What version of the Bible do Protestants usually use?

Answer 1

Most use the Authorized King James Version. There are actually three versions of the King James. One is the Authorized King James Version of 1611, another is the 21st Centrury King James Version, and still another is the New King James Version, completed in 1982.

There are some differences between the three versions.

One of the most notable difference is that the Authorised KJV uses the divine name of God, Jehovah in four places: Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; and Isaiah 26:4, and it uses the name Jehovahjireh at Genesis 22:15; Jehovahnissi at Exodus 17:15; and Jehovahshalom at Judges 6:24, and it uses Jah, which is the abreviated form of the divine name at Psalms 68:4.

The 21st Century King James uses the name Jehovah in all of the same places, except in Psalms 68:4, it uses the full name Jehovah, instead of the abbreviation Jah as the Authoized version does.

The New King James Version has left the name out entirely, substituting the word Lord in all 8 places that it is found in whole or in part in the previous other versions.