I knew when the NIV 2011 edition was released a couple of years ago that it was a matter of time before I would need to switch. ![]() The only Bible I have ever used for preaching and, for the most part, in my personal devotional life for the past 20 years was the NIV 1984 edition. (the info below was written in March 2013 – see the comments above for my most current recommendation) Due to the fact that the ESV is more accurate in its translation, as a regular teacher/preacher of the Word, I have to go with the ESV. While the readability for the HCSB is better than the ESV, I found over the course of this past year of teaching from it that I was losing some key nuances found in the original Hebrew/Greek. ![]() ![]() **UPDATED (as of March 2015): I decided to switch from the HCSB to the ESV translation.
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