I prefer the NRSV.
In addition to the earlier mentioned biblegateway.com, I also like Biblestudytools.com
I use the NRSV for most reading, though I also use the NIV (2011), CEV and ESV sometimes. My wife and I spent far too much on Logos Bible Software, but it does come in handy. Their app on my phone isn’t great, mainly because my phone is old.
Vance, welcome here! I remember 03cobra from the NET Bible forum (I was Mercury there). It’s the car, not the poisonous reptile, right? 
Yes, it is the car not the poisonous reptile.
But after 17 years, I sold my supercharged 2003 Mustang Cobra Convertible.
I still have my Charger R/T, so I am not hot rod deprived.
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Had anyone read Alter’s translation here?
Lately, I’ve been enjoying the Step Bible (www.stepbible.org) while my wife and I are doing a study from NT Wright in Romans.
I guess my favorite bible translations are New American Standard Bible and the Literal Modern Translation. I prefer actual books and don’t enjoy reading on my phone when it comes to books. But I do enjoy using bible gateway to copy and post scriptures and bible hub to do word studies and see the actual language. I don’t really like study bibles with the exception of noting differences in manuscripts about earlier or later translations of word.
Currently I’m looking for a good hebrew bible written by Jews that has the Hebrew and English running together. Want to compare it to the Old Testament. I keep seeing highly respected and educated Jewish teachers mention how the Christian old testaments are often slightly translated differently. I won’t to explore this possible contention.
I have been prototyping a new “Bible search engine”, and now I’d like to introduce it to you all to test it out. I’d be glad to hear comments/suggestions, bug reports too 
Under the hood the search index currently consists of 12 different versions of the Bible (AKJV, ASV, BBE, DBY, DRV, ERV, FBV, KJV, Webster, WEB, WMBB and YLT).
The search index allows semantic search features (to some extent) in addition to “full-text searching”. For example, searching for “snake”, the infamous verse Genesis 3:1 is also returned (which in most translations contains word “serpent” instead of “snake”).
In addition to searching, biblesearch.es lets you read the Bible in any of the above mentioned versions and lets you compare verses (verse comparison tool can be found after making a search).
Feature requests and all comments much appreciated!
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Looks interesting. Will give it a try!
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I’m still basically in the same boat. My preferred translation is NASB but mostly because it’s what I’m most use to. I still don’t like study bibles. For some reason it annoys me when a page is split in half and then the sentences from the Bible vs the sentences from the study notes end on different pages. I much rather have a Bible with separate commentaries.
Now despite NASB being what I prefer, I almost always read the same chapter in multiple translations using Biblehub which is my favorite app.
I really want to get Richard Rohr’s volumed Bible though.
I favor the NRSV because it is generally the one critical scholars quote from. NIV is solid but its an evangelical leaning translation. The misses uses NLT for ease of reading. I did recently switch though to a large print red letter St Josephs Catholic Bible for Bible study because it was cheap from a book barn ($10) and has large print whereas my NRSV did not.
I use bible gateway a lot! Type in “Ezekial 37 NRSV” into the search/url bar and the Bible gateway page for it should be the first link. Pick any book of the Bible and chapter and that works for me. That is pretty much how I look up all my scripture now when writing. I have been bringing the phone to Bible study lately though… Turn it sideways and make the screen bigger. Those tiny letters are a pain so for me any edition with giant print is preferable for Bible study.
Just for individual works and sections in his commentaries.
Logos is amazing, especially if you can afford some extra resources!
edited to add… Ezekiel not Ezekial…zing…
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I use biblegateway because it has RSV which is the Bible I read first and continued to read during the 20 years becoming a Christian. I use biblehub when I want to look at the original language.
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Honestly, I think my (not as giant as advertised) Giant Print ESV really should have come with wheels attached and one of those retractable luggage handles. It’s monumental. Hardly portable. Something that might have been found chained to a reinforced book stand in a church during the Reformation.
Phil, I use two different ereaders. I have the free ESV version (Global Study Bible) on each of them. It’s pretty good but the navigation from book to book and chapter to chapter could actually be greatly improved.
I’ve started using Blue Letter Bible as my phone app bible. Pretty easy to navigate and offers a variety of versions.
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A colleague of mine gave me a “Tree of Life” version (Messianic Jewish Bible) which I’m enjoying reading through right now. Any “Mary” in the text is “Miriam” and all the “James” is “Jacob”. I’m also getting used to the different order of books in the orginal testament. It’s making me more familiar with some Hebrew terms like “Ruach” for ‘breath’.
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Bible Gateway, Biblehub and was using and enjoying the Bible project app.
the realm of Bible apps and versions. There’s an impressive array available, each catering to different preferences. From my perspective, a few prominent ones include YouVersion, Bible Gateway, and The One Bible app. However, I must emphasize that the selection should align with individual needs and interpretations. Feel free to explore them to find the one that resonates with you the most!
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I like bible gateway and Biblehub for apps.
I don’t have a particularly favorite translation. I try to use one for a while and then another. Sometimes I’ll each chapter in 2-3 different versions to see what’s potentially a bit murky versus what is pretty much agreed upon.
biblehub is indeed the best, particularly in multilingual and interlinear mode. The latter helps you sometimes more to think contextual because you see this completely scrambled up sentence structure, thus making you look for more meaning around the actual sentence.
I remember being puzzled about the apparent acceptance of slaves beaten to death slowly because they are ones property, and only when going to the original the context became clear from going back to the previous paragraph. its about death and injury, that death will be punished for the free as for the slave, and with the free you have to pay them until they can work again but for the slave you do not reimburse them for lost earnings as the loss is your own money. Its not about surviving for two days but about not being able to stand in for two days. They clearly expected slaves to work even if on crutches, but if it were about slow death it would as well need to be considered in the case if the free Israelite.
It only revealed the poor attitude of the translators towards slaves to accept their slow death and in the case of the atheist claims the chronological snobbery in their attitude towards their ancestors, their rejection of the authority of the elders and ultimately God over themselves
I have been working on some updates to https://biblesearch.es search engine:
- Expand search to include nearest verses, if multiword search does not return any results, i.e. search query
axe floatsnow returns 2 Kings 6:5-6 - Possible to search for chapters
- Four Bible translations added
- Search results should be now a bit more relevant/better
Any feedback much appreciated!