ESV Study Bible, Large Print (Genuine Leather, Black)

I actually came within a hair of returning this Bible. Lifting it from the box, I found its heft of nearly 4-1/2# a challenge to handle, but its assets outweighed that one drawback. Because of the large print and extensive study aids, it is a thick, heavy volume, but it is a well-constructed book that should last many years. A primary asset is its large, clear typeset, that makes it highly readable. Even the smaller font used for the study notes is large enough for comfortable Bible study without eye strain. The Bible also lies flat when it is opened, making it a good lap Bible if you need your hands free to utilize other tools during Bible study. While this is not as portable as a pocket Bible or a Bible that contains fewer study helps, I solved that problem by also buying a thin line leather ESV Bible that does not contain the study materials. Excessive expense? No, God's Word in a useful format is probably one of the wisest uses of money you can make. I'll use the study Bible primarily at home and carry the small one to spare my arthritic hands. This is a translation that accurately reflects the meanings expressed by the original manuscripts, in contrast to the KJV's archaic language that sometimes gives readers false impressions and brings ridicule of God's Word (e.g. compare the two translations of Psalm 71:6, Philippians 4:6, and Philiippians 1:8) I highly recommend this God-honoring, life-changing book!

I'm a Baptist pastor. I have many, many bibles in many different translations. Most Baptist congratulations are raised on the King James. I have nothing against the KJV, it reads like poetry. That's fine if you understand what Shakespeare is trying to say to you. But I find that more modern translations are easier for my members to understand, especially the younger ones. I like this ESV translation better than the NIV, NLTand many others, especially the Amplified Bible. I regularly preach and teach from this Bible. As a study Bible I find this to be a most excellent choice. The pictures, charts, maps, comments and commentaries are very good. This Bible can help you leave other reference books on the shelf. The commentaries are pretty much mid of the road and not colored to much in their theology. The cover is nice for the price point. Pages a normal Bible weight paper and the print fairly easy to read, note are a little smaller. I'm 67 and find no problems reading with my reading glasses. The only thing I will point out about this Bible is ...it is huge! It measures almost I would say 3 inches thick. For that reason I bought a smaller one and keep this one at home for study and sermon prep. If your one the fence, get off and buy it!

It's a big book, but the large print is easy to read I like that it has red letter for Christ's words, and every page has reference or detail about verses on that page. Little big to be hauling around to church or carrying it but I have a smaller one for that so it's nice for the desk or table

As I my eye sight changed with age, I found I needed bigger print. Also, by previous Crossway ESV study bible cover (no leather) was flaking off. This large print leather cover was the perfect answer. When my peers saw it they wanted one also. Even got one for my brother. Excellent resource. I find it very helpful.

I bought this on the recommendation of Tim Wildsmith’s YouTube review. It is the perfect study bible for me. Highly recommended.

After much pondering and research I decided to buy the ESV. One should not go and buy a Bible for the heck of it. While using different versions enhances one's understanding it is also true that it might bring confusion and error if a not so good version is being used. I like to read word for word translations and some dynamic translations. The ESV is a word for word translation, much like the NRSV, NASB, and KJV. Some 150 men and women participated in the endeavour to bring forth this work of art. In my opinion, this has been the best investment I've made on the word of God. I bought the black leather large print Study Bible because I've had bad experiences with hard-cover ones in the past. I've been using and abusing it since 2016, and I have yet to see any wear, much less tearing. It's essays and footnotes are magnificent and deeply enrich my devotional time. It's construction is phenomenal. Great quality materials—leather-bound; sewn and glued—were used to make this baby. It does not get any better than that! Font size is adequate for the overall text and the footnotes. The only two things, and for me these are minor aspects: 1.) The illustrations are not coloured; 2.) It is HEAVY, since it is a 3000+ pages behemoth. Another positive aspect? since it is huge, It's easier to spot. :-) Nonetheless, I still carry it to church. I hope this helps.

Purchased as a Christmas gift. Recipient loves this and reads it daily.

I would have given this bible 5 stars if it werent for the font size in the study notes. The actual large print of the text in the bible is great and easy to read but the study notes are still small and hard to read. I'm not understanding why people who publish bibles dont understand that we buy study bibles for the notes too and if we cant read them they are not much help. I find myself using a magnifying glass for the notes. So, if you want a study bible where you can read both the text AND the notes this isnt it. If you can handle the small fonts in the study notes then its very definitive and you will really enjoy it as it breaks everything down for you.

Excellent product, highly recommend

Sehr empfehlenswert.

Good quality, appreciate the study notes.

Glory God. Easy to understnad Word God. Very useful for the prepartion of Bible study. I love it

This Bible is awesome! On 3000 pages it contains not only a very good translation close to the original texts but also teaching material that would normally fill a 20-volume library. This Bible contains vers-by-vers commentaries from cover to cover and first-class articles by 95 excellent Bible scholars and was composed with the goal to give Christians a good and sustainable foundation of evangelical Bible doctrine into their hands, as you know all Christians are not taught well and carefully and even after 30 years of attending church many still know nothing! This is true not only in America but also in Germany where I am from and across the whole world! So, get this Bible and you can discover a rich fulness of lasting Bible truths yourself. Make yourself independent from often lousy sermons that give you nothing by a rather small one-time investment. Absolutely recommendable!