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[[Image:800px-Crop Book of Isaiah 2006-06-06.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Holy Bible, opened to the Book of Isaiah.]]

[[Image:800px-Crop Book of Isaiah 2006-06-06.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Holy Bible, opened to the Book of Isaiah.]]

The '''English Standard Version''' of the [[Bible]] is a superb "essentially literal," word-for-word [[English]] translation by over 100 contributors which was published in 2001.<ref>A word-for-word translation is in contrast with a "thought-for-thought" or functional translation that attempts to convey meaning rather than specific terms. [http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv.philosophy]</ref>  The ESV probably has the least [[liberal bias]] of any modern, university-based translation.

The '''English Standard Version''' of the [[Bible]] is a superb "essentially literal," word-for-word [[English]] translation by over 100 contributors which was published in 2001.<ref>A word-for-word translation is in contrast with a "thought-for-thought" or functional translation that attempts to convey meaning rather than specific terms. [http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv.philosophy]</ref>  The ESV probably has the least [[liberal bias]] of any modern, university-based translation. In 2025, the ESV was the bestselling [[Bible]] translation in [[England]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/10/its-younger-people-seeking-some-sort-of-spirituality-the-rise-of-uk-bible-sales</ref>

The English Standard Version strives for formal equivalence more than functional equivalence, although idioms and other passages always require some functional considerations. In January 2009, Oxford University Press began printing an ESV translation with [[Apocrypha]] because of the ESV's growing popularity.<ref>[http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Bibles/TextReferenceBibles/?view=usa&ci=9780195289107 English Standard Version Bible with Apocrypha]</ref>   

The English Standard Version strives for formal equivalence more than functional equivalence, although idioms and other passages always require some functional considerations. In January 2009, Oxford University Press began printing an ESV translation with [[Apocrypha]] because of the ESV's growing popularity.<ref>[http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Bibles/TextReferenceBibles/?view=usa&ci=9780195289107 English Standard Version Bible with Apocrypha]</ref>