Bible Translations: Which do You Use? Your Church?

Hello friends:

I wonder if you would mind sharing with us which translation(s) of the
Bible you use in your own study and devotions, and which
translation(s) your church use(s).

For convenience, here is a list of many of the most widely-used
English translations of the Bible. I have listed them from earliest
to latest. If there are any that you would like to include that are
not listed here, please feel free to do so.

Major English Translations of the Bible

D-R - Douay-Rheims Bible (1610)
AV (or KJV) - King James Version, or Authorized Version (1611)
RV - Revised Version (1885)
ASV - American Standard Version (1901)
JPS - [Old Testament] Jewish Publication Society of America Version
(1917)
RSV - Revised Standard Version (1952)
Phil - Phillips New Testament in Modern English (1958)
JB - Jerusalem Bible (1966)
NEB - New English Bible (1970)
NAB - New American Bible (1970)
NASB - New American Standard Bible (1971)
TLB - The Living Bible [a paraphrase, not a translation] (1971)
GNB - Good News Bible (1976)
NIV - New International Version (1978)
NKJV - New King James Version (1982)
NJB - New Jerusalem Bible (1985)
NJPS - [Old Testament] New Jewish Publication Society of America
Version (1985)
NRSV - New Revised Standard Version (1989)
REB - Revised English Bible (1989)
ESV - English Standard Version (2001)

Some other translations are listed in these two Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_English_Bible_translations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_English_Bible_translations

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Sincerely,

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Brett
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