What version of the BIble do you use?

I use the KJV, but last semester, one of my friends gave me a New Testemant Bible in the New International Reader's Version, and it seems as if this one is more "relatable". In the KJV, I can understand everything, but I can't get past everything seeming as if it's locked into a monotonous unemotional uneventful setting. I'm going to buy/get a Bible in another translation, but still keep my KJV handy for an ultimate reference.

First of all I pray that this will not degenerate into a KJV-only debate. Such debates grow tiresome quickly and have no place in a forum intended for fellowship.

That said I currently primarily use the NIV for reading and devotions. So I'll vote for that one.

However, recently I have become a fan of the NASB which is not listed. This is supposed to be the most accurate word-for-word translation to english. I hope to get a copy of the NASB Study Bible at some point and possible make that my primary. Currently, I only have it on my computer.

The Amplified is also a good one. It's like having a study Bible rolled into the text. Multiple translations of the original language (Hebrew or Greek) are used to give a clear meaning of any particular passage. As a result of this the verses tend to get rather long and wordy. I'd only advise this translation for intensive study of passages of scripture. Not necessarily general reading.

If you're a teacher I'd highly recommend this translation.

(Note: I prefer the term "translation" rather than "version." It's more accurate and dosen't suggest a Bible 1.1.)

The two I use most frequently are the NRSV and the NAB -- the NRSV because I have the Oxford Study Bible, and the NAB because it's the text used in the Catholic mass readings (and I have a nice St. Joseph paperback edition).

-Chris

I like the NIV for its readability, the NASB for its accuracy and the KJV, though seldom read, because that is the Bible I memorized out of when I was younger. Personally do NOT care for THE MESSAGE. It sounds too little like a Bible.

KJV for me.

Like you, I use many different versions. However, my very favorite now is the Christian Standard Version. Get you a copy of the New Testament and you will soon see why! It is AWESOME!

KJV is all I use as well...and if sometimes it is too hard to understand I just rely on God to let me have the interpretation he wants me to have...not the interpretation of some other human...as most of your newer Bibles coming out now are interpretated by man...their version of what it says. I let God interpret to me what he wants to tell me through the word...not somebody elese interpretation.

I used the NIV for general reading purpose, and just about anything else for study.

I use a bunch of different versions.

I mostly use the NIV when I am reading in church and doing stuff with youth group or a Bible study there.

At home I do my own devotionals with the KJV as well as the NIV. And I use like 5 different translations (sometimes more) when I am preparing sermons.

i have a NASB which i really like and a few NIV's from highschool(they were required)

~sydney

i love my niv life application study bible it ROCKS

I use the NASB as my main translation. It is accurate and readable.

COrrect me if I'm wrong (I don't use this version) NASB= New American Standard Bible

i use the new international readers version(nirv). it's as simple as they come.

Has anyone using the Revised English Version? I remember hearing good things about it (is it an update of the CEV, or is it totally different?) but I've never looked at it.

-Chris