What Holy Bible should I buy

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I have bought a

https://www.booktopia.com.au/holy-b...-edition--gustave-dore/prod9781435167933.html

It is out of stock, and can’t display a delivery time. It’s only $39.75
I started looking at buying another Holy Bible.
I have come across the Haydock Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible by Rev. George Haydock for sale with a comprehensive Catholic commentary I think it would be very beneficial to me learning from. It’s very expensive.
Could someone help me understand what bible I should buy and why. I’m a Roman Catholic all my life, from Ireland living in Australia. However, I feel like I’m a beginner, and never read that much, so I don’t believe I was a very good Roman Catholic. I would greatly appreciate any help understanding, which Holy Bible to buy, easiest to understand, and if it would be better to spend over $300 on the Haydock Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible by Rev. George Haydock that has the commentary.
 
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if it would be better to spend over $300 on the Haydock Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible by Rev. George Haydock that has the commentary.
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Good gravy, that’s expensive! The Haydock Commentary is public domain, so you can get a free copy of it. I use the app iPieta and read it from there. If you’re a beginner, I suggest you get a copy of the Didache Bible:

https://www.ignatius.com/The-Didach...he-Catechism-of-the-Catholic-Church-P532.aspx

It has quotes from the Catechism as commentary, and is a much cheaper price. You could afford to get it and a Douay-Rheims for under $300.
 
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To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in the Great Adventure Bible. No introductions to any of the books, barely any footnotes or cross references. Ascension Press really tooted its horn about incorporating the “Great Adventure” timeline, color coding and 70 “key events.”

For $20 less, the Didache RSV version is a much better deal with much more information, introductions, direct ties to the Catechism, and about 100 special topic passages.

I guess if you have the money for both it’s fine, but the Didache is much more useful in my opinion.

Of course, I long for the day when the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is available as a complete Old and New Testament. But I think that is years off.
 
Prowl thrift stores, used book stores, eBay and Amazon. You can purchase an assortment of excellent Catholic bibles for less than $100. I like to compare and contrast translations so as to form a more clear picture of God’s message.
 
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To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in the Great Adventure Bible
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So am I. I expected many footnotes. When working on my Cavins’ Bible Studies, I end us using other Bibles for the foot note concepts. This would not be my first/only choice.
 
Make sure you buy a Catholic Bible - the Bible you have shown is beautiful, but is is considered a classic collectible. I don’t know that it is a Catholic Bible.
 
I would also like to add the ipieta app is so abundant. It has Butler’s lifes of saints together with many other texts of saints and prayers. Thank you @Fauken for suggesting it. A gift from God that I needed. Glory be to the Lord!
 
There’s a list here. I usually select recent editions that are based on updated scholarship, and if possible what’s used for liturgy.

I’m not sure what’s used in AU, but it might be the CTS New Catholic Bible.
 
My two favourite Bibles are the Douay Rheims and the Knox. On occasion, I’ll also read the Ignatius Bible. But generally speaking, I refer translations of the Clementine Vulgate because they have all the verses, are translated without bias, and have orthodox footnotes.
 
If you did not already know this a major portion of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) was written in Hebrew and some of the last books were written in Greek. The New Testament was written entirely in Greek. Most of the Bibles were have in English are translations of the original Hebrew and Greek.

One of the more faithful translations of the Bible is the Revised Standard Version. However, they are no longer available. The more recent translation is New Revised Standard Version which kind of makes use of the more universal one instead of man. For example Matthew 4:4 is “Man does not live on bread alone…” in the RSV while as in the NRSV it is “One does not live on bread alone …”

There are many bible apps that are used today. The HolyBible app by youversion has the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) which is used in all the liturgy in the United States of America.
 
Isn’t the Ignatius Bible the RSV? If so, then it is still available!
 
I got mine at the beginning of the month and it is by far my favorite bible! Have fun reading! 😊
(My comment isn’t right after…this is in reference to the Great Adventure bible)
 
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Plunky said:
I would greatly appreciate any help understanding, which Holy Bible to buy, easiest to understand, and if it would be better to spend over $300 on the Haydock Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible by Rev. George Haydock that has the commentary.
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Loreto Publications sells a brand new Haydock Bible in leather for $125 USD. It is still pretty expensive, but I believe it is worth it. The only bible that would be better is the Ignatius Study Bible. It is only $30, but the OT is still not ready, so it is only the NT. Still, if you can’t afford the Haydock Bible, at least get the Ignatius one. Either one will help your understanding of the Catholic Faith.
 
I settled for the Haydock Douay-Rheims Bible by
Fr Haydock. It was very expensive. I tried quite a few online book shops, and the Catholic book shop in Brisbane Queensland Australia didn’t sell this copy. Most of the book shops including Amazon didn’t ship to Australia. However I did find one that did. It cost $339.08 Australian Dollars. But I will have it for ever, and if I can reference the meaning and learn from the holy bible. It’s money very well spent.
I would like to thank everyone for there helpful comments and information.
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Dear Plunky:

I currently have six Bibles. All are Catholic editions. I list them as follows:
  1. New American Bible.
  2. Catholic Truth Society Revised Jerusalem Bible.
  3. RSV CE Bible.
  4. Didache Study Bible.
  5. 1950 Douay Rheims Bible.
  6. This is my favourite - the 1958 Douay-Westminster Bible. It is a beautiful Bible, that previously belonged to my late grandfather.
In the next few months, I plan to get:
  1. New Living Translation Catholic Edition.
  2. St Benedict’s Press Douay-Rheims Bible.
  3. RSV 2CE Bible.
Try and pick one of these Bibles. If you live in the United States, then perhaps the New American. Otherwise, the New Catholic Bible would be good starters.

Beware of Protestant Bibles. They should really only be used to refute Protestant arguments (they only are interested if you use their own Bible), or to study the errors contained in such books.

God Bless!
 
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It cost $339.08 Australian Dollars. But I will have it for ever, and if I can reference the meaning and learn from the holy bible. It’s money very well spent.
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Congrats! I have spent much more than that myself for one or two Haydock Bibles ( I have 6 of them!) Your picture isn’t working; I am interested in knowing if you bought a modern printing or an old original.
 
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