Which Translation Do You Prefer?

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[quote name='Jon' post='1716526' date='Dec 2 2008, 11:53 AM'][color="#000080"]Thank you for your advice on View topics and also View Forum may help - I had done that my first day - but something "happened".

My conclusion is I must buy a Douay-Rhiems and a Jerusalem Bible. Also, I'll stay with my RSV.
I was surprised so many preferred it. Good, since that's the one I use - by coincidence.

Thank you all,
Jon[/color][/quote]

Yeah, I'd like to have a Douay-Rhiems too, but they're a bit pricey, especially when you can get it online through biblios.com and studylight.org (an Evangelical site, ironically enough) for free. Can't beat the experience of reading a tangible book though.

What is it about the Jerusalem Bible that you like? I've never considered anything besides the RSV-CE and the D-R. The scholarship behind the RSV would be difficult to surpass, though a true Catholic translation can't be beat either.