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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>   

ESV is a favorite among theologians who hold to [[Reformed Churches|Reformed theology]] (and critics often accuse it of having "Calvinistic bias"), though it is popular across the theological spectrum.

ESV is a favorite among theologians who hold to [[Reformed Churches|Reformed theology]] (and critics often accuse it of having "Calvinistic bias"), though it is popular across the theological spectrum.

== Flawed Failure to use "infinite" ==

== Flawed Failure to use "infinite" ==

== Flawed downplaying of the unborn in the womb ==

== Flawed downplaying of the unborn in the womb ==

The [[ESV]] translates {{bibleref|Galatians|1|15}} as: "¹⁵ But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,"

The [[ESV]] translates {{bibleref|Galatians|1|15}} as: "¹⁵ But when he who had set me apart '''''before I was born''''', and who called me by his grace" (emphasis added),

 

while the [[King James Version]] translates this as: "¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me '''''from my mother's womb''''', and called me by his grace," see [[Galatians, Chapter 1]] (emphasis added).

== Awkward Verses ==

== Awkward Verses ==