The bible IS the word of God, Passed down since the creation of Man. The only problem is those who have been in power have tried to distort the truth through erroneous translations using outdated language in order to confuse people. Those who earnestly seek the truth from God become disillusioned with a book that's hard to understand and thus fail to grasp the true meaning.

The best advice I can give is seek the literal translations, so far I've had good luck with the English Standard Version, everything makes sense. Second, read it along side the other versions of the same story. In other words, while you're reading the bible, study along with historic events to get a true scope of the word, and if it helps, also read along with the works of Zecharia Sitchin, which many may not know is based on what is probably the origin of some of the biblical texts.

Hopefully God wont be angry for mentioning books not written by him but the Lord's word is Good. May God bless the one's who seek him and accept him into his heart.