Bible Version Detail — New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Abbreviation:
NASB
Name:
New American Standard Bible
Functional Translation (1-10):
1
Formal Translation (1-10):
9
Ease of Reading (1-10):
4
Public Reading (1-10):
4
Serious Study (1-10):
8
Gender Neutral Language (1-10):
1
Capitalization of pronouns referring to God (Yes/No):
Yes
Extensive Translation of cultural terms (Yes/No):
No
Translated by Committee (Yes/No):
Yes
Interdenominational Participation (Yes/No):
Yes
Interfaith Participation (Yes/No):
No
Committee Note:
Conservative evangelical
The early standard of the extremely formal translations. The formality is sometimes wooden, but the version very accurately reflects the form of the source languages. This can be a valuable study Bible especially for those who like to do word studies. A good additional tool is Zondervan's NASB Exhaustive Concordance which includes Greek and Hebrew references.