Your favorite Bible versions (not translation- KJV etc)

My wife and I probably have around 40 Bibles between the 2 of us. That includes little Gideon New Testaments given to me in elementary, and high school, as well as some we rescued from trash bins ( my wife carries one she saved out of her neighbor's trash that was put there by his family when he passed away), and a garage sale where they were buried under dozens of other books, toys, pages wrinkled, dog eared. I am currently carrying a Nelson study Bible that was found that way (only $.50!!).

I have read scriptures for almost 40 years, and in all of my reading, I always go back to my Thompson Chain Reference Bible. IMO, it it's the best: I haven't detected any bias towards any denomination, and once you learn the "chain reference" system, it is a great study Bible.

Thompson ranks #1 with me and the Key Word Hebrew- Greek Bible #2 Concordia makes a good reference Bible as we'll.

Anyone have a favorite, go-to Bible, no matter what other version they may be reading at the time?

rocknanchor said:

Ya got me thinking of what ever happened to mine? I was loving the CR, the links in it start to become fluid, interesting. Been missing for decades. Time for update.

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I got away from mine as well (I've had mine since '96), but listening to Derek Prince, had me going back to read it again (he sometimes refers to NIV texts, which is what my Thompson is), and I rediscovered how excellent the chain reference system is. Ollie's discount store recently had Thompson Bibles in NASB, but I shuddered at purchasing another Bible.

The story of how Frank C. Thompson, and his wife developed the system is pretty good as well.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is another great resource, although the book version (that I own) can be cumbersome. I usually use Bible Hub's online version. Look for (TSK) to use it.