I am still only part way through Genesis but the plain language of this version makes the Bible passages somewhat understandable for the first time. Long ago I left oft reading the King James Version because some of the words and phrasing were too hard to comprehend. No matter how it is presented, the Bible is a slough to get through but this time I might succeed. The extensive introduction, much of which you can sample for free, is alone worth many times the price by giving a comprehensive historical context to the Holy Book and with which I had never before been acquainted.