The New American Bible Revised. The King James Version. The Message. The New Revised Standard Version—Catholic Edition. The Jerusalem Bible. The English Standard Version. The New American Standard Bible. Among the hundreds of translations of the Bible into English, which one is the best one? Do you want to read a Bible that stays as closely as possible to every word of the original Hebrew and Greek? Or a “thought to thought” translation? Or both? Is it to study the Bible—or for devotional purpos