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The first Bible I read (back before I was Christian) was the King James, and I grew to love it for the sheer loveliness of many of the passages. Even then I knew it wasn’t the only one, of course, but I will always it.

The first Bible I started to read was the Douay-Rheims, I found it opaque.
Started reading the KJV; also opaque but I loved the soaring language.
Moved on to the NIV; easy to read but not for scholarship.
About eight years ago I switched to the updated NASB for use on this forum.
For reading I prefer the David Sterns: Complete Jewish Bible

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua

682 posted on 05/30/2008 9:02:08 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)

In your tagline, you have Christ saying He is the “Elohim of Ya’acov,” er, sorry, “Ya’acob” but “Elohim” is plural. Is that the literal word in the NAsbU? Just curious.

683 posted on 05/30/2008 9:07:49 AM PDT by Judith Anne (I was born at night, but not last night.)

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