This is intended to be rank ordered from top to bottom, but is divided into three groups.

LITERAL (most literal)

• `interlinear' (word by word, no attempt at readable English)
• NASB -- New American Standard Bible
• KJV -- King James Version
• NKJV -- New King James Version

DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE (middle of the road)

• NAB -- New American Bible
• NRSV -- New Revised Standard Version
• Jerusalem Bible
• NIV -- New International Version
• NIRV -- New International Readers Version

PARAPHRASE (least literal)

• CEV -- Contemporary English Version
• TEV -- Today's English Version
• GNT -- God's Word, New Testament
• NLT -- New Living Translation
• Living Bible
• The Message