TheEnglishStandardVersionisaliteraltranslationfromtheoriginalBibletexts,firmlyrootedinthetraditionofTyndaleandKingJamesbutwithouttheirarchaiclanguage.Firstpublishedin2001,itisclosestinstyletotheRevisedStandardVersionandiswellsuitedtopublicreadingandmemorization.ThefirstCambridgeESVBiblesarepresentedintheslimlinePittMinionformat.LikeCambridge’sPittMinionBiblesinothertranslations,theyarecharacterizedbyaneleganttextdesignusingafontthatiscompact,yetclearandeasytoread.ThisBiblehasblack-lettertextthroughoutandincludescross-references,aconcordanceandmaps.ItfeaturesIndiapaperwithart-giltedgesandlikeallCambridgeBiblesisSmyth-sewn.Itisboundindarkbrowngoatskinleather.
