The ESV bible is the English Standard Version. This translation stands in the classic mainstream of English Bible translations over the past half-millennium and was edited in 2008. Many international churches in Holland use the English Standard Version

The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. It seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original.