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The '''Revised Standard Version''' (RSV) is an [[English language|English]] [[Bible translation|translation]] of the [[Bible]] published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history all the way back to [[William Tyndale]]'s New Testament translation of 1525 and the [[King James Version]] of 1611. The RSV is a comprehensive revision of the King James Version (KJV), the [[Revised Version]] (RV) of 1881-85, and the [[American Standard Version]] (ASV) of 1901, with the ASV being the primary basis for the revision.
The '''Revised Standard Version''' (RSV) is an [[English language|English]] [[Bible translation|translation]] of the [[Bible]] published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history all the way back to [[William Tyndale]]'s New Testament translation of 1525 and the [[King James Version]] of 1611. The RSV is a comprehensive revision of the King James Version (KJV), the [[Revised Version]] (RV) of 1881-85, and the [[American Standard Version]] (ASV) of 1901, with the ASV being the primary basis for the revision.
The RSV posed the first serious challenge to the popularity of the KJV, aiming to be a readable and literally accurate modern English translation of the Bible. The intention was not only to create a clearer version of the Bible for the English-speaking church, but also to "preserve all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used through the centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great Tyndale-King James tradition."
The RSV posed the first serious challenge to the popularity of the KJV, aiming to be a readable and literally accurate modern English translation of the Bible. The intention was not only to create a clearer version of the Bible for the English-speaking church, but also to "preserve all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used through the centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great Tyndale-King James tradition."