The Amplified Version's tactics are horrible: In the "Amplified Version", it calls itself as "a rigorous attempt to go beyond the traditional “word-for-word" (aka it adds extra, unbiblical meanings into the text based on the writer's opinions on word meanings) and puts brackets around tons of words and basically claims to "expand the meaning of words in the text by placing amplification in parentheses, brackets, and after keywords" (Quotes Source from Amplied Version's founders named Lockman Foundation).

Basically the Amplified Version is junk as it adds extra words, which are not supposed to be in & are not found in the text, into the text and puts the Amplified Versions writers' extra opinions on what they think the words' meanings/definitons into the text inside brackets and parenthesis. The Amplified Version literally both confuses the reader and lets them pick and choose multiple word and word phrase defintions to add into one verse, rather than only having one firm word and word phrase for many verses. In sum, the Amplified Version is a loose, pick-and-your-multiple-choice-of-word-definitons and it makes it harder for readers to figure out what the Bible says and means.

For those who claim "the Amplified version has insight", the Amplified Version and its twin called the "Amplified Bible Classic Edition" have no insight, since they contradict 1 Samuel 17:50's account of David slaying Goliath in the valley of Elah [1 Samuel 17:19-51] by having Goliath physically dying two times in two seperate battles in both 1 Samuel 17:50 of David (many years before he became king) and 2 Samuel 21:19's battle of the Philistines vs King David! Stick with the King James Bible/KJB; avoid the Amplified Version/AMP.

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