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1 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 97910 | ||
newoldstock - The ESV apparently is enjoying wide acceptance from many quarters, so I come not to argue the virtues of this new translation. But if you would care to, please elaborate on your statement that the ESV is winning you over from the NKJV and NIV. What are some of the things about the ESV that you find more attractive than the other two translations you mentioned? For example, do you think it more accurate, more readable, more literary than the others? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | newoldstock | 97927 | ||
Hank, I find the ESV more readable than the NKJV and just as readable, but more literal at the same time than the NIV. The English, especially the prose seems to flow better. The texts used for the ESV are the latest in scholarship and it uses the Masoretic text for the for the old testament. The NKJV uses the Bysintine text (TR) and the text used in the NIV is also somewhat dated now. I like the more formal equivalence better than the dynamic equivalence (NIV) method of translation for a bible to study. | ||||||