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ESV Text Change Summary (2025)

For Generations to Come

The ESV Translation Oversight Committee (TOC) is a standing committee of the Crossway Board of Directors. The purpose of the TOC is to preserve and carry forward the publication of the English Standard Version Bible translation and to ensure the ongoing accuracy of the ESV for this generation and generations to come.

With this purpose in mind, the TOC met over the summer of 2024 to consider a limited number of minor changes to the ESV text. Briefly summarized, the committee made changes to 36 Scripture passages involving 42 verses, resulting in a total of 68 word changes. Given that there are nearly 757,400 words in the ESV, this represents a change of about one word per 11,000 words in the ESV text. In addition to the above text changes, a limited number of changes were made to 57 footnotes, and a few additional changes were also made to punctuation in 14 verses.

Given that there are more than 540 editions of the ESV currently being published worldwide, the rollout of the text update will take nearly two years to complete, with the first copies of the new ESV text editions being released in the spring of 2025 and, Lord willing, with almost all of the new ESV text editions being published by the fall of 2026.

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By God’s grace, more than 315 million copies of the ESV have been published and distributed through ministry partners worldwide since its first publication in the fall of 2001. We rejoice in the many ways the Lord has provided for Crossway and the ESV.

The words of the Bible are the very words of God. For this reason, the ESV translation committee and the Crossway Board of Directors have undertaken their work with full awareness of the gravity this entails, relying on the Lord’s grace, mercy, strength, and providence—for the glory of God alone.

As the ESV Preface reads:

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We are so thankful for all those who love the truth and beauty of the very words of God—words inspired by the Holy Spirit in their original writing, words that are without error in all that Scripture teaches, words that are trustworthy and true for all of life and forevermore.

On behalf of the ESV Translation Oversight Committee and the Crossway Board of Directors, we are pleased to provide the following comparison of the 36 Scripture passages approved and adopted by the Crossway Board last summer, 2024.

	Changed From (2016)	Changed To (2025)
Genesis 3:16	Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.	Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Genesis 4:7	Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.	Its desire is for you, and you must rule over it.
Exodus 7:15	Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.	Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water, and stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.
Exodus 20:5	You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation . . .	You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation . . .
Exodus 20:11	For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them . . .	For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them . . .
Exodus 31:17	It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”	It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
Exodus 34:23	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:32	Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.	Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
Deuteronomy 4:25	“When you father children and children’s children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly . . .	“When you father children and children’s children, and have grown old in the land, and you act corruptly . . .”
Deuteronomy 32:17	They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, . . .	They sacrificed to demons that were not God, to gods they had never known, . . .
Joshua 15:16-19	16And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriathsepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.	16And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriathsepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Judges 1:12-15	12And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriathsepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife.” 13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife. 14When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 15She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.	12And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriathsepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.” 13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 14When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 15She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Judges 3:11	So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.	So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 8:28	So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.	So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon.
2 Samuel 7:22	Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.	Therefore you are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1 Kings 7:8	His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.	His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court at the back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.
2 Kings 19:15	And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.	And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth.
2 Chronicles 9:7	Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!	Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Job 7:4	When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.	When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I toss and turn till the dawn.
Psalm 119:159	Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.	Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life, O LORD, according to your steadfast love.
Isaiah 37:16	“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.	“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth.
Jeremiah 24:7	I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.	I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
Lamentations 3:14	I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.	I have become the laughingstock of all my people, the object of their taunts all day long.
Lamentations 3:32	but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion	for, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
Ezekiel 34:29	And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.	And I will provide for them a renowned place for planting so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.
Daniel 9:25	Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.	Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. And for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
Jonah 2:3	For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.	For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your breakers and your waves passed over me.
Jonah 2:5–6	5The waters closed in over me to take my life;   the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head   6at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land   whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit,   O LORD my God.	5The waters closed in over me to take my life;   the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head. 6To the roots of the mountains I went down,   to the land whose bars closed upon me forever. Yet you brought up my life from the pit,   O LORD my God.
Matthew 9:29	Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”	Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be done to you.”
Matthew 15:28	Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly	Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly
Matthew 21:30	And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go.	And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I will go, sir,’ but did not go.
John 1:18	No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side,	No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side,
Romans 15:10	And again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”	And again it says, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
2 Corinthians 4:10	always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.	always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies.
Ephesians 1:9–10	9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.	9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him.
Ephesians 2:3	among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.	among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
2 Timothy 4:5	As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry	But as for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry
Revelation 13:8	and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.	and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.