Anyone know what bible to buy? There's so many versions out there, I wanna get the most accurate English one though.
Never really been the religious type, Protestant, never really been to church or read the bible Never owned one either, and as I turn 18 next month, I wanna connect with God and form a relationship with him, for this next part of my life.
ESV is a direct translation from the Hebrew and Aramaic to modern English. It it a bit cumbersome at times because the version translates the actual sentence structure from those languages.
KJV uses outdated English but is very accurately translated from the original languages.
NKJV is just updated KJV and not a direct translation but a translation of the KJV translation.
NIV tries to use the most common translation structure for all english usage around the world. Warning some verses are missing.
ESV is my personal favorite.