All translations
NRSVue · 2021
New Revised Standard Version (Updated)
The academic standard; ecumenical and inclusive.
- Publisher
- National Council of Churches
- Text base
- NA28 / BHS + Dead Sea Scrolls
- Philosophy
- Formal Equivalence
- Reading level
- 11th grade
Strengths
- Scholarly, inclusive language
- Ecumenical standard
- Includes deuterocanon
Textual issues & criticisms
Less common in evangelical churches
Issue
More frequent in academic and mainline settings.
Inclusive-language decisions
Issue
Some readings adjust masculine pronouns some see as textually warranted.
Divine names in this translation
YHWH — the Tetragrammaton
Rendered as LORD — NRSV preface explicitly discusses and rejects printing 'Yahweh'.
El Elyon and the El names
Rendered as God Most High — Follows the Qumran reading at Deuteronomy 32:8 ('sons of God' not 'sons of Israel').
Immanuel
Rendered as 'young woman' — With 'virgin' footnoted — a longstanding controversy since the RSV of 1952.