English Standard Version

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English Standard Version
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AbbreviationESV
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published		2001
Derived fromRevised Standard Version (2nd ed., 1971)
Textual basis
Translation typeFormal equivalence[8]
Reading levelEighth grade[9]
Version revision2007, 2011, 2016[b]
PublisherCrossway
CopyrightThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®)

© 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.

ESV Text Edition: 2016
Copies printed300,000,000[11]
Religious affiliationEvangelical[8]
Websitewww.esv.org
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The English Standard Version (ESV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 2001 by Crossway, the ESV was "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors."[12][13][14][15][16] The ESV relies on recently published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.[1][2]

Crossway says that the ESV continues a legacy of precision and faithfulness in translating the original text into English.[c] It describes the ESV as a translation that adheres to an "essentially literal" translation philosophy, taking into account "differences in grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages."[17] It also describes the ESV as a translation that "emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning."[12]

Since its official publication, the ESV has received endorsement from numerous evangelical pastors and theologians, including John Piper and R. C. Sproul.[18]

  1. ^ a b "Preface to the English Standard Version". ESV.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021. The ESV [Old Testament] is based on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as found in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed., 1997) ... The currently renewed respect among Old Testament scholars for the Masoretic text is reflected in the ESV's attempt, wherever possible, to translate difficult Hebrew passages as they stand in the Masoretic text rather than resorting to emendations or to finding an alternative reading in the ancient versions. In exceptional, difficult cases, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Syriac Peshitta, the Latin Vulgate, and other sources were consulted to shed possible light on the text, or, if necessary, to support a divergence from the Masoretic text.
  2. ^ a b "Preface to the English Standard Version". ESV.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021. [The ESV New Testament is based] on the Greek text in the 2014 editions of the Greek New Testament (5th corrected ed.), published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), and Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed., 2012), edited by Nestle and Aland. ... in a few difficult cases in the New Testament, the ESV has followed a Greek text different from the text given preference in the UBS/Nestle-Aland 28th edition.
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  6. ^ ESV with Apocrypha. Huntington Beach, CA: Anglican Liturgy Press. 2019. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-7323448-6-0.
  7. ^ "Preface to the Apocrypha". ESV with Apocrypha. Huntington Beach, CA: Anglican Liturgy Press. 2019. pp. 1047–1048. ISBN 978-1-7323448-6-0.
  8. ^ a b "Bible Translation Spectrum". Logos Bible Software Wiki. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "ESV Readability (Grade Levels)". Crossway. August 8, 2005. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. ^ Decker, Rodney J. (March 2004). "The English Standard Version: A Review Article" (PDF). Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. p. 58. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  11. ^ Dennis, Josh (October 26, 2024). "Letter from the President: Our Commitment to Gospel-Centered Publishing". Crossway. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "About the ESV". ESV.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "Preface to the English Standard Version". ESV.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021. The ESV publishing team has included more than a hundred people. The fourteen-member Translation Oversight Committee benefited from the work of more than fifty biblical experts serving as Translation Review Scholars and from the comments of the more than fifty members of the Advisory Council, all of which was carried out under the auspices of the Crossway Board of Directors. This hundred-plus-member team shares a common commitment to the truth of God's Word and to historic Christian orthodoxy and is international in scope, including leaders in many denominations.
  14. ^ "Oversight Committee". ESV.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  15. ^ "Review Scholars". ESV.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  16. ^ "Advisory Council". ESV.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Preface to the English Standard Version". ESV.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "Endorsements". ESV.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.


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