Which bible do you follow? The original catholic version or the protestant St. James version?

Answer 1

I use a Catholic Bible, usually the New American version: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

NWT, Why?

Old Testament:
In fact, the New World Translation is a scholarly work. In 1989, Professor Benjamin Kedar of Israel said:
"In my linguistic research in connection with the Hebrew Bible and translation, I often refer to the English edition as what is known as the New World Translation. In doing so, I find my feeling repeatedly confirmed that this kind of work reflects an honest endeavor to achieve an understanding of the text that is as accurate as possible. Giving evidence of a broad command of the original language, it renders the original words into a second language understandably without deviating unnecessarily from the specific structure of the Hebrew....Every statement of language allows for a certain latitude in interpreting or translating. So the linguistic solution in any given case may be open to debate. But I have never discovered in the New World Translation any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain."

New Testament:

While critical of some of its translation choices, BeDuhn called the New World Translation a “remarkably good” translation, “better by far” and “consistently better” than some of the others considered. Overall, concluded BeDuhn, the New World Translation “is one of the most accurate English translations of the New Testament currently available” and “the most accurate of the translations compared.”—Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament.

“Here at last is a comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible:

King James Version,
New American Standard Bible,
New International Version,
New Revised Standard Version,
New American Bible,
Amplified Bible,
Today's English Version (Good News Bible),
Living Bible,
and the New World Translation.

The book provides a general introduction to the history and methods of Bible translation, and gives background on each of these versions. Then it compares them on key passages of the New Testament to determine their accuracy and identify their bias. Passages looked at include:

John 1:1; John 8:58; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1

Jason BeDuhn
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair
Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion
Northern Arizona University

Answer 3

The Catholic Bible

Merry Christmas

Answer 4

I read the original Catholic Bible which is the Douay-Rheims version which is directly translated from the early Greek and is older that the KJV and much more accurate.

Answer 5

I use the Duey-Rheims Bible and other Catholic versions. After all, the Church existed before the Bible and it was only the Catholic Church for the first 1500 years.

Answer 6

The Roman cult dose not have the "original" bible... there is no original text existant today...And I have never heard of a "St james" bible... I do use The King James for most study as it contains the strongest english closest to the intended meaning...

Answer 7

There are hundreds & hundreds of versions of the bible out there, many of them claiming to follow the original text, and many of those even contradicting each other in significant ways. So whether God is real or not, the one thing you can be sure of is that the bible was written by men, not by God!

Answer 8

there are many version of bible. and the in fact considerable changes were made in the bible. for example old testimony and new testimony. in the foreword of new testimony it is mention that ",,,,so many no. of scholars backed by ...,.... ,...(in short so many human being )" sat together and made some changes in the old testimony..... so the bible does not remained the word of god.After-all making all of these editions they say that this is word god.
where Allah(god) say in quran: v 2:79
"Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allah(god)," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby."

Answer 9

I follow the original Hebrew and Greek texts.

Answer 10

All versions of the Bible are beneficial for study. here are some links for those who desire to compare translations. My personal choice for reading & studying is the NW translations, (top link) but I look to other translations for variation in translating particular passages.

http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/index.htm

http://www.biblegateway.com/

http://www.bible.org/netbible/

http://www.bible.com/

http://www.carm.org/bibleonline.htm

http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=Psalms+83%3A18§ion=0&version=kjv&new=1&oq=&NavBook=ps&NavGo=83&NavCurrentChapter=83