What Bible version do you use for memory verses?

[edeemarie]

Just curious:) I would like to use King James version, mostly because I think it sounds beautiful and has such rich vocabulary, but I was just wondering what others do. Thanks!

[happyhomemaker]

We use the ESV (English Standard Version) because that's what we read out of at home for devotions and at church. It's hard for me though because I learned some with King James and some from NIV. My kids have to remind me about wording sometimes because I will be close to the ESV but slightly off on a few words.

[curlylocks]

I learned the most verses as a child w/ KJV. Then as an adult, I learned some w/ NIV. Sometimes I read from the NLT...

 

I *really* prefer KJV, but because of exposure to other translations, I get words mixed up sometimes. ;)

[NancyNellen]

We use NASB because it is the translation used at our church.

[Rosie]

NLT

 

I want my kids to fully understand what they are reading/saying so I chose the version that I thought was most clear and accurate.

[Jay3fer]

The original Hebrew. Just to throw in a monkey wrench into the discussion. >:-)))

בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ...

 

But seriously, I just popped in to see what people choose, and why. Our rabbi has often said, "every translation is an interpretation." I think it would be endlessly frustrating to try to go through it without the original... like relying on hearsay instead of firsthand knowledge.

[Hunter]

For MEMORY I use the KJV. Lately I've been doing a lot of tutoring and am using the NIrV for READING, but even with LD students, I use the KJV for memory work and research, and developing their ears for the older English dialect that is so common in many of the Great Books.

 

The KJV is the greatest prep for the other Great Books.

 

Not only memory work, but students should hear LONG passages of the KJV on a frequent basis. Let a dramatized audio version play in the background while they are coloring or playing.

 

And definitely use the KJV for memory work and copy work, if you are planning on the Great Books in high school.

 

I'm not KJV only, by any stretch of the means; but I am megapro on INCLUDING lots of KJV in just about every child's education.

[Ohmomjacquie]

Our church is mostly nasb but we have ni. Kjvis hard for me to read especial aloud

[alisoncooks]

We do NIV (84) simply b/c that is the version the adults in our house prefer to read.

[Hunter]

Our church is mostly nasb but we have ni. Kjvis hard for me to read especial aloud

 

It's torture for me to read aloud too. But my youngest son listened to excellent audio from several publishers, and grew up bilingual in modern and older English, and seriously does not comprehend why the rest of us struggle with the KJV or any of the Great Books from the 1600s and 1700s.

[KrissiK]

We use the English Standard Version because I prefer that one over any other versions, save the New American Standard.

[Amy Jo]

ESV, it was recommended here, and we started with the Fighter Verses, which come in ESV. I have pondered using the KJV, we do try to read from it often. I love the audio idea - biblegateway probably has audio to listen to. (I memorized in a max of KJV, NASB, and NIV).