The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Bible, a revision of the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version Bible. The first edition was published in 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers, which also owns the copyright to the text. Beauty shot of the English Standard Version, published in 2001. ... This article is about the year. ... The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. ... Novum Testamentum Graece is the name (in the Latin language) of the Greek language version of the New Testament. ... The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, or BHS, is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex, and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes. ... The Septuagint: A column of uncial text from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brentons Greek edition and English translation. ... Formal equivalence is a translation approach which attempts to retain the language forms of the original as much as possible in the translation, regardless of whether or not they are the most natural way to express the original meaning. ... Dynamic equivalence is an approach to translation in which the original language is translated thought for thought rather than word for word as in formal equivalence. ... Good News Publishers is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes and distributes gospel tracts. ... Good News Publishers is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes and distributes gospel tracts. ... Incorporated City in 1859. ... John 3:16 (chapter 3, verse 16 of the Gospel of John) is one of the most widely quoted verses from the Christian Bible. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ... The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. ... This article is about the year. ... Good News Publishers is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes and distributes gospel tracts. ... Good News Publishers is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes and distributes gospel tracts. ...

Translation Philosophy

The stated intent of the translators was to produce a readable and accurate translation that stands in the tradition of Bible translations beginning with English religious reformer William Tyndale in 1525–26 and culminating in the King James Version of 1611. Examples of other translations that stand in this stream are the Revised Version (1881–85), the American Standard Version (1901), and the Revised Standard Version (1946–52/1971). In their own words, they sought to follow an "essentially literal" translation philosophy. To that end, they sought 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 (which is commonly known as the most literal of the modern translations). William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tyndale,Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. ... This page is about the version of the Bible; for the Harvey Danger album, see King James Version (album). ... The Revised Version (or English Revised Version) of the Bible is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of 1611. ... The Standard American Edition, Revised Version, more commonly known as the American Standard Version (ASV), is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901. ... The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. ... For the rules of English grammar, see English grammar and Disputes in English grammar. ... For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation). ... An idiom is an expression (i. ... Look up literal, literally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible which is the most popular of the modern translations of the Bible made in the twentieth century. ... The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is an English translation of the Bible. ...

History

Work on this translation began with discontent (largely amongst Evangelical Christians) over the perceived looseness of style and content of recently published English Bible translations, as well as the apparent trend toward gender-neutral language in translations such as the Today's New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version, among others. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Evangelicalism is a theological perspective in Protestant Christianity which identifies with the gospel. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... The Bible has been translated into many languages. ... Non-sexist language (gender-generic, gender-inclusive, gender-neutral, or sex-neutral language) is language that attempts to refer neither to males nor females when discussing an abstract or hypothetical person whose sex cannot otherwise be determined, as opposed to sexist language, which attempts to refer to males. ... Todays New International Version is an English translation of the Bible developed by the Committee on Bible Translation, or CBT. The CBT is the same organization that translated the New International Version (NIV) in the 1970s. ... The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, released in 1989, is a thorough revision of the Revised Standard Version (RSV). ...

In 1997 Christian psychologist and radio host Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family called together a meeting of individuals concerned with these issues, and from it came the "Colorado Springs Guidelines", a set of translation principles that specified when it was and was not appropriate to use gender-neutral language. After this, the group sought and received permission from the National Council of Churches to use the 1971 edition of the RSV as the English textual basis for the ESV. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For other people with the surname Dobson, see Dobson (surname). ... The graphic identity of Focus on the Family is intended to recall old time traditional values. ... The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (usually identified as National Council of Churches, or NCC) is an association of 35 Christian faith groups in the United States with 100,000 local congregations and more than 45,000,000 adherents. ...

Nevertheless, only about 5%–10% of the RSV text was changed in the ESV. Many corrections were made to satisfy objections to some of the RSV's interpretations that conservative Protestants had considered as theologically liberal, for example, changing the translation of the Hebrew "almah" from "young woman" to "virgin" in Isaiah 7:14. The language was modernized to remove "thou" and "thee" and replace obsolete words (e.g., "jug" for "cruse").

The ESV underwent a minor revision in 2007.^[1] The publisher has chosen not to identify the updated text as a second or revised edition; it is intended to replace the original ESV under the original name.^[2] At present, both revisions coexist on the market.

Textual Basis

When necessary to translate difficult passages, the translators referred to the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible (as found in the second edition of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia), to the United Bible Societies' fourth edition of the Greek New Testament, and to the twenty-seventh edition of Nestle and Aland's Novum Testamentum Graece. In a few exceptionally 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. The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible (Tanakh). ... This article is about the term Hebrew Bible. For the Jewish scriptures see Tanakh. ... The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, or BHS, is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex, and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes. ... Novum Testamentum Graece is the name (in the Latin language) of the Greek language version of the New Testament. ... The Dead Sea scrolls consist of roughly 1000 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1979 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea) in the West... The Septuagint: A column of uncial text from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brentons Greek edition and English translation. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Syriac ( Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... The Peshitta is the standard version of the Bible in the Syriac language. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... The Vulgate Bible is an early 5th century version in Latin, partly revised and partly translated by Jerome on the orders of Pope Damasus I in 382. ...

Criticism and Controversy

Dr. Mark L. Strauss, who has defended gender neutral Bible translations like the TNIV, NLT, and NRSV, argues that the ESV uses similar gender neutral language. He wrote, “What is odd and ironic is that the some of the strongest attacks against the gender language of the TNIV are coming from those who produced similar gender changes in the ESV”.^[3] Todays New International Version (TNIV) is a Protestant translation of the Holy Bible into the English language. ... For other uses of the abbreviation, please see NLT (disambiguation). ... Categories: Stub | 1989 books | Bible versions and translations ...

ESV translator Wayne Grudem has responded that, while on occasion the ESV translates "man" as "person" or "one", it does not go as far as gender inclusive translations such as the TNIV and NRSV. For instance, it never changes "brothers" to "brothers and sisters".^[4] Wayne Grudem Wayne Grudem is a Protestant theologian and author. ...

Bible translator and linguist Wayne Leman has compiled a list of translation problems in the ESV. ^[5]

Use of the ESV

Two existing study bibles have been adapted to use the ESV text: the Scofield Study Bible (Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 9780195278750), which updated the Scofield Reference Bible, and the Reformation Study Bible, which adapted the notes from the previous edition that used the New King James Version. Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ... The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated annotated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield. ... The New King James Version (NKJV) is a modern Bible translation, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. ...

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Sources

• Crossway Bibles. "Translation Philosophy". Retrieved March 17, 2004.
• Marlowe, Michael D. (Oct 2001). "English Standard Version". Retrieved March 17, 2004.
• Ryken, Leland (2002). The Word of God in English (available online here - 1.2MB PDF) . Wheaton, IL: Crossway. ISBN 1-58134-464-3. Ryken, an English professor from Wheaton College, worked as the literary stylist for the ESV.

Notes

1. ^ Mansfield, R. 2007 ESV Changes: Hebrews - Revelation, This Lamp.
2. ^ Mansfield, R. ESV Comparison Backlash??, This Lamp.
3. ^ Strauss, Mark L. The Gender-Neutral Language of the English Standard Version (ESV) (Microsoft Word Document). Retrieved on 2007-12-03. “What is odd and ironic is that some of the strongest attacks against the gender language of the TNIV are coming from those who produced similar gender changes in the ESV”
4. ^ TNIV Debate Between Wayne Grudem and Mark Strauss.
5. ^ ESV Links, see heading "ESV translation problems, noted by Wayne Leman"

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External links

• ESV official website
• Full Text of the ESV at GospelHall.org
• ESV text online - From the website of Good News / Crossway (the publisher of the ESV)
• podBible - Freeware port of the ESV New Testament to the iPod
• ESV links - an extensive set of links on the ESV, maintained by Bible translator Wayne Leman

• Dec 2002 ESV review by The Christian Courier magazine.
• "Why the English Standard Version?" from an online retailer
• "Attention Exegetes: Which Bible Translation?" from the Midlands Bible College