English Standard Version (ESV) – Translation Aberrations


English Standard Version,” or ESV, a modern English translation of the Christian Bible was first published as the Classic Reference Edition on November 14, 2001.

Here are translation aberrations in the English Standard Version (ESV).


Genesis 3:16

KJV
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

NKJV
To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”

NASB
To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall deliver children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”

ESV
16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”


1 John 5:7-8

KJV
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

NKJV
7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

NASB
7 For there are three that testify:
8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

ESV
7 For there are three that testify:
8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.


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