Looking first at the night and day difference between Formal Translation of Scripture and so-called Dynamic Equivalence, this article then goes on to examine the inarguably weak translation theory behind the New International Version (complete with 26 examples) when compared to formal translations such as the KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, and others. We hope this article will serve as a wake up call to many at just how deficient this now number one selling Bible really is.