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In late 2023, Crossway finished releasing six new audio Bibles, having been read by Conrad Mbewe, [[Kristyn Getty]], [[Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.|Ray Ortlund]], [[Jackie Hill Perry]], Robert Smith Jr., and Michael Reeves.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eekhoff Zylstra |first=Sarah |date=February 7, 2024 |title='That Thing Is Alive': How the Bible Affected Its 6 Newest Narrators |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/esv-audio-readers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208005302/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/esv-audio-readers/ |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |access-date=February 8, 2024 |work=[[The Gospel Coalition]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pfeiffer |first=Rachel |date=March 4, 2024 |title=He Who Has Earbuds, Let Him Hear: Audio Bibles on the Rise |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/march/audio-bible-listen-dwell-app-youversion-esv-study.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322222019/https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/march/audio-bible-listen-dwell-app-youversion-esv-study.html |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Christianity Today}}</ref>{{Efn|Prior to this, the New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts released an ESV audio Bible read by [[Max McLean]], having been published under a licensing agreement in October 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV by Max McLean |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/esv/Gen.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322223403/https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/esv/Gen.1 |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Bible Gateway}}</ref> In addition, Crossway had one audio Bible available, featuring the voice of David Cochran Heath. This was published on October 31, 2008, being the 491th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV Hear the Word Audio Bible (Audio) |url=https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-hear-the-word-audio-bible-610-dl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211033822/https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-hear-the-word-audio-bible-610-dl/ |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref> The first new audio Bible was Getty's, having been published in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV Audio Bible, Read by Kristyn Getty (Audio) |url=https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-read-by-kristyn-getty-dl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211034150/https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-read-by-kristyn-getty-dl/ |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref>}} The entire project took approximately 6,000 hours of production labor. Ortlund called his recording experience "the most exacting, precise, detailed, and demanding task I’ve performed since my doctoral work 40 years ago," in addition to being "immensely satisfying." Ortlund used ''The HarperCollins Bible Pronunciation Guide''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiDzOE5PJFYC |title=The HarperCollins Bible Pronunciation Guide |date=August 19, 1994 |publisher=HarperOne |isbn=978-0-06-068962-9 |editor-last=Walker, Jr. |editor-first=William O. |location=New York, NY |publication-date=August 19, 1994 |language=en |access-date=February 8, 2024 |editor-last2=Craven |editor-first2=Toni |editor-last3=Dearman |editor-first3=J. Andrew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208010807/https://books.google.com/books?id=hiDzOE5PJFYC |archive-date=February 8, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> as a linguistic aid during production.