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{{Short description|English translation of the Bible}}
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{{Infobox Bible translation
| title                    = New Revised Standard Version
| image                    = NRSV Bible & Apocrypha.gif
| image_caption            = NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha
| abbreviation             = NRSV
| complete_bible_published = 1989
| derived_from             = [[Revised Standard Version]] (2nd ed., 1971)
| textual_basis            = {{Ubl|'''[[Old Testament|OT]]''': [[Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia]] (2nd ed., 1983) and additional sources<ref name="NRSV2k4">{{Cite book | title=NRSV Pew Bible | pages=vii–viii | year=2004 | publisher=[[Hendrickson Publishers]] | location=Peabody, MA | isbn=978-1-56563-495-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60XYAAAAMAAJ | access-date=February 10, 2023 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210014314/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Holy_Bible/60XYAAAAMAAJ | archive-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>|'''[[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]]''': [[Septuagint]] ([[Alfred_Rahlfs'_edition_of_the_Septuagint|Rahlfs']] and Göttingen) and additional sources<ref>{{Cite book | title=NRSV Pew Bible with the Apocrypha | page=viii | year=2005 | publisher=[[Hendrickson Publishers]] | location=Peabody, MA | isbn=978-1-56563-739-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvniktHFaesC | access-date=February 10, 2023 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210040309/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pew_Bible_NRSV_Apocrypha/EvniktHFaesC | archive-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>|'''[[New Testament|NT]]''': [[United_Bible_Societies|UBS]] ''Greek New Testament'' (3rd corrected ed.){{r|NRSV2k4|p=viii}}{{Efn|The translation teams had preliminary access to "changes to be introduced into the critical apparatus of the{{nbsp}}... 4th edition."{{r|NRSV2k4|p=viii}}}}}}
| translation_type         = [[Formal equivalence]]<ref name="logos-bts">{{Cite web | title=Bible Translation Spectrum | website=Logos Bible Software Wiki | url=https://community.logos.com/kb/articles/548-bible-translation-spectrum | access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref>
| reading_level            = High school
| version_revised          = 2021{{Efn|See the section regarding the [[New Revised Standard Version#NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue)|NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue)]].}}
| publisher                = [[National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA]]
| copyright                = New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
| religious_affiliation    = [[Protestant]]{{r|logos-bts}}{{Efn|Primarily associated with [[mainline Protestantism]], the New Revised Standard Version features the work of "translation teams" that are "both ecumenical and interfaith,"<ref name="NRSV22k2">{{Cite book | title=NRSV Updated Edition Pew Bible | page=xi | year=2022 | publisher=[[Hendrickson Publishers]] | location=Peabody, MA | isbn=978-1-4964-7210-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Kq9zgEACAAJ | access-date=February 10, 2023 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210014817/https://www.google.com/books/edition/NRSV_Updated_Edition_Pew_Bible_Hardcover/5Kq9zgEACAAJ | archive-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> consisting of "scholars affiliated with various Protestant denominations, as well as several Roman Catholic members, an Eastern Orthodox member, and a Jewish member who serves in the Old Testament section."{{r|NRSV2k4|p=vii}}}}
| genesis_1:1-3            = In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
| john_3:16                = {{Not a typo|"}}For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
}}
{{BibleHistory}}

The '''New Revised Standard Version''' ('''NRSV''') is a translation of the Bible in American English. It was first published in 1989 by the [[National Council of Churches]],<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncccusa.org/newbtu/reader.html |title=Preface to the NRSV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206062332/http://www.ncccusa.org/newbtu/reader.html |archivedate=2010-02-06 |website=[[National Council of Churches]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> the NRSV was created by an [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] committee of scholars "comprising about thirty members".{{r|NRSV2k4|p=vii}} The NRSV is considered a revision of the [[Revised Standard Version]], and relies on recently published [[critical editions]] of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. It is thus a revision in a series of English translations that has been identified as beginning with the [[King James Version]].{{r|autogenerated1}}<ref>{{cite book | first1=Daniel | last1=Durken | title=New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament | year=2015 | publisher=Liturgical Press | location=Collegeville, MI | isbn=978-0-8146-3587-2 | quote=The King James tradition was continued in the Revised Version of 1881 and 1885, the Revised Standard Version of 1946 and 1952, and the New Revised Standard Version of 1989.}}</ref> A major revision of the NRSV, the [[#NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue)|New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition]] (NRSVue), was released in 2021.

Used broadly among [[Biblical studies|biblical scholars]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Endorsements | url=https://www.nrsv.net/about/endorsements/ | website=NRSV: The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609171658/https://www.nrsv.net/about/endorsements/ | archive-date=June 9, 2017 | access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Bertone2016">{{cite book | first1=John | last1=Bertone | title=Finding God in Scripture | year=2016 | publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers | location=Eugene, OR | isbn=978-1-5326-0475-1 | quote=The NRSV was published in 1989 and is popular among academics and church leaders. It is an ecumenical Bible translation whose committee consists of thirty men and women who are among the top scholars in America today. They come from Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Greek Orthodox Church. The committee also includes a Jewish scholar. The NRSV is available in three forms: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha; a Roman Catholic Edition, which includes the so-called "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books in the Roman Catholic canonical order; and the Common Bible, which includes all books belonging to the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox canons.}}</ref> the NRSV was intended as a translation to serve the devotional, liturgical, and scholarly needs of the broadest possible range of Christian religious adherents.

The full 84 book translation includes the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] enumeration of the [[Old Testament]], the [[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]], and the [[New Testament]]; [[New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition|another version of the NRSV]] includes the [[deuterocanonical books]] as part of the Old Testament, which is normative in the canon of [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], along with the New Testament (totalling 73 books).{{r|Bertone2016}}<ref name="BST2022">{{cite web | title=New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha (NRSA) | publisher=Bible Study Tools | url=https://www.biblestudytools.com/nrsa/ | access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>{{r|nrsv.net}}

The translation appears in three main formats: (1) an edition including the Protestant enumeration of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament (as well an edition that only includes the Protestant enumeration of the Old Testament and New Testament); (2) a [[New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition|Catholic edition]] with all the books of that canon in their customary order, and (3) the [[Common Bible]], which includes the books that appear in Protestant, Catholic, and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] canons (but not additional books from [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]] traditions, such as the Syriac and [[Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon|Ethiopian]] canons).<ref name="nrsv.net">{{Cite web | title=New Revised Standard Version - Home | url=https://www.zondervan.com/p/nrsv-2/ | website=Marketing Pages | access-date=2019-12-07 | quote=Standing in this tradition, the NRSV is available in three ecumenical formats: a standard edition with or without the Apocrypha, a Roman Catholic Edition, which has the so-called “Apocryphal” or “Deuterocanonical” books in the Roman Catholic canonical order, and The Common Bible, which includes all books that belong to the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox canons.}}</ref> A special edition of the NRSV, called the "Anglicized Edition", employs [[British English]] spelling and grammar instead of [[American English]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/NRSV-Popular-Text-Apocrypha-NR530/dp/0521702623 Amazon.co.uk entry for Anglicized NRSV]</ref>