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Would you listen to The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV again? Why?

This is a wonderful recording. I like the performances and the variety of voices. For example, while there is one main narrator for each book there are diff voices for dialogue and the actors for those people are consistent. The voices are well cast and performed. The music in the background rarely bothered me, but is too loud or exciting in a few spots. I find listening to the word to be a good way to 'hear' it in a new way and is a valuable experience. I also love to play it for my children:) The one main problem is the lack of a guide to the 'sections'. I found a guide to 'parts' but my players show sections. This make it impossible to select which book to listen to! I made a guide, figuring out there there is one section for each chapter starting with 2. So if you need a particular chapter, simply add that number to the book's start.
The Old Testament
Genesis 2
Exodus 52
Leviticus 92
Numbers 119
Deuteronomy 155
Joshua 189
Judges 213
Ruth 234
1 Samuel 238
2 Samuel 269
1 Kings 293
2 Kings 315
1 Chronicles 340
2 Chronicles 369
Ezra 405
Nehemiah 415
Esther 428
Job 438
Psalms 480
Proverbs 630
Ecclesiastes 661
Song of Sol 673
Isaiah 681
Jeremiah 747
Lamentations 799
Ezekiel 804
Daniel 852
Hosea 864
Joel 878
Amos 881
Obadiah 890
Jonah 891
Micah 895
Nahum 902
Habakkuk 905
Zephaniah 908
Haggai 911
Zechariah 913
Malachi 927
The New Testament
Matthew 931
Mark 959
Luke 975
John 999
Acts 1020
Romans 1047
1 Corinthians 1064
2 Corinthians 1080
Galatians 1093
Ephesians 1099
Philippians 1105
Colossians 1109
1 Thessalonians 1113
2 Thessalonians 1118
1 Timothy 1121
2 Timothy 1127
Titus 1131
Philemon 1134
Hebrews 1135
James 1148
1 Peter 1153
2 Peter 1158
1 John 1161
2 John 1166
3 John 1167
Jude 1168
Revelation 1169

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Chapter List

The performances are outstanding. It's a great value at 1 credit.

To make it more useful for study or listening publicly, here is a breakdown of the chapters that works with the Audible app.

Audiobook Chapters Bible Chapters
Part 1: Genesis - Exodus 8h50m
Chapters 1-50 Genesis 1-50
Chapters 51-91 Exodus 1-40

Part 2: Leviticus - Numbers 6h33m
Chapters 1-27 Leviticus 1-27
Chapters 28-64 Numbers 1-36

Part 3: Deuteronomy - Joshua 7h
Chapters 1-34 Deuteronomy 1-34
Chapters 35-59 Joshua 1-24

Part 4: Judges - 2 Samuel 8h5m
Chapters 1-21 Judges 1-21
Chapters 22-25 Ruth 1-4
Chapters 26-56 1 Samuel 1-31
Chapters 57-81 2 Samuel 1-24

Part 5: 1 Kings - 1 Chronicles 8h32m
Chapters 1-22 1 Kings 1-22
Chapters 23-47 2 Kings 1-25
Chapters 48-77 1 Chronicles 1-29

Part 6: 2 Chronicles - Esther 6h
Chapters 1-36 2 Chronicles 1-36
Chapters 37-46 Ezra 1-10
Chapters 47-59 Nehemiah 1-13
Chapter 60-70 Esther 1-10

Part 7: Job 2h19m
Chapters 1-42 Job 1-42

Part 8: Psalms 1-75 3h3m
Chapters 1-75 Psalms 1-75

Part 9: Psalm 76 - 150 3h
Chapters 1-76 Psalm 76 - 150

Part 10: Proverbs - Song of Solomon 3h11m
Chapters 1-31 Proverbs 1-31
Chapters 32-43 Ecclesiastes 1-12
Chapters 44-52 Song of Solomon 1-8

Part 11: Isaiah
Chapters 1-66 Isaiah 1-66

Part 12: Jeremiah - Lamentations 5h35m
Chapters 1-52 Jeremiah 1-52
Chapters 53-58 Lamentations 1-5

Part 13: Ezekiel - Daniel 6h28m
Chapters 1-48 Ezekiel 1-48
Chapters 49-61 Daniel 1-12

Part 14: Hosea - Malachi 3h55m
Chapters 1-14 Hosea 1-14
Chapters 15-17 Joel 1-3
Chapters 18-26 Amos 1-9
Chapter 27 Obadiah 1
Chapters 28-31 Jonah 1-4
Chapters 32-38 Micah 1-7
Chapters 39-41 Nahum 1-3
Chapters 42-44 Habakkuk 1-3
Chapters 45-47 Zephaniah 1-3
Chapters 48-49 Haggai 1-2
Chapters 50-63 Zechariah 1-14
Chapters 64-67 Malachi 1-4

Part 15: Matthew - Luke 7h28m
Chapters 1-28 Matthew 1-28
Chapters 29-44 Mark 1-16
Chapters 45-69 Luke 1-24

Part 16: John - 2 Corinthians 7h55m
Chapters 1-21 John 1-21
Chapters 22-49 Acts 1-28
Chapters 50-65 Romans 1-16
Chapters 66-81 1 Corinthians 1-16
Chapters 82-94 2 Corinthians 1-13

Part 17: Galatians - Revelation 5h32m
Chapters 1-6 Galatians 1-6
Chapters 7-12 Ephesians 1-6
Chapters 13-16 Philippians 1-4
Chapters 17-20 Colossians 1-4
Chapters 21-25 1 Thessalonians 1-5
Chapters 26-28 2 Thessalonians 1-3
Chapters 29-34 1 Timothy 1-6
Chapters 35-38 2 Timothy 1-4
Chapters 39-41 Titus 1-3
Chapter 42 Philemon 1
Chapters 43-55 Hebrews 1-13
Chapters 56-60 James 1-5
Chapters 61-65 1 Peter 1-5
Chapters 66-68 2 Peter 1-3
Chapters 69-73 1 John 1-5
Chapter 74 2 John 1
Chapter 75 3 John 1
Chapter 76 Jude 1
Chapter 77-98 Revelation 1-22

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A bargain for one credit

First, the good: This is a terrific bargain for a single credit. For readability, I have most recently relied either upon the NIV or New Living Translations, but I was pleased with the NKJV translation. It is accurate and easily understandable; this translation was suited perfectly for an Audio book. The readers were outstanding, and there was just enough dramatization, music and background effects to keep the stories moving without being annoying or overly-distracting. The sound quality was flawless.

Now, the bad: As other reviewers have detailed, dividing the Bible into 17 tracks is puzzling. Finding any particular passage is laborious and frustrating.

If you are seeking an Audio presentation of the Bible to listen to and experience a cover-to-cover read, you will find this production very much to your liking. If, on the other hand, you are looking for an Audio Bible to add to your library to listen to various individual scriptures, this format is not well suited for such an endeavor; other audio renditions may be more navigable for such a purpose.

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Amazing Narration! Impossible to Navigate!

This version of the Bible is the best audio version I have ever heard hands down. This one is treated, almost, like a normal book, but with small (tasteful) sound effects and music. Other versions I have heard either have a terrible narrator or the sound effects and music is so triumphal and overdone it drowns out the Bible it self. Michael York does a fantastic job as the primary narrator. The only gripe is that it is hard to navigate. The books not separated, some seem to be split down the middle and then other books are bundled together. The math says it all about this 66 books only 17 parts. 66 books 66 parts would be easier for a book like the Bible. A normal book split in to chapters would be ridiculous, but Bible readers want to hear a certain book not have to go hunting. Again, just fantastic the first useable audio version of the Bible I have ever used.

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Majestic listening

Majestic!! I have for many years wanted to go through the scriptures but due to limited eyesight I had all but given up!! Michael York's reading is beyond anything I expected. The music in the background makes it so much more powerful! I listen to it as I go to sleep at night! Pour yourself a cup of tea, sit back in a comfortable chair and prepare to be transported to another place and another time. What a value for one credit!! I am a believer in audible.com! Thank you!!

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Best Audible purchase I ever made

I listen to this on my way to work every day, and I just completed it a couple of weeks ago. The advertisement on the cover really says it all, "Hear the Bible come alive in dramatic audio theater."

Mind you, I have, in the past, listened to numerous audio Bibles that left me annoyed due to the overwhelming music in the background. At times, it was almost as if whoever came up with the score for those audio Bibles wanted to make the listening experience as annoying as possible with awful music that did nothing but distract from the Word. This is not true for the Word of Promise. There is music in the background, but it is very calming, and I never found it distracting.

What really sets this audio Bible apart from the others is the exceptional quality of the background sounds - not just the music, but the sounds. When people are walking, you hear the footsteps. When they are crying, you hear the sobs. When the tabernacle is being constructed, you hear the construction. When Paul is writing, you hear his pen on the paper. When someone is killed, it is almost too realistic. This is all beautifully edited and mastered to very high quality standards until you feel that you are there, in the Bible, with the characters.

As to the all-star cast, you can almost see Moses crying as he delivers his final sermon knowing that he will never be able to enter the promised land. Richard Dryfuss delivers the voice of Moses with such an exceptional perfomance that you will be crying when you get to that point. Everyone in the cast did an exceptional job at delivering the content with conviction and gravitas.

The only thing, in my opinion, that would have made this work better would have been for the version to have been the Old King James rather than the New King James. That said, I really enjoyed listening to the Bible in a way that I never have before because of this audio recording. Bravo! to the entire cast and to everyone who contributed to it. I am already listening to it, again, and I believe that this is going to be an audiobook that I will enjoy listening to for the rest of my life.

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Great recording, not so great translation

The Word of Promise is a stunning production. On the basis of the production values alone, it easily deserves five stars or even more. The acting, music, and sound effects are all superb -- often achieving "movie quality" as claimed -- and it sounds terrific in Audible's enhanced format. The books are broken down into meaningful chunks of files with lots of bookmarks for navigation. Of particular note, among the books I've listened to so far, are Michael York as narrator, Stacy Keach as Job, Gary Sinise as David, and Martin Jarvis as the voice of God. (Portions of the New Testament have been re-recorded with Martin Jarvis in this role, replacing the original performance by Terence Stamp. It may have simply been for consistency, but it's a welcome change; Jarvis's performance is much stronger.)

Why not five stars, then? Because of the translation. The more I hear the NKJV, the less I like it. Whatever its other merits as a study text, it doesn't lend itself well to immediate comprehension in an audio setting. While the text has been modernized to some extent, there are still many archaic sentence structures, many familiar words used in archaic (and therefore unfamiliar) senses, and many personal pronouns that lack clear referents. In narrative books and in the Psalms, it works well; likewise if you're already deeply familiar with a particular passage or book. But it's just not an ideal choice for an initial exploration of difficult or unfamiliar books. The prophets fare particularly badly in this respect, and to a lesser extent so do several of Paul's letters. I often found myself reaching for another translation to make sense of what I just heard.

Of course, without the NKJV and the support of Thomas Nelson, the Word of Promise probably wouldn't exist at all. But it does mean you need to carefully gauge what you want out of an audio Bible and whether this particular one is a good fit.

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Amazing performance and easy to listen to.

Where does The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is amazing, but NEEDS desperately a table of contents. This should help
Download No. Bible Book Chapter Audiobook Chapter

Book/Chapter Audiobook Chapter
1) 8 hr 55 min
Genesis 1 - 50 1 - 50
Exodus 1 - 40 51 - 90

2) 6 hr 33 min
Leviticus 1 - 27 1 - 27
Numbers 1 - 36 28 - 63

3) 7 hr 0 min
Deuteronomy 1 - 34 1- 34
Joshua 1 - 24 35 - 58

4) 8 hr 5 min
Judges 1 - 21 1 - 21
Ruth 1 - 4 22 - 25
1 Samuel 1 - 31 26 - 56
2 Samuel 1 - 24 57 - 80

5) 8 hr 32 min
1 Kings 1 - 22 1 - 22
2 Kings 1 - 25 23 - 47
1 Chronicles 1 - 29 48 - 76

6) 6 hr 00 min
2 Chronicles 1 - 36 1 - 36
Ezra 1 - 10 37 - 46
Nehemiah 1 - 13 47 - 59
Esther 1 - 10 60 - 69

7) 2 hr 19 min
Job 1 - 42 1 - 42

8) 3 hr 2 min
Psalms 1 - 75 1 - 75

9) 2 hr 59 min
Psalms 76 - 150 1 - 75

10) 3 hr 11 min
Proverbs 1 - 31 1 - 31
Ecclesiastes 1 - 12 32 - 43
Song of Solomon 1 - 8 44 - 51

11) 4 hr 32 min
Isaiah 1 - 66 1 - 66

12) 5 hr 35 min
Jeremiah 1 - 52 1 - 52
Lamentations 1 - 5 53 - 57

13) 6 hr 8 min
Ezekiel 1 - 48 1 - 48
Daniel 1 - 12 49 - 60

14) 3 hr 55 min
Hosea 1 - 14 1 - 14
Joel 1 - 3 15 - 17
Amos 1 - 9 18 - 26
Obadiah 1 27
Jonah 1 - 4 28 - 31
Micah 1 - 7 32 - 38
Nahum 1 - 3 39 - 41
Habakkuk 1 - 3 42 - 44
Zephaniah 1 - 3 45 - 47
Haggai 1 - 2 48 - 49
Zechariah 1 - 14 50 - 63
Malachi 1 - 4 64 - 67

15) 7 hr 28 min
Matthew 1 - 28 1 - 28
Mark 1 - 16 29 - 44
Luke 1 - 24 45 - 68

16) 7 hr 55 min
John 1 - 21 1 - 21
Acts 1 - 28 22 - 49
Romans 1 - 16 50 - 65
1 Corinthians 1 - 16 66 - 81
2 Corinthians 1 - 13 82 - 94

17) 5 hr 32 min
Galatians 1 - 6 1 - 6
Ephesians 1 - 6 7 - 12
Philippians 1 - 4 13 - 16
Colossians 1 - 4 17 - 20
1 Thessalonians 1 - 5 21 - 25
2 Thessalonians 1 - 3 26 - 28
1 Timothy 1 - 6 29 - 34
2 Timothy 1 - 4 35 - 38
Titus 1 - 3 39 - 41
Philemon 1 42
Hebrews 1 - 13 43 - 55
James 1 - 5 56 - 60
1 Peter 1 - 5 61 - 65
2 Peter 1 - 3 66 - 68
1 John 1 - 5 69 - 73
2 John 1 74
3 John 1 75
Jude 1 76
Revelation 1 - 22 77 - 98

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Here are the Part and Chapter breakdowns

Old Testament:

Part 1:
Chapter 1: Genesis
Chapter 51: Exodus

Part 2:
Chapter 1: Leviticus
Chapter 28: Numbers

Part 3:
Chapter 1: Deuteronomy
Chapter 35: Joshua

Part 4:
Chapter 1: Judges
Chapter 22: Ruth
Chapter 26: Samuel 1
Chapter 57: Samuel 2

Part 5:
Chapter 1: Kings 1
Chapter 23: Kings 2
Chapter 48: Chronicles 1

Part 6:
Chapter 1: Chronicles 2
Chapter 37: Ezra
Chapter 47: Nehemiah
Chapter 60: Esther

Part 7: Job

Part 8: Psalm 1-75

Part 9: Psalm 76-150

Part 10:
Chapter 1: Proverbs
Chapter 32: Ecclesiastes
Chapter 44: Songs of Solomon

Part 11: Isaiah

Part 12:
Chapter 1: Jeremiah
Chapter 53: Lamentations

Part 13:
Chapter 1: Ezekiel
Chapter 49: Daniel

Part 14:
Chapter 1: Hosea
Chapter 15: Joel
Chapter 18: Amos
Chapter 27: Obadiah
Chapter 28: Jonah
Chapter 32: Micah
Chapter 39: Nahum
Chapter 42: Habukkuk
Chapter 45: Zephaniah
Chapter 48: Haggai
Chapter 50: Zechariah
Chapter 64: Malachi

New Testament:

Part 15:
Chapter 1: Matthew
Chapter 29: Mark
Chapter 45: Luke

Part 16:
Chapter 1: John
Chapter 22: Acts
Chapter 50: Romans
Chapter 66: Corinthians 1
Chapter 82: Corinthians 2

Part 17:
Chapter 1: Galatians
Chapter 7: Ephesians
Chapter 13: Philippians
Chapter 17: Colossians
Chapter 21: Thessalonians 1
Chapter 26: Thessalonians 2
Chapter 29: Timothy 1
Chapter 35: Timothy 2
Chapter 39: Titus
Chapter 42: Philemon
Chapter 43: Hebrews
Chapter 56: James
Chapter 61: Peter 1
Chapter 66: Peter 2
Chapter 69: John 1
Chapter 74: John 2
Chapter 75: John 3
Chapter 76: Jude
Chapter 77: Revelation

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Amazing production word-for-word and get Enhanced!

Without a doubt, get over any bias you have with your favorite bible translation, and get this! Download the enhanced format (64kbps/22kHz) stereo production and use a good set of earphones/earbuds and hold on! This brings to life what it was like to be there when each book was written. No additional wording, no additional explanations, just word-for-word NKJV bible! I am through to 2nd Samuel and can't wait to turn it on again and continue reading. Use this in the off times when you can't read the Book, like in the car, around the house, at lunch time. You will enjoy this. Keep on reading!

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