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The '''English Standard Version''' of the [[Bible]] is an "essentially literal," word-for-word style translation into [[English]] to the extent possible, as opposed to a functional translation that attempts to convey meaning rather than specific terms.<ref>http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv.philosophy</ref>  In other words, 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''' (ESV) of the [[Bible]] is an "essentially literal," word-for-word style [[English]] translation by over 100 contributors that was published in 2001.  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.<ref>http://www.gnpcb.org/page/esv.philosophy</ref>  In other words, 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''' utilizes a vocabulary of nearly 14,000 words.

The '''English Standard Version''' utilizes a vocabulary of nearly 14,000 words.  As a word-for-word translation, the ESV is particularly suitable for study using a [[concordance]].

 

The '''English Standard Version''' is theologically [[conservative]] and eschews unisex "gender inclusive" language that plagues the [[Revised Standard Version]] and [[New Revised Standard Version]].

== References ==

== References ==

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