The New American Standard Bible, 2020 Update (NASB)

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Lockman Foundation

, 2020

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Overview

The New American Standard Bible (NASB), long considered a favorite study Bible by serious students of the Scriptures. Since its completion in 1971, the New American Standard Bible has been widely embraced as the gold standard among word-for-word translations. Millions trust the NASB and discover what the original text says, word for word. Over the past several years, the Lockman Foundation has been overseeing a new update to the NASB text, commonly referred to as NASB 2020.

Going verse by verse, every aspect of vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, and meaning was carefully reviewed in the update process. These refinements maintain faithful accuracy to the original texts and provide a clear understanding of God’s Word through updated English. The NASB has been produced with the conviction that the words of Scripture as originally penned in the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek were inspired by God and will speak with fresh power to every generation.

The NASB strives to adhere as closely as possible to the original manuscripts and to make a translation that is both fluent and readable according to current English usage.

Be sure to also pick up the The New American Standard Bible, 2020 Update (NASB) Reverse Interlinear.

Provides a formal rendering of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
Features the latest update of the NASB 1995 that further improves accuracy where possible, modernizes language, and improves readability
Consistently uses the formal equivalence translation philosophy

Most Highlighted Verses in New American Standard Bible

Genesis 2:7: Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.

Genesis 2:16–17: The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Exodus 34:6–7: Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth; who keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Proverbs 1:7: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Matthew 5:16: Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

John 14:6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

Romans 1:16–17: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written: “But the righteous one will live by faith.”

Galatians 2:20–21: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

2 Timothy 3:15–17: and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.

Revelation 1:3: Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Title: New American Standard Bible
Publisher: Lockman Foundation
Print Publication Date: 2020
Logos Release Date: 2021
Era: era:contemporary
Language: English
Resources: 1
Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
Subject: Bible › English
Resource ID: LLS:NASB2020
Resource Type: Bible
Metadata Last Updated: 2021-07-12T17:51:42Z

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Kevin Drake
7/23/2022
Bobby Sanford
7/14/2022
Terry Hiebert
7/7/2022
Aaron Budd
7/3/2022
I love the NASB 2020. it has been a joy to have in my life. Thank you Lockman Foundation!
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Phillip Jay Wilson
6/23/2022
Nick Tarter
5/26/2022
I have been using the NASB for my entire life. My first leather bound Bible was a 1977 edition which I got as a kid. In Jr. High and High School I used a 1995 edition which has been one of four translations I typically read and study from regularly (NASB, CSB, NET, ESV). Recently I bought a copy of the 2020 update and I really enjoy it. It is slightly different from the 1995 in minor ways, but the language was updated tastefully and still maintains the basic syntax and structure of the 1995. I appreciate this since much of my scripture memorization has been from the 1995. I compare the two editions often. They did update some of the gender oriented language, but not in a way that compromises the meaning of the biblical text. Any Greek scholar worth his salt knows that the masculine form is often used when referring to groups of both men and women. It is clear in context when this is happening. Such was the common practice in that culture but is no longer common in our English language today. I would argue that "brothers and sisters" it is the most accurate way to translate where the older translation often used the word "brethren." Even in the older version they attempted to distinguish the difference between "brothers" meaning just men and "brothers" meaning a group of men and women by using the word "brethren" where gender plurality was clear. Of course we hardly use the word brethren in modern English, so it makes more sense to translate the word how most people would understand its meaning more accurately. They have done well here. Those who disagree, I would argue, simply don't have a good understanding of the context of those passages in the original language. Much of the criticism of this update is unfounded. Lockman has not forsaken conservative evangelical scholarship, nor have they gone liberal by any means. They have produced for us a refined and faithfully updated NASB. I appreciate that.
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Brian Holt
4/3/2022
Chad W Smith
12/19/2021
Brett Vermillion
12/14/2021
I wonder how often the context was so unclear that it left one wondering if "let us" meant seeking permission or prompting departure. It must have been a pretty significant problem to introduce contractions to downgrade the otherwise literary English of a Bible translation. Other than this puzzling decision, It's a pretty good translation overall. I don't mind the "brothers and sisters" with sisters being in italics. It is not gender neutral because of the italics. I am pretty sensitive to this issue, and this is not the same thing other translations are doing because the NASB uses italics to clearly indicate translator supplied words. Done this way, it actually improves accuracy. The NIV changes the gender that is in the original text in over 3200 verses. That is neutering gender to cater to culture. This is merely adding information. If Lockman is listening, please get rid of the blue-green paper in your Bibles. You were putting out quality Bibles back when Nelson, Zondervan, and Crossway was cranking out substandard ones. Now they have all improved and you've gotten worse. If they can get the Chinese printers to put out good quality Bibles, you can too. Please, for us who love the NASB.
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Clay Cadwell
12/12/2021