Version of the bible?  

I have always used the KJV also,but unless Iam at church for the pastor to explain what the text means then I read the NIV Rainbow and copare the verses to each other.

That is very understandable. There are some words and verses that are hard to understand in The KJV. I have had to have them explained to me also before.

A lot of times I have even called my pastor up and asked him what something means.

I enjoy the NLT at the moment (New living translation - similar to NIV but more recent). Personally other than personal taste I don't understand why KJV is so commonly used still - surely our understanding of the idioms in the original Hebrew and Greek have improved since a few hundred years ago, and seeing as we are not reading it in our original language we may as well translate the scriptures into a modern form of our language for the best understanding, not a way of speaking which isn't used today.

The aim of the KJV was to take the inaccessible latin and bring it into plain english so anyone of those times could understand it even without an education. Surely we should continue in it's aim by widely using a translation in today's plain english so any young person can understand this easily even if they haven't come from a church background and grown up with KJV?

Is the "thou" a typo or do you also speak like the KJV? :D

As long as people are understanding God's word, that's what's important.

Yes, "thou" is a typo. I'm not sure what word I was going use there.
Yes, you are right. As long as we can understand God's word, that's what matters.

In my daughter's Sunday school they had the same bible,because it is easier for the kids to understand(adults too!).A knew youth pastor came to the church and made them get rid of them and only use KJV.Now,he is gone,so I guess they went back to their previous bible.

I have not been able to find a bible dictionary.

Do you have any Bible Book Stores in your area if so call one of them and they should have them, Strong's is a good one.

We have the Christian Family Bookstores.I guess I should of said that I did not find one that I liked.I did not find one that was easy to use.I'd be more confused

I have an NIV Womens edition.The secretary of the church,which is a friend and a member at the church suggested the NIV Rainbow bible.She said that her and the pastors wife both us them.I saw it and really liked it.That Christmas she and the church gave me one.

That's so nice of them to do. Bibles are so expensive considering you can get one for free if you stay the night in a hotel lol.

Tisk,tisk,stealing a bible.

Our church give's people bible's,which I think is good.They give the KJV bible to anyone who comes to the church,even the first time.We may never see them again.But,God know's that we gave then His word.Our church also takes up collections and give to Gideon,which is the place that put's those bible's in the hotels.So,I guess you didn't actually steal it Besides that you cannot steal God's word.He gave it to us freely!

Very true! That's good that your church gives them away. I have never gotten a Bible from church, but maybe when your family is the minister, preacher or whichever they don't give you anything like that because they realize you probably have tons of them

My pastor realizes not everyone can afford to buy one,they are not cheap.No one should sell them making a profit off God's word! Our church buys them in bulk and will give one to anybody who doesn't have one.I have not seen a large church do that.He also knows that there are some people out there that were not even raised knowing what a bible is and would not even know where to go and buy one.I have seen people like that.

Your right it is important and does take a lot of thought.That's why I use the NIV Rainbow to compare.

I agree