ESV Wide Margin Reference Bible, Red Letter (TruTone, Brown): English Standard Version Brown Trutone Wide Margin Reference Bible Imitation Leather – Illustrated, 30 Jun. 2014

This is a fantastic Bible from Crossway. The quality of the production is excellent, sturdy attractive imitation leather cover which looks far better than expected, good quality paper and consistent high quality printing. The font used is clear and easy to read, some might find it on the small side but this is to be expected given the compact size of the book. The page layout is excellent, single column paragraph style with cross references in the gutter. This was the main reason for my choosing this Bible - I wanted a smaller, more comfortable reading Bible - Crossway’s Reader’s Bible is great but in a large hardback format which is uncomfortable for long reading sessions. At this price this Bible is hard to fault and I intend to buy further copies as gifts. My only wish to improve it would be an edition that includes the Apocrypha.

Highlighters Barley seep through pages, lovely leather cover. Will be using for years to come

Great compact size ,same size as the Cambridge clarion) but thinner,Love the txt block. Definitely buying an extra copy for back-up

I bought this for my wife, who wanted a journaling Bible in which she could write notes. We looked at more recent Crossway Journaling Bibles but all seemed to have lined margins, which she definitely didn't want. This Bible has a lot of extra helps, wide margins on both sides of each page, and good quality paper. With the right pens the marks don't bleed through. The Smith-sewn binding enables you to open the Bible flat from Genesis to Revelation and the Trutone cover is both attractive and durable.

A lovely Bible but print size was just too small for me, so returned.

The text is in 2 columns with a good sized margin fore and aft. The print size is good and easy to read. The ESV is a very good translation enabling a good understanding of the original writings. Its style is traditional and it has retained the best of the much-loved RSV, which I still use, as my preferred translation. Its old fashioned phraseology has been eliminated, leaving an excellent word for word version of the sacred texts. The well prepared reference system is found at the bottom right hand corner of each page. Each chapter or section contains an unobtrusive introduction. There is no introduction at the beginning of each book. The spelling is that of American English, for example, plough is spelt plow, and so on. Let's not be too stuffy, however. The overall impression of this excellent Bible is positive. The quality of the translation is shown through a high level of standard English usage: for example, Luke 17. 11-19. However, verse 1 reads: temptations to sin are sure to come... this is the same as the RSV. However, the NASB wisely avoids this colloquialism. The Greek agrees better with this translation; the KJV, likewise, is more accurate.

Great size, compact and readable. References easy to follow and space in margins for notes. Good quality cover and pages.

Great texture, and a proper bible.