Which Bible Translation Do You Use?

[rsr]

Primarily ESV, NASB and NET.

 

[Dr. Bob]

I memorize the KJV (slightly revised for modern language). I preach from a NKJV. Actually translate all texts myself and use the Griffin Expanded Version (GET Real Bible). :thumbs:

For devotional time this year I am using the ESV and enjoying it. I read through the Bible in about a 2-year time and have used a dozen different English translations over the past two decades.

I'd highly recommend using a different translation for devotions, bringing light and interpretive slant on passages.

 

[mcdirector]

I memorize the KJV (slightly revised for modern language). I preach from a NKJV. Actually translate all texts myself and use the Griffin Expanded Version (GET Real Bible). :thumbs:

For devotional time this year I am using the ESV and enjoying it. I read through the Bible in about a 2-year time and have used a dozen different English translations over the past two decades.

I'd highly recommend using a different translation for devotions, bringing light and interpretive slant on passages.

Talking of bringing things to light -- my friend (who is going to Italy on a mission trip) was reading Hebrews in the NIV and noticed Paul said -- Those in Italy send their greetings too (Bitsy's translation). She'd read it so many times and had missed that word - Italy! So she had to go run and get her KJV to see if had always been there and she'd just missed it. Sure enough, there it was.

She was really excited. Made me smile!

 

[go2church]

None other then the TNIV

 

[Rippon]

Ditto for me GTC .

 

[palagislandgirl]

NKJV or NIV
:godisgood:

 

[Squire Robertsson]

As an English speaker, I use the KJV. Herself, as a Russian speaker, uses the Russian Synodical Version.

 

[SouthernBelle]

KJV only. Always and Forever!!

 

[Rippon]

Why "only" , SB ? All of us have preferences , but we refer to several different versions . It's a more full-orbed approach .

BTW, I like to use a translation that differs from the one being preached from . I can follow along well enough . Plus , I can make notes on differences in the two texts to refer back to later .

 

[vbcpastorswife]

I only use KJB

 

[rbell]

KJV only. Always and Forever!!

Great. Now I've got a Luther Vandross song stuck in my head.

:laugh:

 

[Rippon]

SouthernBelle ( be grateful that I took the time to spell it out -- otherwise you'd be SB to me ), if you are KJO "always and forever " those adverbs are merely figurative . Do you think people had the idea in the past ( the KJV has been around for only a couple hundred years , not a millennium ) that The Vulgate was always and forever ?

 

[emelia_rose]

King James Version is the only Bible I use.

 

[4His_glory]

Right now the RVR.

 

[TC]

Addition

KJV, NKJV, ESV, NASB, NIV, NLT, AMP, ASV, Geneva, Bishops, Tyndale's NT, HCSB

I now use the TNIV also.

 

[A2J]

There are many Bible translations, but which one(s) do you use?

NASB, NIV, NJKV

:saint:

 

[Dan Todd]

Which Bible

I use KJV in my sermon notes.

I carry NKJV (Macarthur Study Bible)

I refer to the NASB if I want an accurate modern rendition.

 

[Psalm 95]

Swedish Folkbibeln (Conservative and in my mothertounge)
NIV (Readability)
KJV (Accuracy and tried by time)
NKJV (Accuracy, readability and the fact that my Thompson is in NKJV)
NASB (Accuracy)

 

[Askjo]

I only use the KJV because of the superiority over modern versions. I use the KJV for preaching, teaching, reading and studying. The KJV is the most accurate translation for English-speaking people available today.

 

[Alcott]

KJV only. Always and Forever!!

Forever? Oh, don't you wish!