ESVRezensionen

As any Translation it has short comings. I prefer to have the Byzantine Text as my Preference for the underlying Greek New Testament Text and the Masoretic Hebrew Text for the underlying Hebrew Text for the Old Testament.
my Habit in studying the English Text is To view several English Translations

I read a different translation of the bible every year in a 1 year study. This translation has very comprehensive study notes, loads of maps, weights & measures, doctrine overview, canon of the scripture, history of salvation, etc. It's the best study Bible I've read so far. It digs in deep without being opinionated & follows each passage.

Way too dense, and weirdly religious for some reason?

Way too dense, and weirdly religious for some reason?

First sentence: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Truth For Life Ministries offered this Bible recently for $35. It is a "top grain leather" thinline reference bible. If you can still get this Bible for that price, I highly recommend it.

I started this Bible on November 19, 2022 and finished it on January 24, 2023.

I love, love, love, love, love, crazy love and adore this Bible. I love the raised Bible hubs. I love the happy brown cover. I love the feel of the leather. I love the floppiness of the cover. It is double column (as opposed to single column). It is black letter (as opposed to words of Christ in red). I love that the font size is 10.5. I love that the text is so dark/bold. (I am not saying it is technically all in "bold.") This Bible is easy on the eyes, for the most part. It is also relatively light weight (being a thinline Bible).

I love reading text-only Bibles. This one does have cross references, though I've never used cross references in my own reading.

The ESV translation is definitely in my top five. (Somedays I'd say it is in my top three.)

Great

Great reference work

I found the Kindle version of ESV by Crossway to be as complete as other versions. I like the ESV as a study Bible because the cross references are built in. I also appreciated the brief on how to navigate the document which is included in the text.

I love the ESV translation and based on what I've seen and heard, it's the most accurate "non-wooden" translation available in English today. Sadly, however, I don't care as much for the commentary in the ESV Study Bible. I find it to be lacking in depth, sometimes so obvious as to be redundant, and sometimes wildly interpretive. I hope some different study versions emerge to go along with the excellent translation.

Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit

The Best study Bible!

Incredible resource which sets a new standard in study helps and scholarship. 100-page section in the back provides lots of top quality articles on theology and Christian living. Great full-color illustrations. Edited by Wayne Grudem and J. I. Packer.

The English Standard Version with helpful articles and running commentary on the text.

The ESV is an excellent formal equivalence English translation of the Bible. It faithfully renders the words and concepts of the original texts but does so in clear and easily understood English. As such, the ESV is an excellent primary Bible for reading and preaching, and well-suited for everyday use.

The study Bible has many additional resources. The quality of the maps and diagrams are superb: if you really want to get a good rendering of the installations described in Exodus, 1 Kings/2 Chronicles, and Ezekiel, the diagrams in the ESV Study Bible prove extremely helpful There are introductions to each testament, each section of books within each testament, and for each individual book; there are also articles at the beginning, between the testaments, and at the end regarding the history of the Biblical text, the theology of the OT and NT, the history of the intertestamental period, matters regarding various religions, denominations, the history of Christianity, Biblical ethics and morality, and such like. Within each book there is a running commentary at the bottom, explaining the meaning of the text in sections and verses. The ESV Study Bible also highlights literary aspects and themes present within the texts, which is most helpful.

There are many great strengths to this study Bible; many of the comments are extremely good and useful for general understanding. There is an unevenness about the commentary since each book is commented upon by someone different. Occasionally a commentator will focus a bit much on a particular line of argument in a way that distracts from the text, but most of the comments are relevant and useful.

On the whole, I felt the OT commentary was much stronger than the NT commentary. The OT is more even-handed; in matters regarding eschatology, multiple interpretations are suggested, and primacy is not inherently given to any particular eschatological plan. It is in the New Testament where it becomes plainly evident that the commentators are conservative Evangelicals with a Calvinist bent. For better or worse, far too many of the NT comments attempt to explain what the text is "not" saying, which can sometimes be useful but can also be problematic. Baptism is relegated to symbolic status; faith only and especially substitutionary atonement are magnified; the commentators' adherence to "once saved, always saved" is so obvious that they resort to minimizing the texts which show the challenge with such a view (Hebrews 3:12-14, 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 2 Peter 2:20-22, etc.), attempting to say that they don't say what they clearly say because of other passages that in no way deny what is being said. The commentators do recognize that multiple elders over a single congregation was the original organization of NT churches. Some commentators have more sympathy for dispensational premillennialism but it is not as prevalent as might be expected.

So, as with any commentary, caveat emptor: test all things. Nevertheless, when it comes to cultural background, making general sense of the text in context (especially in the OT), maps, diagrams, and other such things, the ESV Study Bible remains a great resource and worth consideration.½

This is the third five pound brick of study Bibles I have acquired recently. This is coupled with the online ESV Bible which makes for a great working Bible. I love the notes and find it to be one of my favorites. I'm swiftly falling in love with the ESV.

see: http://free-in-truth.blogspot.com/search/label/Scripture-ESV

A great edition of a solid translation. Uses one column to give a regular book feel. The type is small but not too small. The Bible is only an inch and a half (est) thick, so it is a wonderful travel Bible as well as a study Bible. I enjoy it very much!

"My overall impression is quite positive. Notwithstanding a few suggestions for future editions (e.g., single columns in paragraph form), I look forward to using this edition for some time to come. At least until the ESV Study Bible comes out."
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I really like this bible. It is small enough to fit in a day pack, and it looks and feels wonderful. Some have complained that the type is too small. I have not found that to be the case. I suppose if you don't like small type, you wouldn't purchase this bible. The side note-taking space is nice.

The 'gold' standard. The new pew bible for the church where I am pastor. I've been comparing the translation to the NIV and NAS as I work through the gospel of Mark... and I love it. Clear where the Greek is clear, tough to figure out where the greek is tough, paying lots of attention to the conjunctions and prepositions. And... easy to read.

I love it.

What can I say.... it's the Word of God. There should be 10 stars for this one.

The English Standard Version™ is founded on the conviction that the words of the Bible are the very words of God. And because the words themselves—not just the thoughts or ideas—are inspired by God, each word must be translated with the greatest precision and accuracy.

Great version, and the calfskin leather is buttery soft.

An awesome English translation. Faithful to the source texts, not dynamic equivalent.

The best translation in English. This is also a beautiful edition of this Bible, in finest leather.

Great translation. The Bible I use the most.

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