I really enjoy the ESV style and renderings but for sermon preparation and study I use the NASB primarily. One of the reasons is that I find it much more helpful to study from a text which has the verses on separate lines for greater ease of studying each word of the text. The ESV has used a paragraph form which, while it is probably easier to read through chapters, I find difficult to use for study.

There are presently a real shortage of good study Bibles in the ESV also. The Reformation Study Bible is great, the Scofield Study Bible comes in ESV, and also the recently released Literary Study Bible.

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Pastor Chris Surber, M.A.R.
First Congregational Church
Peru, Illinois USA
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"Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life." - Jonathan Edwards

The ASV is very nice in some ways. Barring the original RV it's probably more like the AV in its use of language (older pronominal forms, etc): and it seems to be very consistent in the application of its translation philosophy. It is probably not quite as easy to read as the ESV, but since you're not looking to get sucked in by an attractive CT version, this might be a good option for you.

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Trinitarian Bible Society article on the ESV

http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.o...icles/A120.pdf

Of course the TBS is against all CT translations but this article shows how light a revision of the RSV that the ESV is.

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Chris Poe
Mandeville, LA

"There are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it--the lunatic fringe in all reform movements." Theodore Roosevelt

There are times when I just feel the ESV may be the best of a bad lot. I have a lot of issues with the CT period. Hence my returns to the AV.

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