Today, I am comparing and reviewing both the Inspire Bible
by Tyndale and the Beautiful Word Coloring Bible by Zondervan. I’ve taken pictures of common illustrated verses in both Bibles so you can see differences and similarities between the two Bibles. In the images of the two Bibles, Inspire is on the top, Beautiful Word is on the bottom.
Both Bibles have
various line art illustrations for the reader to color while connecting with
the Word of God. Both Bibles also have lined 2” margins for pages that don’t
have any illustrations on them.
Some differences between the two Bibles include: the Inspire
Bible has cream pages and the Beautiful Word Bible has white pages;
the Inspire
Bible has an elastic band that can keep your Bible closed (I chose not to use
mine); at the beginning of every book, the Inspire Bible has illustrations on
each one, while the Beautiful Word doesn’t have illustrations on every book
title page;
the Inspire has beautifully printed end papers that you can color,
but the Beautiful Word has very simple already colored end papers.
One thing I really like about the Inspire is
their index of designed scripture. The Beautiful Word only has an index divided
by artist, which is cool in its own way.
The Inspire has 392 illustrated verses
(I counted what was listed in the index. There are some illustrations that are
floral, but not verses. These are not listed in the index); Beautiful Word has
437 illustrated verses (I’m going to assume that all the ones listed in the
index are verses that have been illustrated). The Beautiful Word is NIV;
Inspire is NLT.
One thing I really like about the Inspire is that there is a
large print edition available, which I bought for my mom so we could illustrate
our faith together. Something I found
unique about the Beautiful Word is the amount of full-page illustrations. The
Inspire has a few full-page illustrations, but it seems that there are more
full-page illustrations in the Beautiful Word.
I’m
not going to tell you my favorite of the two. I hope this answered some basic
questions about the two Bibles. If you have any more questions, ask, and if I
can answer them, I will. Hope you have a wonderful day!
