Marylou Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) Just the normal Bible . . not the Bread Bible, Sewing Bible etc. You do not have to be a reader of it to take part in the poll. ETA: I really didn't think I could put "Other" as an option on this poll--sorry! Edited July 28, 2010 by dmmosher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 What about Children's Story Bibles? I don't think it actually changes our number, just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Those aren't all my Bibles though! Those belong to me and dh and dd15 and dd13 and ds9. I was really looking for the choice of "lots"! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Off the top of my head, I own at least 5 Bibles. My husband owns one. Kind of sad, perhaps... Granted, some of these Bibles are ones I've had for a while and haven't gotten rid of for sentimental reasons. But still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 If it would be considered a Bible with children's stories in the margin, I would count it. If it is mostly a story book with Bible verses thrown in I would not. Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 I was really looking for the choice of "lots"! :) I guess I would consider "greater than 10" lots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I voted 5-10, but now that I'm counting in my head I may be over 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 We have 33 (I just counted), along with a couple of New Testaments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I don't know the exact number but it's a lot. We have different versions to reference, plus we have a set of the same version to use for family bible study times. At times, we've had hundreds. We keep extras on hand as often as we can, so we can give them away to those who ask when we do street evangelism. You'd be surprised how many people don't have a bible; well, at least *I was, initially. There have been times we've come home without our own bibles, because someone we encountered, be it a homeless man or a passing buisness man, didn't have one and said they would read it if they did. :) Same thing with coats in the winter; and once, even socks. :D No one's come home shoe-less yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time. And TWICE I've had a lady ask for the headcovering off of my head. But that's another thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 A fun poll might be to ask how many different versions of the bible do you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 A fun poll might be to ask how many different versions of the bible do you have. Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 10+ Hunter has two--his first Children's Bible, and now an NIV. Jeffrey has his Children's Bible, an NIV, and his most recent and most often used Study Bible (NASB) My husband has an NIV and several family Bibles. I have a devotional bible (NIV), a Thinline (NIV) that I carry in my purse and two new Bibles that Jeffrey and Hunter gave me for my birthday last month: a MacArthur Study Bible (NASB) and a Chronological Study Bible (NKJ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanestMomInMidwest Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 We have 4. I counted a copy of the New Testament as one, even though it is technically only half of the Christian Bible. We also have many other books of various religions or religious myths, all equally respected, as well as books about how to interpret the various religious texts and how ordinary people express their particular religions. For a non-religious family, I realized we have a lot of religious books and books on religions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) We have multiple translations around the house. Each of the kids has their own, I have 2, we have 1 in our homeschool area, and then several on the shelves. Edited July 28, 2010 by Shannon831 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiebird Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I honestly have no idea! I'll have to count. And we have one bible that no one can touch because it's ancient and has our family tree and notes written in it. (and $20. For the life of me, I have no idea why my great grandma, then my grandma, then my mom would leave money in there, but I have it too just because they did. It's probably the same 20 my grandmother left in there.) Obviously, it's not enough bibles because I'm trying to choose a catholic women's study bible and cannot pick one and I'm getting a new picture bible this fall for my daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I have at least eight I can count off the top of my head, but as I think about it, it's probably more since I've acquired some from my mom and dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flobee76 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I voted "more than 10". DH & I have several Bibles of different versions: KJV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, and ESV. It's nice to have several, keep in all the rooms of the house. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 +10 ds7 has 3 himself.:lol: I have 4-5. dh is a pastor and has....a LOT (He has +10 by himself...a preaching Bible, a personal study Bible, a glove box Bible just in case he forgets one of the other dozen...)! Plus, my younger 2dc each have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 More than I want to go count. I have several translations myself, each of the girls has at least 3, and my dh is a seminary student...which means he has a LOT of Bibles. It's kind of a running joke actually...we go to the bookstore and he'll go...oooh I don't have that one! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I voted 2-5. I have a couple of different versions, plus I have one in Arabic. I also have some commentary-type books, like "women in the bible" or something like that (I'm trying to remember offhand, I'm visiting my inlaws so can't check). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinF Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 10+ From where I am sitting in the living room I can count 6 on one bookshelf and that doesn't include the boys who each have 2 (so 8 more) plus dh's in his office (he is a pastor/church planter). I know that I have 4 more that are specifically mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 More than 20 and I didn't count any of the children's storybook Bibles. I only counted complete Bibles and official translations (not paraphrases). But I have a theology degree and love, love, love having a variety of translations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 But I have a theology degree and love, love, love having a variety of translations. You might like Bible Gateway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I counted 14 off the top of my head, including one on my Kindle and one on CD. Five of them are my own: The Quest (the one I use regularly), KJV, The Message, Women's Study Bible and the Kindle NIV. My kids each have at least two (one I gave them and one given by the church). Dh has The Quest also, but I'd have to say it's pretty much never been opened. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 10+ here. I know for a fact because I just unpacked them and put them all on one shelf :) Plus, we have all of the freebee Bibles that DH has received via deployment, etc. LLL asked DH if she could have one of his camo Bibles (from deployment) as her church Bible. So PDG has a pink and white Bible from Grandma and Grandpa, and LLL has a camo Bible. LLL used to have a darling pink and orange Bible (sounds ugly but it was really cute) but it was stolen (no joke) from Sunday School :confused: Let's hope that someone is getting a lot of use out of it. I currently use an ESV with notes by R.C. Sproul. I'm hoping to get either an ESV Study Bible or ESV MacArthur Bible. Funny thing is I use the Blue Letter Bible website more than anything now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMS Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 We each have a "working" bible plus fancier gift bibles people have given us (mainly, given the kids at 1st communion, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Dh is a pastor and we probably have 20+ along with some in German, Greek and Hebrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Have one. Someone gave it to me maybe 20 years ago. Not a clue where it is, but I remember seeing it when I unpacked boxes that had been in storage for the two years we were overseas. It was a weird collection of things that had been left behind, so I'm not sure where the contents of that box ended up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 None. Although, I think there may be a few selections in one of my literary anthologies, so I guess my answer would be something like .08 of a bible, lol. I have "A Buddhist Bible." Does that count? After all, normal is in the eye of the beholder, and all that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 You might like Bible Gateway LOL. I use it all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) We've got 4 children's Bibles, one KJV that DH used in one of his college courses, 5 copies of the NAB, and one NRSV Catholic edition. Edited July 28, 2010 by Crimson Wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Not a single one. I have never owned a copy of the Bible, nor lived in a house with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 In addition to Bibles for dh and I, our dd has several, I inherited one from my Mother that belonged to her Mother (my Grandmother)....and I have some Bibles that only I personally use. Now for a thread on translations for those Bibles!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 This one: http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Apocrypha-Revised-Standard-Version/dp/0195284119 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 In addition to Bibles for dh and I, our dd has several, I inherited one from my Mother that belonged to her Mother (my Grandmother)....and I have some Bibles that only I personally use. Now for a thread on translations for those Bibles!! :D Dh has a whole shelf of Bibles in different English translations. He's a pastor. He definitely ups our average! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Way more than 10. I don't know how many, but there are Bibles that belong to all 8 of us here and everyone has multiple translations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Wow! You all have a lot of bibles! My husband has one. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 As I have recently been shoveling off bookshelves, I have stumbled on several. We own more than I would have thought as DH is a non practicing self declared Christian, and I'm an Atheist. My book is more worn than any of DH's. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 We are secular homeschoolers. While my husband is Christian, I am not. And even we have more than 10 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I went through a stage of collecting different translations I have greater than 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I put 5-10 because I only counted the ones we have with us currently. We didn't bring them all while traveling, figured we'd add others back in when we got a place of our own (whether travel trailer or whatever). So we have six NWT plus a KJV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 One suffices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Large family, most of us have at least one Bible and some of us have several for translational and note comparisons. Then we also have esword LOL! My main Bibles are The Orthodox Study Bible, The Geneva 1590 (though I want a 1560 with deuterocanonicals and psalter in the back ;) ), the ESV, and Thompson's Chain Reference (I don't know if I have this one anymore...we have a habit of giving away Bibles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Dh is a pastor and we probably have 20+ along with some in German, Greek and Hebrew. Dh also has a Latin Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Wow! You all have a lot of bibles! My husband has one. That is all. DH and I have both been Christians since we were very young. We have saved every Bible since we were 5 or 6...promotion Bibles from Sunday School, gift Bibles from our baptisms, study Bibles from Christian school, high school Bible studies, college Bible studies, DH's theology classes may have required a specific translation, etc... Even PDG already has 3 Bibles, and she is only 6: she received one from Grandma and Grandpa when she was dedicated, one when she graduated from Pre-K from the Christian preschool she attended, and DH gave her one of his deployment Bibles. Ditto for LLL. It is probably wrong, but we have a hard time letting go of them, when there are so many people in the world would who love to have one, and don't. Some bring out strong sentimental feelings, as well. We both are note-takers in our Bibles, and I know that I still refer back to those notes. I can remember the occasions when I wrote them, the specific sermons, the stage of life I was in, the challenge I was facing at the time. They are almost like diaries in a way. Just this week, LLL found the Bible I received when I was baptized in 4th grade (we just moved, so books were being unpacked). She leafed through it, found old bookmarks, notes, etc. She was really interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Thanks to everyone who participated. I had read in a recent Modern Reformation that the average household (USA) has 3.9 Bibles in the home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendybird Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Another large family where everyone has at least 1, most of us have more, and there are multiple translation copies on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Well over ten of our own, not including about half a dozen children's versions: 5 ESV 3 NKJV an NIV Bible dh has had from before we married 2 NASB large print 6 pocket-sized Bibles (1 NIV, 4 ESV, 1 NASB) dh's old KJV from his childhood my Catholic Bible from when my grandpa died Bible (NKJV) on CD (does that count? :D) e-sword on the laptop (ESV and KJV) Plus a pile of paperback NIVs left over from the cases we ordered to hand out to children in our afterschool Bible program. We all had NIV Bibles, then I switched to an NASB, then we all got ESV, then we bought a few NKJV. We've given a few NIV away, but we usually just keep the old ones on the shelf. We each have at least one for carrying around (purse, backpack,) and one for taking to church. I also taught Sunday School and had a Bible study here, which rquired having extra Bibles to lend. There are about 35 total in the house right now, but 10 of those will be given away at some point. When I was growing up, we had one giant white Bible. It was kept in the cupboard, and you couldn't touch it. I always wanted to be able to read it. I think I have gone far the other way as an adult. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I have five and we aren't even Christian. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 We've got a ton, dh being a priest. When people ask him what translation he uses, he laughs. He reads the bible in Hebrew and Greek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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