | Logos Bible Software

Just submitted mine as well.

Daniel Welch said:

You should watch the videos discussing the translation philosophy of the LSB on their website.  One translation priority is to make the original language apparent in the translation by using the same word to translate it if doing so can preseve the meaning. This is why light not luminaries. If you don’t like this approach, fine. But don’t falsely claim it is a bad translation choice while ignoring the reasons for it. This is disingenuous 

Yeah...no. The Hebrew word for "light" is 'ohr, as found twice in Gen. 1:3. The word translated "light" in Gen. 1:14-16 is maa'ohr, and thus, not the same word. Related, but not the same. "A light" produces "light", so the sun is a light. The moon is not, although it does reflect light, providing illumination. The sun and stars are lights; the moon is not--but all produce illumination, whether directly or by reflection, and so "luminaries" is the better and more accurate choice. Nothing disingenuous at all.