French Bible

[Khamette]

Hi all. I'm looking for a French KJV bible and can't seem to find one. If not the KJV, what other good version is out there? I already have the D&C, BOM, POGP and the AOF in french. Just missing the other.

[NeuroTypical]

Amazon.com has 3 pages of them.

[Khamette]

Amazon.com has 3 pages of them.

No, Amazon does not have them. Those are bibles bound in french leather. I want one that is written in French. I don't want to purchase just any old french bible. I need one as close to the english KJV version as possible so I thought perhaps someone here might now.

[NeuroTypical]

Ah yes - my mistake. And, I see you're not just looking for a Bibles in French - but a Bible translated into French from the KJV. I assume they've got to be out there, but I don't know where.

LM

[Moksha]

Look for the French Darby Bible or the French Louis Segond Bible.

You can download both for free at E-sword for your computer. http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.html

[fish4kitty]

I'm not trying to be dumb here but, don't we have french speaking Canadians in the church? Where do they get there Bibles? Anybody???

f4k

[The_Monk]

I don't think anyone's done a comparison to see which French Bible is closest to the KJV. I'm not sure why you'd want that anyway. Here's a link to the Louis-Segond, the Bible French LDS use.

http://www.amazon.com/s/103-0179271-394382...=Mozilla-search

[Khamette]

If I hope to ever go on a mission to France, Belgium or Canada, I want to be fluent with the scriptures in French. It may not be important to other members to have them, but for me it is. Not only is it fulfilling spiritually, it keeps my mind busy and working. My French teacher (who is not a member), to whom I've given a book of Mormon wants to read the book with me, all of which will be conducted in the French language.

[Silver Girl]

If I hope to ever go on a mission to France, Belgium or Canada, I want to be fluent with the scriptures in French. It may not be important to other members to have them, but for me it is. Not only is it fulfilling spiritually, it keeps my mind busy and working. My French teacher (who is not a member), to whom I've given a book of Mormon wants to read the book with me, all of which will be conducted in the French language.

Wouldn't the Church Distribution Center have what you are looking for?? I know they have the scriptures in just about any language you could think of!!

Silver Girl

[Khamette]

Wouldn't the Church Distribution Center have what you are looking for?? I know they have the scriptures in just about any language you could think of!!

Silver Girl

I've already tried the distribution center and they do not have them. That is where I got all of my other French scriptures but the Bible. So, I thought I'd try here thinking that perhaps someone would know which french scriptures to use that are closest to the KJV.

[MorningStar]

That's cool! You reminded me that I should start reading my German Book of Mormon again to brush up on my skills. Not that I usually meet any German people, but I want to go to Germany or Austria again someday - this time I want to go with my husband. He used to live there and knows how to get around. I know the language, so we would have a great time.

[Khamette]

I finally found a Louis Segond (Thank you Monk)set of scriptures and hopefully I will receive them at the end of this week. The beautiful thing about reading the Book of Mormon in another language is the repetition of it that helps me remember the vocabulary and keeps my brain continually challenged. Of course, there is the spiritual side of it that keeps me going, too. I definantly recommend it to other bilingual Saints.

[Moksha]

One thing I have noticed about various Bibles is that they all tell the same stories.

However my very favorite English language Bible is The Message Bible/remix. It is definitely the most readable. If I follow both that and the KJV during the Gospel Doctrine Class, I get more out of the lesson.