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== Literary attributes ==

=== Relationship to the Revised Standard Version ===

The ESV is derived from the 1971 text edition of the Revised Standard Version.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stec |first=David M. |date=July 2004 |editor-last=Schellenberg |editor-first=Annette |title=Review: ''The Holy Bible: English Standard Version'' |journal=[[Vetus Testamentum]] |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] on behalf of the [[International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament]] |volume=54 |issue=3 |page=421 |issn=0042-4935 |eissn=1568-5330 |jstor=1518879 |lccn=56003071 |oclc=46606373}}</ref> ESV translation committee member Wayne Grudem claims that approximately eight percent (or about 60,000 words) of the 1971 RSV text being used for the ESV was revised as of first publication in 2001. Grudem states that the committee removed "every trace of liberal influence that had caused such criticism from evangelicals when the RSV was first published in 1952."{{Efn|A few examples of reverted verses, being translated in accordance with the ESV's translation philosophy, are as follows: Isaiah 7:14 (now using "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son"), Psalm 2:12 (now using "Kiss the Son"), and Psalm 45:6 (now using "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever"). The committee also decided to restore the theological term "propitiation" to the following verses: Romans 3:25, Hebrews 2:17; and 1 John 2:2 and 4:10.<ref name=":12" />}} Although, Grudem also states that much of the 1971 RSV text left unchanged by the committee "is simply 'the best of the best' of the KJV tradition."<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Grudem |first=Wayne |date=July 6, 2015 |title=The Advantages of the English Standard Version (ESV) Translation |url=https://www.waynegrudem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-advantages-of-the-ESV.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225060245/https://www.waynegrudem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-advantages-of-the-ESV.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=}}</ref>