What are your preferred Bible translations?

[FaithLife1]

My preferred Bible translations are MEV, NIV and NLT. I study a lot and I'm self taught.

Theirs a lot of Bible translations so I'm sorry if I forgot to add some to the poll, go ahead and make a post if yours isn't listed.

 

[Wrangler]

I prefer CEV, The VOICE and NLT.

 

[bekkilyn]

NRSV, NCV, and KJV.

I like the NRSV for its scholarship and having less issues with translation bias due to having a very diverse team of translators from multiple denominations. It also keeps much of the poetic feel of the KJV while being more up-to-date on language.

I like the NCV because it reads like a paraphrase without actually being a paraphrase. It's a real translation created by a team known for producing children's bibles.

Can't beat the KJV for it's literary value and poetic feel. It also happens to be a very good translation.

 

[Messerve]

I've never used the MEV, but I have one in the mail on the way here right now...

 

[Messerve]

I'm not sure the selection of translation is quite encompassing enough, though... It does seem like the NASB should be on there and a lot of people use The Message (which is a paraphrase actually, but...).

 

[FaithLife1]

I've never used the MEV, but I have one in the mail on the way here right now...

I hope you like it.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

KJV. If was good enough for the apostles it's good enough for me.

 

[Of the Kingdom]

I have been using the World English Bible (WEB) recently. I like the fact that it is based on the Byzantine (aka Majority) text family. I also like the NASB for its more literal renderings, and the NLT as an easy-reading version which seems to remain fairly accurate.

The NKJV has long been one of my favorites. The feature I like best is the footnotes which identify major textual variations. I haven't yet looked closely at an MEV Bible, but it may be a good replacement for the NKJV.

 

[SaintNick]

I got the good ole KJV.

 

[Monk Brendan]

My preferred Bible translations are MEV, NIV and NLT. I study a lot and I'm self taught.

Theirs a lot of Bible translations so I'm sorry if I forgot to add some to the poll, go ahead and make a post if yours isn't listed.

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I have a friend who prefers the KJV (complete one), NKJV, and its spinoff, the Orthodox Study Bible.

I know a Melkite priest, brought up speaking Arabic, who for his own personal reading prefers the original Jerusalem Bible in French.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

The Message has been quite refreshing, and I have taken quite an interest in the Author, Eugene Peterson, as he died this year. I now have a handful of his books which are really good, and give an insight into his thinking.
I use a few different translations, as it is good to compare.

 

[Messerve]

I hope you like it.

Yeah I think it will be useful as a study Bible if nothing else. I saw a chart of English translation from most literal to most paraphrased and it was toward the top of most literal, and I had never heard of it. So I wanted to give it a try.

Also have a portion of the Lexham Bible in the mail, too. The complete Bible isn't available in print yet.

 

[devin553344]

I like the KJV, probably an old habit.

 

[St_Worm2]

NASB .. then, in no particular order, I regularly use NKJV/KJV/ESV/NIVUK (or NIV 84')/NET/NLT

 

[Cash80]

NIV

 

[Theophilus2019]

The Revised Standard Version (RSV). It’s a decent translation and it’s language has a flow that the NIV lacks. I try to read the whole bible through once a year, usually stretching to two years, and I always read my RSV. But for study I use my NIV.

 

[Wrangler]

The Revised Standard Version (RSV). It’s a decent translation and it’s language has a flow that the NIV lacks.... But for study I use my NIV.

Why is that?

 

[Heavenhome]

The KJV for me.

I also have a New Testament KJ3 which is a literal word for word English translation from the Greek Textus Receptus Text.
It is by JP Green (Translator of the Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible)
I found this very interesting as for the main, the KJV is faithful to it, so I am happy with the King James.

 

[Cash80]

The KJV for me.

I also have a New Testament KJ3 which is a literal word for word English translation from the Greek Textus Receptus Text.
It is by JP Green (Translator of the Interlinear Hebrew-Greek-English Bible)
I found this very interesting as for the main, the KJV is faithful to it, so I am happy with the King James.

So, you never have times when KJV comes across to you as mind-boggling?

 

[GodLovesCats]

I voted for NIV because that version is the one I used to learn Christianity and the Vineyard (where I was saved) uses it. For those reasons I could never imagine myself using any other version. It is a Sudy Bible, with footnotes and a concordance section in the back.