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Plugging the ESV…again

We use the ESV at HLPC.  This chart is offered as a rationale for its use.  The NASB is not in this comparison which is an excellent translation as well.  If ESV is my #1, then the Updated NASB is my #1b.   This chart is from Crossway Publishers so their inherent bias toward the ESV is duly noted:

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One Response to “Plugging the ESV…again”

  1. Cap'n Says:

    I’ve always thought that the NIV reads like Dan Rather was on the translation committee.

    The ESV seems “transparent” to me, which I thought was my own assessment, then I saw that word somewhere in Crossway’s promotional literature.

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