Best Translation

Question:

What is the best translation of the Tanach into English? I mean the one closest to the original. Thanks.

AskTheRabbi.org answered:

My personal preferences are either the ArtScroll Nach or The Living Torah and The Living Nach by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan.

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