You can’t go wrong with the original King James Version.
It included the Apochrypha.
NKJV is the cats meow.
Don't you mean the REVISED King James Version?
Ah, it included the “apocrypha,” but made poor distinction between what Luther and James slanderously called apocrypha, and what had been ommitted for a thousand years, and sliced and diced Esther and Daniel so that the deuterocanonical sections made no sense and couldn’t be read in sequence. For instance, 1 and 2 Esdras:
“1 Esdras” (really 3 Esdras) is a redaction into one volume of Ezra (formerly 1 Esdras) and Nehemiah (formerly 2 Esdras). Because some ancient Greek texts used 3 Esdras (”1 Esdras”) instead of 1 and 2 Esdras, some historical Catholic bibles include it. However, because it contained no unique doctrine (being simply a shorter redaction of other Catholic books), the Council of Trent did not include it in its list of books which Christians must defend as inspired truth. Sometimes, it is referred to as “Greek Ezra.”
“2 Esdras” is a sequel to “Greek Ezra,” and hence, refers to itself as the “second” book of Esdras, even though it is the fourth Christian book known as “Esdras.” I’m not sure if any Eastern Churches use it, but it has never been included in the Catholic bible, before or after King James.
Even James’ naming scheme seems deliberate confusion, since at the time “1 Esdras” and “2 Esdras” were the names used by Catholics for Ezra and Nehemiah.