Which Bible translation do you use at home?

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The New Revised Standard Version CE for now till I can buy a better translation.
 
I use the Revised Standard Version CE, First Edition. I hope to get the second soon, but I do own most of the popular English translations, and it depends on what I am doing. If writing, I use the RSVCE with the NAB’s/Jerusalem’s footnotes, the Ignatius Study Bible, or the Navarre Bible (complete with Vulgate!) If just reading for Lectio, I use the NAB. If I want to sound like a Traddie, I use the Douay or Knox.

I recommend all of them for a better view of Catholic teaching, and how language has progressed. But the RSV-CE (not the NRSV-CE), the Vulgate, and the Septuagint are the three best. Stick with those, and you can’t go wrong.

Pax et bonum,
Joseph
 
Too bad we cannot choose more than one… I use several different translations both printed and electronic. I often try to read the same passage from the different translations to see if any one particular translation works the best…
 
I chose the Douay-Rheims on the poll, but I also use the New American (St. Joseph edition).
 
New American Bible for me.

I just bought the New Catholic Answer Bible. Since I am going to RCIA in a few weeks it seemed like a good purchase and it was, I have learned things in the question and answer sections.
 
I prefer the Jerusalem Bible (not the new one but the old one). But I use the NAB study bible for, uh, study.
 
My personal Bible is the New Jerusalem Bible but I also have the NAB (big family Bible), NRSV (Canadian Lectionary translation), King James (it belonged to my deceased MIL) and various English and French translations of the NT given to my children in school, Scouts, etc.

I have to admit that I’m partial to the language of the King James translation even if I know it’s not a Catholic Bible. It reads better than the NAB & NRSV by a long shot.
 
Orthodox Study Bible (which has the complete LXX, including books not in the Latin Canon), King James (complete), and New King James.
 
RSV-CE and the DR, depending on what I’m doing. My daily readings usually comprise both. I’ll read a chapter\book from the DR, and usually follow up by reading the same chapter\book from the RSV. Takes a lot longer to read through, but it gives me a clearer understanding of things reading the two translations.

I prefer the DR for it’s old English sound\reading, but admit, that the RSV is a bit of an easier read.
 
I’m a Confraternity guy. To me, no Bible comes better- it retains the dignified style of the DR, but it is completely readable to the 21st century Catholic.

A shame the Old Testament wasn’t translated like the New though. For the Old Testament, I am still looking for a Bible I like.
 
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