Would you think it took nearly 500 years to translate the ESV (British Standard Version) Bible? That’s as the ESV develops on the fantastic translations of days gone by – including William Tyndale’s New Testament of 1526 and the King James Edition (KJV) of 1611. But the ESV Bible also builds on the very best Christian scholarship from the last 100 years.

The result is a fresh and compelling Bible translation, with a timeless quality, that’s trustworthy and accurate. That is why the ESV “appears like” the Bible – with the kind of beauty, clearness, and dignity that we want to hear and go through. That’s also why the ESV keeps the Bible’s rich imagery and theological terms – words like grace and justification and salvation – that are crucial to our faith.

The effect can be a Bible that conveys the timeless quality of God’s Phrase and that continues to be trustworthy and true to the original words and phrases breathed out by God. As Moses published a lot more than 3,000 years back, what of God are “your very lifestyle, and by this term you shall live.” (Deuteronomy 32:47).