7. 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.
© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible
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.
