# Which Bible do you use? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791 "2000-01-13T15:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/41 "2000-01-14T19:26:00Z")
That’s not a contradiction, that’s a question. And how **dare** you question the holy book?! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/42 "2000-01-14T19:36:00Z")
I’d have to say that Strunk and White’s _The Elements of Style_ is what I consider to be my Bible. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/43 "2000-01-14T21:56:00Z")
I’ve found the New International Version to be the thickest and most absorbent. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/44 "2000-01-14T22:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > How is it possible that Fingolfin would be able to almost defeat Morgoth in battle, when Morgoth is one of the Ainur, and Fingolfin is only an Elf? Because it was Iluvatur’s will, that’s why! (Whew, I’ve wanted to come across with that line for soooooo long, and I finally got the chance! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/45 "2000-01-15T05:29:00Z")
Well, I, for one, am shocked and aghast the no one has mentioned the One True Bible: _The Straight Dope_ by Cecil Adams. 🆒 Oh, _that_ Bible. I use the RSV (The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Aposcypha, Expanded Edition, Revised Standard Version, for longhair 😉 ) Why? Because when I took my theology class, and gave the textbook person my class schedule, that’s the bible she gave me with my other texts. (There was a list of acceptable translations, but that was the one recommended by the instructor for anyone who didn’t have one of the translations listed.) * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “We are here! You are saved!” --R. & F. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/46 "2000-01-15T07:49:00Z")
I’m personally partial to the New Jerusalem Bible, because it combines accuracy of translation with ease of reading. The NJB is my main study bible. For plain old ease of reading, I like the New American Bible. I also have a Douay-Rheims bible, which I don’t read much because I find the archaic English a bit hard to chew through. For literature and poetry, I like the King James Version with what the Protestants like to call the Apocrypha. The Straight Dope Encyclopedia is the Ultimate Reference Set. I found the Silmarillion a bit depressing. * * * I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - Arthur Dent ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/47 "2000-01-15T09:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Now, Opal, I think that’s overreacting a bit. Saying that I find it annoying is “overreacting”? Uh… ooooookaaaaaay! Let’s all tread REALLY LIGHTLY around ole Dave here, he is easily excited and we wouldn’t want to startle him! * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/48 "2000-01-15T14:04:00Z")
Actually, you said you found it “irritating.” And my point, which was clearly spelled out, was that generally when people are not included in a question around here, they don’t post talking about how irritating it was for them not to be included. But since you’re so easily irritated, I won’t bring it up again. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791/49 "2000-01-16T03:48:00Z")
I have several, loan them out, get them back, loan them out again. I keep and use the New Jerusalem Bible in paperback and miss the copiously annotated hardback (used to take one out at the library). It seems so clear without the modern lingo. The Anchor Bible is what I want when I want to go behind the words. I only own a couple but library has most of the set. I very seldom get past the OT anyway. * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bible-do-you-use/12791.md?page=2)