A person who believes the bible is the word of god has to decide what they mean by bible. They have to decide on which translation to use, then which version:

A person who believes the bible is the word of god has to decide what they mean by bible. They have to decide on which translation to use, then which version: coptic, catholic, protestant, orthodox - they each differ on what the books of the bible are. Once they decide which collection of words constitute “the word or god” they have to decide on what they mean. The criteria used to decide this usually, mostly boils down to which one is the most palatable to them personally. You and others believe NIV is a bad translation but the people who made the translation believe otherwise. All of this, including everything I wrote above, results in ambiguity and confusion for the masses. If god does exist then he is profoundly incompetent at delivering his message. He is a moron who is very bad at writing clear instructions and is incredibly immoral given the laws he had the Israelites follow. All versions and translations of the bible contain immoral rules and are poorly written and unclear.