The International Standard Version New Testament

By Learn Foundation Translation Committee and The Learn Foundation

The International Standard Version or ISV is a new English translation of the Bible for which the New Testament has been published and the Old Testament is ... The Project - Literary attributes -... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891833022
• ISBN13: 9781891833021
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Davidson Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.1" x 1.3"

Customer Reviews

Finally a translation for both literalists and poets!

The ISV is a wonderful translation for reading, study, and memorization. It combines both the dedicated scholarly analysis and translation fans of the NASB enjoy, with a much less wooden rendering of both the Greek and Hebrew texts. Poetry such as the Psalms and NT hymns are rendered in metric poetic form, some even rhyme. David Black, known worldwide as one of the prominent experts on biblical greek, is only part of a committee of translators of this edition, all of whom have much experience in Bible translation and original languages. The entire edition of this translation is due in the next few years, and I am looking forward to using it as my primary Bible.

The translation appears to fix most of problems with the NIV

Easy American english, with appears to have phrasing that allows easier reading with improved accuracy in translation from the originals.

The ISV Bible is excellent!

It is with excitement that I have read and reviewed the ISV New Testament. As a Bible College and Seminary student I studied both the New and Old Testament in-depth. The ISV provides an easy-to-read, true to the original version in modern-day English. What particularly impressed me was the care and attention to detail that went into translating sections written in poetic verse. When I studied Greek it was hard enough just to come up with a translation -- let alone make it sound poetic. If you get your hands on an ISV (and you should) be sure to check out sections such as I Corinthians 13. I highly recommend it!