Also, what people claim are "shelves full of Bibles" are typically shelves full of Bibles and Biblical commentary, which as you know is fairly extensive (and exhaustive). 
But still, various translations alone bring up the number considerably. You have the King James, of course, and the New King James, and the American Standard, and the New American Standard, and the New American Standard Revised (je t'adore), and the New International Version (je te deteste), and the Living Word Translation (words do not describe), and that's just off of the top of my head. There are countless modernizations, each more unfortunate than the next.
LET'S HAVE AN EXAMPLE, SHALL WE? Here's a passage from the New American Standard Bible (John 1:9-14):
And from... "The Message." Ugh.
Point being... there is a lot of variation.
But still, various translations alone bring up the number considerably. You have the King James, of course, and the New King James, and the American Standard, and the New American Standard, and the New American Standard Revised (je t'adore), and the New International Version (je te deteste), and the Living Word Translation (words do not describe), and that's just off of the top of my head. There are countless modernizations, each more unfortunate than the next.
LET'S HAVE AN EXAMPLE, SHALL WE? Here's a passage from the New American Standard Bible (John 1:9-14):
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become (children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become (children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
And from... "The Message." Ugh.
The Life-Light was the real thing:
Every person entering Life
he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
the world was there through him,
and yet the world didn't even notice.
He came to his own people,
but they didn't want him.
But whoever did want him,
who believed he was who he claimed
and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
not blood-begotten,
not flesh-begotten,
not sex-begotten.
The Word became flesh and blood,
and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
true from start to finish.
Every person entering Life
he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
the world was there through him,
and yet the world didn't even notice.
He came to his own people,
but they didn't want him.
But whoever did want him,
who believed he was who he claimed
and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
not blood-begotten,
not flesh-begotten,
not sex-begotten.
The Word became flesh and blood,
and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
true from start to finish.
Point being... there is a lot of variation.
Poetry:
- 08/11/2010 02:07:39 AM
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Re: Poetry:
- 08/11/2010 04:13:38 AM
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This is why people dislike you.
- 09/11/2010 07:03:17 PM
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Umm...I care?
- 09/11/2010 08:42:55 PM
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Because you should care about being intelligent, rather than appearing to be intelligent.
- 09/11/2010 10:32:04 PM
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Again, why would I care?
- 09/11/2010 10:38:21 PM
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No one can make you care about being decent, or intelligent, or a viable member of the community.
- 09/11/2010 10:41:34 PM
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I think it's rather pointless, to be honest.
- 09/11/2010 10:54:17 PM
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Then why are you even here?
- 09/11/2010 10:59:49 PM
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I don't know. I thought I'd see how long I could string you along.
- 09/11/2010 11:00:37 PM
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You're the one who doesn't care.
- 09/11/2010 11:02:11 PM
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I care only as much as I care. What others think is irrelevant to that.
- 09/11/2010 11:04:15 PM
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But you're still responding to me.
- 09/11/2010 11:05:37 PM
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Because I'm stringing you out until you quit.
- 09/11/2010 11:10:18 PM
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I'm not going to. I find this entertaining.
- 09/11/2010 11:12:27 PM
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I do as well. It's fun pretending to be an asshole, I'll admit.
- 09/11/2010 11:17:34 PM
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Come now, who's pretending?
- 09/11/2010 11:22:18 PM
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That is officially the last one before I start editing and making them NM. *NM*
- 09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM
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*NM*
- 09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM
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Me, most of the time
- 09/11/2010 11:40:26 PM
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Keep telling yourself that. *NM*
- 09/11/2010 11:46:34 PM
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Why would I? It's not something I think much about these days. Again, what others think is trivial. *NM*
- 10/11/2010 12:01:03 AM
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Are you 5?
- 09/11/2010 11:14:26 PM
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Nah
- 09/11/2010 11:15:48 PM
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But you were asked about it originally. That was my point.
- 09/11/2010 11:23:25 PM
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And I was evasive about it at the time. When pressed, I answered more fully.
- 09/11/2010 11:48:27 PM
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Why be evasive?
- 10/11/2010 12:16:19 AM
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Because I didn't want to spend an hour pulling out a few dozen books.
- 10/11/2010 12:19:55 AM
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Ye gods. Could you people at the very, very least make your messages NM?
- 09/11/2010 11:17:25 PM
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*NM*
I must say, I'm glad you all decided to play up when I was having an evening off. 
*NM*
- 10/11/2010 12:08:59 PM
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*NM*
- 10/11/2010 12:08:59 PM
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I disagree with your claim that there can be no value in translations.
- 09/11/2010 08:51:20 PM
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Not "no value", but "different value" is what I would argue
- 09/11/2010 09:55:54 PM
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I don't disagree, but you can't possibly learn all languages, yet you can read translations of all.
- 09/11/2010 10:56:58 PM
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My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read.
- 10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM
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An English translation of The Divine Comedy was pivotal to my conversion to Christianity.
- 10/11/2010 11:04:57 AM
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Ooh, good survey. I've been thinking for a while we needed more poetry discussion.
- 08/11/2010 10:58:24 AM
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I think you underestimate the number of translations of the Bible.
- 09/11/2010 01:20:30 AM
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Did they just translate logos as... life-light?
- 09/11/2010 07:14:28 PM
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Yes. Yes, they did. *NM*
- 09/11/2010 09:56:09 PM
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I can count the poems I enjoy on one hand. Two fingers, in fact.
- 08/11/2010 06:05:22 PM
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I think poetry is largely overrated.
- 08/11/2010 06:12:59 PM
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the problem is most good poets are dead and dead people tend to fail at marketing
- 08/11/2010 06:44:18 PM
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I like some poetry, but by no means all.
- 09/11/2010 12:28:41 AM
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Now that you mention it, The Imperfect Enjoyment might rank among my favourite poems. *NM*
- 09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM
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*NM*
- 09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM
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It is excellent
- 09/11/2010 08:16:01 PM
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*NM*
Re: Poetry:
- 10/11/2010 04:57:31 PM
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Re: Nice
- 11/11/2010 01:39:48 AM
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Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
- 11/11/2010 11:57:02 AM
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Re: Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
- 12/11/2010 04:36:22 AM
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