English Standard Version

E8386

Bible translation English Bible translation

The English Standard Version is a modern, essentially literal English translation of the Bible widely used in evangelical Christian churches and scholarship.

Aliases (5)

ESV ×3
English Standard Version Bible ×2
English Standard Version Bible family ×1
English Standard Version Bible text ×1
English Standard Version translation ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation → English Bible translation →
abbreviation	ESV →
allowsLimitedQuotation	yes →
basedOn	Revised Standard Version →
contains	New Testament → Old Testament →
copyrightHolder	Crossway →
copyrightStatus	copyrighted →
firstPublished	2001 →
genre	religious text →
hasDigitalFormat	ebook → mobile app → online text →
hasEdition	ESV Archaeology Study Bible → ESV Children’s Bible → ESV Global Study Bible → ESV Gospel Transformation Bible → ESV Journaling Bible → ESV Large Print Bible → ESV Literary Study Bible → ESV MacArthur Study Bible → ESV Pew Bible → ESV Reader’s Bible → ESV Student Study Bible → ESV Study Bible → ESV Thinline Bible →
hasReadingLevel	modern English →
language	English →
newTestamentSourceText	Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece →
notableFeature	aims for word-for-word accuracy → retains traditional theological terminology → widely used in conservative Protestant circles →
oldTestamentSourceText	Masoretic Text →
publisher	Crossway → Good News Publishers →
religiousTradition	Protestant →
targetAudience	English-speaking churches → evangelical Christians →
theologicalOrientation	evangelical →
translationApproach	formal equivalence →
translationOf	Bible →
translationPhilosophy	essentially literal →
usesTextualBasis	Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia → Nestle-Aland 27th edition → United Bible Societies Greek New Testament →
widelyUsedIn	evangelical churches → evangelical scholarship →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ESV Children’s Bible → ESV Journaling Bible → ESV Large Print Bible → ESV Pew Bible → ESV Thinline Bible →	translation
Crossway ("ESV") → ESV Children’s Bible ("ESV") → English Standard Version ("ESV") →	abbreviation
ESV Literary Study Bible ("English Standard Version Bible family") → ESV Study Bible ("English Standard Version Bible") →	associatedWith
ESV Literary Study Bible → ESV MacArthur Study Bible →	translationUsed
ESV Reader’s Bible →	basedOn
ESV Study Bible →	basedOnTranslation
New Living Translation →	comparedWith
New King James Version →	distinguishedFrom
Bible →	hasTranslation
Revised Standard Version →	influenced
ESV Journaling Bible ("English Standard Version translation") →	isBasedOn
Good News Publishers ("English Standard Version Bible") →	notablePublication
Crossway →	notableWork
ESV Gospel Transformation Bible →	usesBibleTranslation
ESV Children’s Bible ("English Standard Version Bible text") →	usesText