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The so-called King James Bible is very beautifully written - almost poetic - and there are a lot of quotations from it that have become proverbs or common metaphors in English; but the language is too antiquated for a new reader.

NIV and ESV are both good choices. NIV is a little more "preserving the sense" and ESV a little more "preserving the wording" but either would do you.