Best bible to read

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Hey everybody may god bless us all in this time of crisis and the peace of our lord Jesus Christ be with us all always. Now I’m having a little bit of confusion I’m 18 and I have the Douay Rheims 1899 version Catholic Bible and I like it but I’m sort of more simple when it comes to reading and comprehension and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about what catholic bible I should read. Thank you god bless you and keep you.
 
I think that you should more likely go for the New revised standard version(NRSV) Lectio divina
Catholic edition.I use that there’s an explanation of the scriptures and how we should reflect the scriptures in our daily life and pray and act out the scriptures,You have to give that a read and it will be your companion for your whole life.God loves you and I love you too.
 
As long as your Bible has the deuterocanonical books, I don’t really think it matters much what you read. Personally I use Douay Rheims and RSVCE, but I have other Bibles. The Bible that really got me into reading the Bible, was the NRSVCE, although I know some people have issues on the inclusive language, which to be fair is not exactly absent from the NABRE we use in Mass in the United States. My sister has a Good News Bible Catholic edition, which is good in the sense that it’s a fairly easy read, but there is some translator bias. I do like that it’s Illustrated though. Ultimately though, you have to weigh what you want in the Bible, I’m more literal, so I tend to prefer more literal translations. It’s finding that balance between Dynamic and literal, I think that is where people run into problems , because I’m not going to lie, DR bibles are hard to read. I know I didn’t answer your question directly, but Catholic answers does have a guide to Bible versions. Bible Translations Guide
 
I think the classic answer to “what Bible should I read” is ‘the one you will actually pick up and read’, within due reason, of course. If you can find a confraternity edition (they’re older, but you can find ones at church bazaars) that may be a good choice; also Scott Hahn and Curtis Mich have at least a New Testament that has lots of pretty orthodox commentary and explanation which you might like - - I think that is RSV-CE or RSV-CE2 (Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition).
 
I own the NAB, Douay Rheims, and the RSVCE. Based on Scott Hahn’s recommendation, I bought the RSVCE and really enjoy it because of its readability, translation, and commentary. If there’s a certain verse or chapter that I want to dive into further I will compare it with DR. I have the NAB around simply because the revised Lectionary is based on it.
 
Isn’t that translation by Ron Conte, who has some troubling theological positions and isn’t trained as a theologian? It’s admittedly been a while since something of his has popped up on the forums.
 
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I don’t put my interests by who it’s translated. As long as its good.
 
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Isn’t that translation by Ron Conte, who has some troubling theological positions and isn’t trained as a theologian?
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From the Version Information: “The sole translator and editor of the Catholic Public Domain Version is Ronald L. Conte Jr.”
 
Hi Aaron!

How about the new New Living Translation Catholic Edition from Tyndale? It’s easy to read and quite inexpensive. You can order it from Amazon. Enjoy!
 
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