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Oxford NOAB in RSV with Expanded Apocrypha is your best bet, it has Catholic and East Orthorox deuterocanonicals.

>>20378800
Inferior to pic related

Orthodox should read... uhh, not super sure. Orthodox Study Bible isn't endorsed by the church and is NKJV with Septuagint additions, rather than a proper translation of the LXX. For NT there is the Eastern Orthodox Bible translated from the official patriarchal text of 1904, but not sure of any definite answer for OT.
Catholics should read DRC, Knox, RSV-2CE, or ESV-CE.
Prots should read KJV, RSV, ESV, or a Geneva fascimile if they're a Calvinist and don't mind the older spellings.
I think a good catch-all bible is the New Oxford Annotated Bible in RSV with Expanded Apocrypha, it's ecumenical and includes the deuterocanon used by Catholics, AND the deuterocanom used by Orthodox.

RSV NOAB with Expanded Apocrypha, includes Catholic AND East Orthodox deuterocanon and a plethora of scholarly notes

>>17850392
What are you looking for when you say "best"?
Aesthetic prose and verse?
Based on certain manuscripts?
Adherence to a specific sect's dogma?
Inclusion of deuterocanonical texts?
Inclusion of study notes/commentary?
For pleasurable reading I like the KJV, though I am no prot (KJV used to include the western deuterocanon, and you can still find physical/digital versions of it that do).
I recommend the New Oxford Annotated Bible in original RSV with Expanded Apocrypha as a general, any-denomination bible. It includes both the Latin and Greek deuterocanonical texts, a plethora of notes, and a translation much more modern than the KJV but without any of the gender-neutral nonsense that the NRSV gets into.

Get the 1977 edition NOAB in original RSV with Expanded Apocrypha, it includes a plethora of academic notes as well as the deuterocanon used by Roman Catholics AND Orthodox. Because it's original RSV there's also none of that forced gender-neutral language nonsense.
Or if you don't want to buy a physical bible just download Xiphos on computer or Bishop on Android and grab a bunch or different translations to compare.
KJV is a great rendition aesthetically, and for some people that helps encourage greater reverence for the Holy. On the deuterocanon: the Catholic apocrypha was translated with the KJV but most modern prints do not include it because they are aimed at prots and it cuts down on printing costs/size. If you use a digital method then usually KJV with Apocrypha is listed separately as KJVA, or maybe they just have one KJV listing that includes it.

>>17080540
New Oxford Annotated Bible in RSV with expanded Apocrypha
Good study bible, good translation, and includes the full Apocryopha used by the Roman Catholic and East Orthodox churches
Most bibles that contain the Apocrypha only have what the Catholics use

New Oxford Annotated Bible with Expanded Apocrypha in original RSV for first time reading/having access to all the deuterocanonical texts used by Catholics and Orthodox
KJV for amazing aesthetics and reading one of the greatest works written in the English language

>>14741281
The changes made are very liberal-protestant, one of the most notable being that many pronouns were changed to be gender inclusive which may sound like a silly thing to complain about to some people but the word changes can really fuck with the flow of things and also ignores the fact that they were specific nouns/pronouns being used in the first place
It's not an awful translation but I prefer the RSV over it, also one of my 2 study bibles is in original RSV since it seemed like a nice Bible that included both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox aprocypha (pic related, though not my pic just one of it from the internet)

>>14617471
I've used two different Oxford ones that I liked
First was Oxford REB Study Bible with Apocrypha
Second is New Oxford Annotated Bible in original RSV with the expanded Apocrypha (pic related)

Pic related is the best for an academic
Leatherbound KJV is the comfiest though

NOAB in original RSV with expanded Apocrypha

Already have the only book a good man needs :^)
Alright, bait aside, >>14236740 is a good answer
Also, as a religious studies student I'd recommend CCEL for finding Christian works