Not All Study Bibles Are Created Equal

Feature	NIV	ESV	NET
Cost (List/Sale)	$69.99/$48.99	$74.99/$53.09	$39.99/$39.99
Number of Notes	Over 20,000	20,000	Over 60,000
Number of notes done by the translation teams	0	0	Over 60,000
Number of notes done by a second team not involved in the translation	Over 20,000	20,000	0
Cover	Bonded Leather	Bonded Leather	Bonded Leather
Paper Edge	Silver Gilded	Gilded	Gold Gilded
Type Size	8.9pt / 9.25pt	9 pt	9.5 pt
Binding	Sewn	Sewn	Sewn
Online Companion	No	With Purchase	Yes - Always Free
Detailed table of contents	No	No	Yes
Study Note Abbreviations chart	No	No	Yes
Map Index	No	No	Yes
Color Maps	No	Yes	Yes
Foldout Full Color Satellite Maps	No	No	Yes
Illustration Maps	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hardcover Version	Yes - $39.99	Yes - $49.99	Yes - $29.99
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See what the NIV and ESV translations teams think about the NET Bible

“The translators’ notes, study notes, and text-critical notes (over 60,000 notes altogether) alone are worth the price of the NET Bible. In our work on the fully revised NIV Study Bible of 2002, the TNIV, and the TNIV Study Bible, we consulted the NET Bible notes and were often helped by them. Kudos!”

Kenneth L. Barker 
General Editor, 
NIV Study Bible and TNIV Study Bible

“The extensive and reliable notes in the NET Bible were a wonderful help to our translation team as we worked to prepare the English Standard Version.”

Wayne Grudem
Member, Translation Oversight Committee, ESV 
Research Professor of Bible and Theology 
Phoenix Seminary 
Scottsdale, AZ

If we can help a translation team, 
imagine how we can assist you in your studies

 The NET Bible (New English Translation) is a completely new translation of the Bible with 60,932 translators’ notes! It was completed by more than 25 scholars – experts in the original biblical languages – who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Turn the pages and see the breadth of the translators’ notes, documenting their decisions and choices as they worked.

 The translators’ notes make the original languages far more accessible, allowing you to look over the translator’s shoulder at the very process of translation. This level of documentation is a first for a Bible translation, making transparent the textual basis and the rationale for key renderings (including major interpretive options and alternative translations).

This unparalleled level of detail helps connect people to the Bible in the original languages in a way never before possible without years of study of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. It unlocks the riches of the Bible’s truth from entirely new perspectives.