“The Bible of choice for conservative Christians is the KJV.”
What bible should conservative Catholic Christians use?
If I may be so bold as to answer, though ...
I recommend either the Douay-Rheims/Challoner translation (the original of which predates "king james" by several years) or the Catholic edition of the Revised Standard Version.
The RSV-Catholic version (which doesn’t have the PC Feminist language. The RSV is, all things considered, still the best rendering from the new (1800s) manuscript base.
The KJV and Douay-Reims-Challoner are roughly equivalent, both good, but from the older manuscript base. And you do have to know what some archaic English language terms mean or you will misunderstand (i.e., “prevent” means to “go before,” not to “block” or “obstruct”).
The Catholic NAB is worthless, totally worthless, worse than worthless.
THe Knox translation is good, wonderfully readable, but it’s the work of one man and I wouldn’t rely on it exclusively. I use the RSV, Douay, Knox, KJV.
The NRSV is worse than worse than worthless. The ASV is not bad—a more literal version of the RSV, new manuscript base.
Conservative Catholic Christians should be happy with the Jerusalem Bible. I like the way it reads in both the original French and the English translation.
Actually, I just checked and there is an update. The New Jerusalem Bible which is available online: http://www.catholic.org/bible/