We have the same "top 3", in a different order. The NIV (197? version) was my reading Bible in an earlier time, going on 30 years ago. Today the newer version is my church's favored translation, and I have started using it in our on-campus small group to hopefully reduce confusion (but I'm not sure that anyone else there is using it!). I have limited vision, and I use a tablet PC running Accordance. I have the selected translation on the left side of the screen, and the Greek (and also Hebrew for the OT) on the right, and I check anything that has a strange sound to it.
The NASB is my reading/study Bible now -- the NLT was for a while. I use the NLT when it makes more sense. It does an exception job of readable translation in some places, less so in others.
I also sometimes use the ESV -- I've been going through the OT with it, this pass -- and the CSB, which was the version used by the curriculum when I was teaching 3rd graders in Sunday school. The CSB is somewhere between the ESV and the NLT. The CSB Study Bible is also quite good, for the most part.
The Message? Well, it has its uses too. I can't think of too many, but I have it and when I get stuck I will sometimes turn to it for an "original" (i.e. not tradition-bound) take. I view the different translations as "many witnesses".
100 percent agree with your choices! I often follow along with an out-loud reading of a text in a different version. My physical Bibles are all study versions, and I almost always read the footnotes and alternative translations as well.
I prefer Young's Literal Translation, YLT.
A parallel display with the Geneva can be seen at https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%208&version=YLT;GNV
A variety of download options exist, also. A comfortable pdf read may need some hunting. https://presearch.com/search?q=youngs+literal+translation+YLT+pdf
We have the same "top 3", in a different order. The NIV (197? version) was my reading Bible in an earlier time, going on 30 years ago. Today the newer version is my church's favored translation, and I have started using it in our on-campus small group to hopefully reduce confusion (but I'm not sure that anyone else there is using it!). I have limited vision, and I use a tablet PC running Accordance. I have the selected translation on the left side of the screen, and the Greek (and also Hebrew for the OT) on the right, and I check anything that has a strange sound to it.
The NASB is my reading/study Bible now -- the NLT was for a while. I use the NLT when it makes more sense. It does an exception job of readable translation in some places, less so in others.
I also sometimes use the ESV -- I've been going through the OT with it, this pass -- and the CSB, which was the version used by the curriculum when I was teaching 3rd graders in Sunday school. The CSB is somewhere between the ESV and the NLT. The CSB Study Bible is also quite good, for the most part.
The Message? Well, it has its uses too. I can't think of too many, but I have it and when I get stuck I will sometimes turn to it for an "original" (i.e. not tradition-bound) take. I view the different translations as "many witnesses".
The 1560 Geneva Bible.
100 percent agree with your choices! I often follow along with an out-loud reading of a text in a different version. My physical Bibles are all study versions, and I almost always read the footnotes and alternative translations as well.
ESV on Olivetree Bible app on my tabpet for church
Ryrie at home.