What version of the Bible do you use?

[JANA MANIA]

One day,I had to find a bible real fast. I just happened to meet the Lord and needed spiritual milk - asap!I never had read a bible, but for some "unknown" reason,I owned a 20 year old Revised Standard Edition.I didn't know what to look for, so I was satisfied with that.About six months later,I went to a Christian book store and was looking through the bibles,when a clerk offered to assist me.I asked if the words like NIV or King James really mattered? He looked shocked and said:"Yes,it matters!"He sent me home with a NIV. I think I've used 4 or 5 different versions since that day. Accuracy is important, but without comprehension it really doesn't matter what version it is..

[Kin Atoms]

I have used New American Revised Standard, King James Version, NIV, Amplified, and the latest I picked up is Word on the Street. I have gone back to the Greek and Aramaic text with scholars I grew up with, and was taught by exchanging ideas back and forth from translations and original text interpretations by a number of individuals, including feminists, who would be ministers.
The ones I enjoy most are the Amplified and the 'G-d is genderless' version, although for the latter, I don't have an official title. The Amplified provides the real passion by which people spoke, which for me is a timeless language that captures the soul of communication. The 'G-d is genderless' version is very attractive as well, b/c I think G-d is beyond gender description, and we should view G-d in this way, just as G-d is beyond racial description, nationality, ethnicity, SES, etc. Our concepts of G-d should be as broad as G-d can be, and the varied versions I've used over the years have allowed me to capture that spirit.