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1 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | Makarios | 98003 | ||
Greetings Newoldstock! You will be well served by looking in the Archives for more on the English Standard Version! I own two now - one in my bedroom and one in my living room! :-) For me, the ESV has taken its place as the translation that I use at my side for 'readability.' When a Christian uses the NASB for nearly everything, they are well served by having a handy, well-flowing and readable translation nearby. For me, this translation is unquestionably the ESV, which has all but became my most used Bible version in all my study. Only my NASBs get used more. I have given and continue to give the ESV my highest recommendations for study, memorization, readability, and worship. It has truly set a new standard, and has carried the legacy of the RSV to a much greater stature. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Informed opinions of the ESV please? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 98062 | ||
The ESV team, chaired by J. I. Packer, used the RSV as a base and, in Packer's words "tightened it up" to produce the ESV. The ESV is not an entirely new translation, since only 8 per cent of it has been changed from the original renderings of the RSV, thus leaving a full 92 per cent of it the language of the RSV. But this is not to take away any merit from the ESV. The RSV was and still is a fine scholarly translation whose chief flaw was, in the eyes of many evangelicals, a tendency to take a liberal interpretative view of certain passages of Scripture, e.g., Isaiah 7:14. The ESV, as did the RSV, follows in the long and respected traditional style of the KJV and its predecessors, so that even in so modern a version as the ESV, admirers of the majestic language of the KJV will feel a certain sense of being at home with the ESV. It's a fine version, perhaps overall the finest of all modern versions. It stands in sharp contrast to the many so-so versions that clamor for our attention and vie for our dollar. --Hank | ||||||