One of Adrian Rodgers famous sayings: For one to understand Gods Word, there are 3 important ideals. 1. Know who the book was written to. 2. Know what it actually meant to those whom it was written to. 3. Then you can properly apply to you life. The KJV is my preference, howbeit, to know what it meant to whom it was written to, takes an enormous amount of study! Ancient Hebrew, Mesopotamian, Armenian, Greek, Ugarit. Once you understand how vastly different the different ancient languages were, you are able to grasp exactly what is meant. And that is mind blowing!!!! Our English language doesn’t give the Word justice compared to the original languages.