My 22 year old daughter has expressed interest in reading The Bible. I was raised Catholic (school and all) I absolutely believe God Wins but I haven't practiced Catholicism in a long time, with the exeption of a daily phrase on The Bible app first thing every morning. My question is, is there a recommendation on what Bible she should read that she won't just get overwhelmed and not finish it. My first one was The Children's Bible as a kid. I'm not sure one of my traditional Bibles would keep her interested.
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Personally I'm not a fan, but many of my Bible study group enjoy reading the New Living Translation. It is written in easy to read English. A study Bible with inline notes could be helpful, for example the life application Bible.
I would also recommend following a reading plan, not just randomly reading. The youversion Bible app offers many reading plans. As a new believer I would suggest to look for The Bible recap - new testament plan. Every day it takes you through 3 or 4 chapters and then there is video of about 10 minutes as overview of what you read. If you don't want to use the app, you can also just look for the Bible recap channel on YouTube.
The problem with things like this are that Jesus taught in parable. When the words are re-written to be more modern and pragmatic it takes away from the original intent.
The user TaQo mentioned William Donahue. I think he made a good point with the modern phrase "shoot the bull" If the Bible were to be written today and it said Jesus and Peter went to the alley to shoot the bull about the day's events the New Translated version would say that Jesus and Peter went into an alley and fired a gun at a male cow. The meaning would be completely lost.