Hi. My name is Bret, and I am a Bible addict.
(Hi, Bret!)
Last week Erin and I went to a thrift store in Delaware and as is inevitable we gravitated toward the used book section. I saw a few Bibles there, none I was interested in, but I did snag myself a Catholic hymnal and a Book of Common Worship from the Brethren Church. I collect hymnals.
There was a woman there who said to me that I got all the Bibles before her. I said no, these are hymnals, that I collect them. She said, “Oh, I collect Bibles.” I thought to myself, I have a lot of Bibles, but I don’t really collect them, do I? Is that a collection in the traditional sense, like stamps or coins or comic books? (I collect comic books too, but I’m not rabid about it).
We also went to another used bookstore in Delaware called 2nd & Charles and if you’ve never been there, I highly recommend it. I did gravitate toward the Bible section but mostly they had King James Versions which, as you will see in the list below, I have plenty of.
At last count I own 39 Bibles. I’m not a collector; I just have a lot of them. I read or refer to them all regularly. They are all within reach of me right now on bookshelves in my office at the Parsonage. Different versions, different study Bibles, some in Greek, one in Spanish. My go-to version is the ESV but currently I’m reading the Legacy Standard Bible (or Legit Standard Bible, as my wife calls it). So, as I am telling on my addiction, here is a complete list of all the Bibles I own. This week.
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
1. Single Column Personal Size Leatherbound
2. Ancient Faith Study Bible
Common English Bible (CEB)
3. Wesley Study Bible Hardcover
4. Daily Companion Bible Softcover
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
5. “Find” Hardcover
English Standard Version (ESV)
6. Reformation Study Bible (Compact) Leatherbound
7. Pocket Bible Buffalo Leather
8. Journalling Bible Hardcover
9. ESV Study Bible Hardcover
Greek
10. New Greek/English Interlinear New Testament Hardcover
11. Septuagint with Apocrypha Hardcover
King James Version (KJV)
12. 1611 Facsimile Hardcover
13. Pastor’s Bible Leatherbound *
14. Large Print Compact Bible Bonded Leather *
15. Large Print Softcover *
16. Large Print Hardcover *
17. King James Study Bible Hardcover
18. Illustrated King James Bible (Barnes & Noble edition) Hardcover
19. Eastern Star Pocket Bible Bonded Leather
20. Mormon King James Paperback
21. Hudson UMC Pew Bible Hardcover
Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)
22. Single Column Text Only Hardcover
New American Standard Bible
23. Center Column Reference Hardcover
24. MacArthur Study Bible Hardcover
New International Version (NIV)
25. Men’s Study Bible Bonded Leather
26. Serendipity Bible Paperback
27. 2:42 Backpack Bible Leathersoft
New King James Version (NKJV)
28. Reformation Study Bible Hardcover (Full)
New Living Bible (NLB)
29. The Way Bible Paperback
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
30. Wesley Study Bible Leathersoft*
31. Large Print Leathersoft*
32. Slimline Pocket Bible Leathersoft
33. New Oxford Annotated Bible Paperback
34. Ebenezer UMC Pew Bible (UMC Branded) Hardcover
35. Premium Edition Leatherbound *
36. New Interpreter’s Study Bible Hardcover
Other Versions
37. The Clear Word (Jack Blanco paraphrase) Hardcover
38. The Dead Sea Scroll Bible Paperback
39. The Geneva Bible 1560 Edition Facsimile Hardcover
*Denotes Bibles that have been or are in use as pulpit/preaching Bibles.
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