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Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian  I would agree with that, I would also add that the NIV always seemed "clique" to me, which to be honest is what keeps me from buying an ESV. |
People do seem to hop on board the latest fad, and the fact that the ESV was strongly endorsed by many of the big names no doubt helped sales. I did buy one early on. I do think the formatting, etc. is generally good. I just don't think it's the be all and end all of translations. The hardcover Classic Reference Edition that I bought in 2002 started coming apart mere months after I bought it, and this was not after heavy use. I got rid of it when I moved recently and don't anticipate buying another one anytime soon.
I think the problem for me with the NIV was that it seemed designed to read like the newspaper and it has no phrases that seem to linger in the mind the way the KJV does, for example. I also didn't find the more literal translations like the NASB or NKJV to be hard to understand and so I used them.