What version of the Bible do you Own or have you read?

I read the New King James Version. I have read it for some time and tend to know where to find things in it. When I recall verses, that's the version I quote. I also enjoy reading the New Living Translation, though. My daughter really gets a lot out of reading it and she's 11.

Personally, I like to read the NIV, the New International Bible. I have nothing against the King James Version, but the King James Version was written 400 years ago and people wrote and talked different back then. I prefer the NIV because it is written in modern English and is easier for me to understand. Someday I would like to learn New Testament (Koine) Greek so that I can read the New Testament in the original language. Also, it would be nice to learn more about the customs that existed 2000 years ago when the New Testament was written. For instance, I did not used to know that locusts and wild honey are plants instead of insects.

I have read parts of the King James Version of the Bible. I own one of those. I have read all the way through the New International Version (NIV), the difference being that it is easier to understand. They have taken words that are difficult to know their meaning and translated them so that we can understand what they mean. I have several NIV versions of the Bible. I also have one version of the New King James Version...pretty much the same as the NIV. There are some things that really sound better in the King James Version, such as the Psalms and Proverbs. I enjoy reading those in their original form.

I also have the KJV. I think there are different translations in the Bibles which is probably an important factor different Religions use to discuss their teachings. An example of this is one of the popular verses Acts:20:28, the bible I have reads its as "...donates blood to The Church of Christ" and in other bibles I read it as "The Church of God" which are basically two different things in our religion.