The English Standard Version is a great choice for personal reading and study, for private devotions and family prayers, and for teaching, preaching, and worship. An 'essentially literal' translation, the ESV Bible combines word-for-word accuracy with readability, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. More than 100 of the world's leading Bible scholars and teachers were involved in creating the ESV Bible. Trusted worldwide, the ESV is a treasure for life.
`The ESV's blend of clarity and accuracy is what makes it such an excellent translation, and the one I use both for personal study and preaching.' - Andrew Wilson Elder, Kings Church, Eastbourne. At every level of congregational and individual Christian life, an accurate, consistent, and readable Bible translations is essential. The ESV is all those things. - William Taylor Rector, St Helen's Bishopsgate `Meticulous care and passionate research make the ESV a crisp, accurate, and valuable translation.' - Max Lucado `The ESV satisfies the preaching memorizing, studying and reading needs of our church, from children to adults.' - John Piper