Mike+ My humble response: John+ > Which translation of the Bible do you normally use for your devotional > reading? [KJV for Daily Office and NIV for some other devotional reading] > > Which translation of the Bible do you normally use for Bible study > (Sunday school, personal study, etc)? [Sunday school: wide range, personal serious study, e.g. preparing sermons: KJV and ESV] > > Which translation of the Bible do you normally recommend to other people > for their use in devotional reading? [NIV, for only inexperienced people have asked me. Were more advanced readers of the Bible to ask, I would suggest ESV] > > Which translation of the Bible do you normally recommend to other people > for their use in Bible study (Sunday school, personal study, etc) [Same as above] > > Which translation of the Bible do you normally use in formal public > worship (the lectionary readings/daily offices/etc)? [KJV] > > For those of you using the Three-Year Lectionary, which translation do > you most often use? [Whee! don't bring that subject up!] > > Regardless of availablity, which translation of the Bible would you like > to see used as the standard for English speaking people? [KJV for liturgical use and ESV otherwise]