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| publisher = [[Crossway]]
| copyright = The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®)
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_printed = 290,000,000<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Crossway Global Ministry: 2023 Annual Report |url=https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/gm-annual-report-digital-single-pages.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301065924/https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/gm-annual-report-digital-single-pages.pdf |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref>
| religious_affiliation = [[Evangelical]]<ref name="logos-bts" />
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Crossway claims that the ESV continues a legacy of precision and faithfulness in translating the original text into English.{{Efn|This lineage follows the "classic mainstream" started by [[Tyndale Bible|William Tyndale's New Testament]], having been continued by "the [[King James Version]] of 1611 (KJV), the [[English Revised Version]] of 1885 (RV), the [[American Standard Version]] of 1901 (ASV), and the [[Revised Standard Version]] of 1952 and 1971 (RSV)."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Preface to the English Standard Version |url=https://www.esv.org/preface/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526061435/https://www.esv.org/preface/ |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |access-date=January 4, 2021 |website=ESV.org}}</ref>}} 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."<ref name=":7" /> It also describes the ESV as a translation that "emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning."<ref name=":3" />
Since its official publication, the ESV has received endorsement from numerous evangelical pastors and theologians, including [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]]
== History ==
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=== Translation Oversight Committee ===
Chaired by Dennis, the fourteen-member Translation Oversight Committee was aided by more than fifty biblical experts serving as review scholars.<ref name=":5" /> The translation committee also received input from the Advisory Council, having more than fifty members.<ref name=":6" /> [[J. I. Packer]] served as general editor of the translation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Packer |first=J. I. |date=October 2, 2021 |title=An Interview with J. I. Packer on the Origin and Significance of the ESV Bible |url=https://www.crossway.org/articles/an-interview-with-j-i-packer-on-the-origin-and-significance-of-the-esv-bible/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004201722/https://www.crossway.org/articles/an-interview-with-j-i-packer-on-the-origin-and-significance-of-the-esv-bible/ |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |website=Crossway}}</ref> Grudem states that the [[NET Bible]] study notes were one resource that the translation committee consulted during the translation process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Endorsements |url=https://netbible.com/endorsements/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111021417/https://netbible.com/endorsements/ |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=NET Bible}}</ref> He also claims that the translation committee meets approximately every 5–7 years to consider text revisions.<ref name=":18">{{Cite news |last=Kircher |first=Travis K. |date=May 29, 2024 |title=A chat with Wayne Grudem |url=https://wng.org/roundups/a-chat-with-wayne-grudem-1717022946 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602080940/https://wng.org/roundups/a-chat-with-wayne-grudem-1717022946 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |work=World}}</ref>
The original translation committee featured the following notable individuals:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversight Committee |url=https://www.esv.org/translation/oversight-committee/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926123521/https://www.esv.org/translation/oversight-committee/ |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |access-date=December 23, 2023 |website=ESV.org}}</ref>
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== Literary attributes ==
[[File:ESV Classic Pew and Worship Bible (2002 corrected ed.).png|thumb|''ESV Classic Pew and Worship Bible'' (2002 corrected ed.){{Efn|The first hardcover, black edition of the ''ESV Pew and Worship Bible'' was
=== 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>
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=== 2011 text edition ===
Crossway published a revision of the ESV text in 2011 as "ESV Text Edition: 2011." The revision changes fewer than 500 words in total throughout 275 verses from the 2007 text. The changes were made in each case to "correct grammar, improve consistency, or increase precision in meaning."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dennis |first=Lane T. |title=ESV 2011 Text Changes |url=https://www.bible-researcher.com/esv2011changes.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225062326/https://www.bible-researcher.com/esv2011changes.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |access-date=July 26, 2021}}</ref> A notable revision was made in Isaiah 53:5, changing "wounded for our transgressions" to "pierced for our transgressions" in the revised text.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butterfield |first=Glen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UT6oAAAAQBAJ |title=Bible Unity |publisher=WestBow Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4908-0549-8 |page=42 |language=en |quote=The most notable verse change was 'wounded for our transgressions' to 'pierced for our transgressions' in Isaiah 53:5 which matched the [[New American Standard Bible]] rendering. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321210910/https://books.google.com/books?id=UT6oAAAAQBAJ |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the ESV translation
=== Gideons edition ===
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=== Anglican edition ===
In 2019, Anglican Liturgy Press published the ''ESV with Apocrypha''. This edition includes the Apocrypha, placed at the back of the Bible.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=ESV with Apocrypha |publisher=Anglican Liturgy Press |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-7323448-6-0 |location=Huntington Beach, CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV with Apocrypha |url=https://anglicanhousepublishers.org/shop/the-esv-bible-with-apocrypha/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101232415/https://anglicanhousepublishers.org/shop/the-esv-bible-with-apocrypha/ |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |website=Anglican House Publishers}}</ref> Having been approved by the ESV translation committee, the Apocrypha text found in this edition is a minor revision of the 2009 text published by Oxford University Press. A notable revision was made in retranslating the [[Book of Tobit]].<ref>"Preface to the Apocrypha", pp. 1047–1048, {{Cite book |title=ESV with Apocrypha |publisher=Anglican Liturgy Press |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-7323448-6-0 |location=Huntington Beach, CA}}</ref> It was rereleased in 2023 as a bonded leather hardcover edition.<ref>{{Cite book |title=ESV with Apocrypha |publisher=Anglican Liturgy Press |year=2023 |isbn=979-8-9878026-0-1 |location=Newport Beach, CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV with Apocrypha |url=https://anglicanhousepublishers.org/shop/the-esv-bible-with-apocrypha/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421065156/https://anglicanhousepublishers.org/shop/the-esv-bible-with-apocrypha/ |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=Anglican House Publishers}}</ref>
=== Future text edition ===
In May 2024, Grudem mentioned that the ESV translation committee was planning to meet in Wheaton, Illinois, in July 2024 to consider approximately 120 suggested changes to the ESV text. He estimated that the committee would approve around 30 to 40 of these suggestions, including "little tweaks to the wording [that] make it consistent with where we’ve translated the same phrase elsewhere".<ref name=":18" />
== Use ==
=== Audio Bibles ===
In August 2003, Crossway released its first audio Bible, being the New Testament read by Marquis Laughlin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Purchase an ESV Bible |url=https://www.gnpcb.org/catalog/bibles/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030622121951/https://www.gnpcb.org/catalog/bibles/ |archive-date=June 22, 2003 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=Good News Publishers / Crossway Books}}</ref> Shortly after, the New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts released an ESV audio Bible read by [[Max McLean]], having been produced by Liz Donato and recorded under a licensing agreement. The first format released was the New Testament as a set of 12 cassette tapes, having been published by Crossway on October 31, 2003, being the 486th anniversary of the [[Protestant Reformation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV Bible, Audio New Testament Cassette |url=https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-audio-new-testament-cassette-12-ac/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322231724/https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-audio-new-testament-cassette-12-ac/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref> A set of New Testament CDs was published the following month,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV Bible, Audio New Testament CD |url=https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-audio-new-testament-cd-5-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322232301/https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-bible-audio-new-testament-cd-5-cd/ |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref> and the full audio Bible was published in 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> The full audio Bible was rereleased in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESV Audio Bible, Read by Max McLean |url=https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-audio-bible-read-by-max-mclean-dl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705223923/https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-audio-bible-read-by-max-mclean-dl/ |archive-date=July 5, 2024 |access-date=July 5, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref>
In 2008, Crossway released an audio Bible 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>
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