ESV
English Standard Version
The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Holy Bible, published by Crossway Books. It is an update of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of 1952, and was completed in 2001. The translation is "essentially literal", which means that it seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer, while taking into account differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages. The result is a translation that is more literal than the popular New International Version, but more idiomatic than the New American Standard Bible.
Work on this translation began with discontent (largely amongst Evangelical Christians) over the style and content of modern English Bible translations, as well as the apparent trend toward gender-neutral language in emerging translations, such as the Today's New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version, among others.
Sources
- "Translation Philosophy" at the ESV website: http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv_philosophy/
- Marlowe, Michael D. "English Standard Version", Bible Researcher: http://www.bible-researcher.com/esv.html
- Ryken, Leland (2002). The Word of God in English. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. ISBN 1581344643
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