Don Johnson

Charis,

I mainly use e-sword, which is freeware and have many versions for free, some for money. I have ALT, ESV, GNB, KJV+ (w/ Strong’s numbering), KJVA (for apocrypha and KJV without Strongs), and LITV. The LITV says “wise ones”. These are all free.

I also have Bible Explorer, freeware, which has ASV, HCSB and many others for free, some others for money.

I also have NIV and TNIV as separate files.

I use Scripture4all for an interlinear.

I read a lot.

Think of any translation as a good faith effort to make it easy for you to adopt the understanding of someone else about what the Bible says. But realize it is someone else’s understanding.

The history of Bible interpretation tells one to be VERY WARY of an interpretation/translation that gives special priviledges to some subset group of believers that are NOT defined by what spiritual gifts they possess, for example, a church, popes, kings, slave owners, males.