Your Standard Bible

ESV...but I'm starting to like the NKJV even more than that one.

 

My standard Bible, like you Brother Ed, is a reproduction Authorised Version. I am very partial to the 1599 Geneva Bible, but it is WAY TOO BIG to take with me to church. If I know that our Pastor is going to preach from the Old Testament, I take my Septuagint. Since my wife uses the NKJV, I let her vote!!
I like my ESV, I simply like the AV1611 better as it contains the Apocrypha.

Whatever Bible you choose, just make sure that you read it daily!
Hope this post finds everyone well.

BiR

 

I voted for the KJV, that's the Book for me, the B-I-B-L-E YaY

Blessings, \o/

Kristi

 

New King James Version

 

I am encouraged at the number of folks who are using the ESV. For Ed, I haven't yet read the entire HCSB but look forward to doing so very soon.

 

I chose the ESV because if I could choose only one Bible to use for devotional reading, study, preaching, and teaching, the ESV would be my preference.

I like the fact that the ESV sticks firmly to formal equivalence without becoming excessively wooden like the NASB, which would be my choice for study.

Whenever I get the opportunity to preach or teach, I use the NIV because the vast majority of the congregation uses it. However, I would gladly replace the NIV with the HCSB, for I believe that it doesn't flirt with paraphrasing like the NIV does at times. Additionally, the HCSB has EXCELLENT footnotes which provide literal renderings of many, many verses when the translators felt that the main text should be more dynamically equivalent than formally equivalent. I've been using the HCSB for devotional reading lately.

However, if I MUST choose only one, I'd go with the ESV (or maybe the HCSB, but it wasn't on the list).

 

I am encouraged at the number of folks who are using the formal equivalence translations even though they require a little more effort.