[Mercat]

Actually, I read a lot of reviews but then I started reading on the BacktotheBible website, their daily verses that get you through the Bible in one year. I'm on my second time through. At first, I would use some of the other translations and/or compare them as I went along but found that the NIV was very readable and that I was comfortable with it theologically. I also enjoy the fact that I can get it read to me on those mornings (like this one) when my poor eyesight is worsened by temporary ulcers and allergies. The experience has blessed me immeasurably and if I were going to worry about getting the exactly correct translation, I would still be reading reviews instead of the Bible. In fact, being type A, I would be studying ancient greek and arabic so I could read the thing in the original. IMHO, without the original language, there will be never ending guesses, some good, some bad, of what the exact wording should be.

[RaceBannon]

The link I posted above is not a review, but a side by side display of the verses that the NIV totally leaves out, and the changes in wording and doctrine it creates with the word changes. The NIV is a corrupt translation. I realize it is a more modern English, but the KJV is still readable for those who have good reading skills.