[Guenevere]

Yes, the NIV is perhaps 8th grade level, but it's easy to read as well and I'm a simple person

I grew up reading the King James Version....and to this day, any memory work I have retained flows from those verses.

The ESV.... English Standard Version... is an excellent source and my husband recommends it, so I'm sure you will enjoy it.

[metmom]

My kids did Bible memory at one time using the NIV, so when I do any memory work, I have to use that for the passages they studied which I also ended up memorizing, but I use the ESV for new material.