Own and use a Catholic Bible Version

[CalCatholic]

Yes, I think the NAB, despite its faults, is substantially better than the ESV.
The ESV lacks the Deuterocanonical books and material. That alone should
disqualify it for use as the main devotional or study Bible for any Catholic.

Also, the ESV is a Protestant revision of the RSV. Whereas the RSV CE2
is a recent Catholic revision of the RSV. Now I can understand if someone
would not prefer the loose renderings still found in the current NAB in many
places (less so than in the 1970 version). but a Catholic would be better off
with the RSV CE2 than with the ESV.

I do have to admit that some of the problems in some Catholic translations are
just as bad as some of the problems in Protestant translations. And some
substantial good work has been done by Protestant scholars in translating
the Bible. But overall a Catholic should find a good Catholic edition for
devotion and study.

I agree Ron, I bought a copy of the ESV in 2005 before the RSV-2CE came out, but now I don’t see much reason in using the ESV. The changes made to the RSV-2CE were approved by the Vatican so that Ignatius Press could publish an English Lectionary, which it did (with the Vatican approval). The ESV is a good translation, but why use it if we have a Vatican approved translation based upon the same RSV.