[b]Rachel721 wrote:[/b] [quote]there's one that's closest to the original greek and hebrew (KJV) and one that tries to translate the greek and hebrew into where there aren't so many thees and thous (NKJV/NIV), then there's the study bible which goes into deep detail of every greek word (more than one word per greek word) (amplified), then there's the new living version (red letters) where it basically summarizes the bible (not a very good one). there's more of an explanation.[/quote] Actually... The closet to the Greek and Hebrew would be interliner. Then NASB followed by NKJV I believe. KJV actually is pretty far down the list. NLT is pretty much a modern street way of saying things... NIV has excellent readiblity and is very close to the original Hebrew/Greek.