ESV Preaching Bible (Goatskin, Black)

I’ve got a collection of Bibles and this is by far my favorite. The goatskin leather is nice to the touch and only improves as its broken in. The print size is perfect, allowing for easy visibility while preaching (or reading in general). I love the single-column text and margins allow for quick notes. I don’t highlight in this Bible because I want it to be as clean as possible and free of distraction. I will, however, occasionally jot down notes or underline with a pencil which does not bleed through or imprint the next page. I don’t know if I would purchase this Bible for myself at full price - I managed to get it at discount, but it would be a perfect gift for someone else.

This is literally the perfect Bible! Whether you are a preacher or not, I believe you will find this Bible to be suitable for your personal studies and/or ministerial duties. The size is not overwhelming; the pages are thick; the single column lays out nicely; the font size is big and easily readable; and the cover and binding is top quality. Could not ask for more!

The flexible cover makes it easy to hold and keep the text you are using in front of you without the pages turning. Easy to read. The margins are wide enough for notes.

Absolutely beautiful bible. Very accurate in translation to original scripts and writings. My very favorite book of all my bibles.

The last time I really bonded with a bible was an NASB Ryrie Study Bible way back before the 95 update. That is, until now. The ESV Preachers Bible is without a doubt the most gorgeous Bible I have ever had, and no I am not a preacher. From the goatskin cover to the uncluttered single column layout, all I can say is that this Bible is AWESOME!! A beautiful cover and a layout that makes the text the main thing. Am glad I bought this!!

Overall I’m very pleased. I wanted something soft that didn’t dig into my hand, light enough to hold up for a while, and with large enough print that I could see well without being so large as to require jumping to the next line too often. This bible delivers on all of those. The reason I took a star off is the cover is a lot thinner and less durable feeling than I expected, and it came slightly blemished. The seller I ordered from offered it below the box price, so I wouldn’t normally deduct a star for that. However they did say it was new, and when it arrived the box was shrink wrapped, and the pages were still stuck together from the finishing process. So I believe it was new, and the blemish was from the factory.

I use this for my preaching Bible. It’s got great large text and the binding keeps it open even when I am preaching out of Genesis or Revelation.

Bought as a gift for my father. He loved it. The Bible itself is extremely well constructed and very beautiful. A good investment for those looking for a serious premium Bible.

TL;DR: Highly recommend this bible for people looking for a comfortable reader, that also has space for making notes in the margin, and still has useful cross-references. I've just received my ESV Preaching Bible via DHL (I'm in South Africa and got it delivered from the UK). The quality of the bible is top class. The goatskin cover has a wonderfully tactile feel to it (sorry goats). It smells like real leather. The quality of the paper is as advertised. I wasn't certain I would like the size of the bible but it's great for a long term reader which is what I intend for it to be, as opposed to preaching. I wanted a bible that didn't feel cluttered by double column, or the 'noise' that I sometimes feel the study bibles have with copious commentary everywhere. I wanted a bible I can pick up and read comfortably like a book. This preaching bible delivers all of that. Well done to Crossway! One thing I tried to find was a bible with Jesus' words in red text. I couldn't find that in single column format anywhere. However after reading up as to why that is, I'm pursuaded by the argument that it creates a 'canon within a canon' and that the decision to make words red or not is largely editorial and not a historic fact as such. So I was fine with giving up that requirement. Just mentioning that in case there are others who feel similarly. I note some of the complaints in the reviews of pages stuck together as such. I've flipped through the entire bible slowly and there are no such pages. This one I received appears to be pristine. A few pages had the corners still stuck together but I expect that's just an artifact of cutting the rounded corners and they are easily separated. No harm no foul.

I’m a huge fan of Crossway, their ESV translation is absolutely spectacular! This is a gorgeous, single column Bible, with 10 point font that is extremely easy to read.

The goatskin leather is beautiful, the paper is nice and thin with little see through. But a few complains for a bible at this price point. Firstly, the pages are not properly glued to the spine when I look at it from the bottom of the book. Secondly, there's smudging of "1" in 1 Samuel. The quality assurance department gotta step up a bit. Otherwise, it's a pretty ideal bible

This is a great bible. Single column layout coupled with a larger (10pt) font makes it really easy (and a pleasure) to read. The name "preaching bible" is misleading, imho. This should have been called "large print, wide margin bible". The paper is also very, very nice. I removed a star from my rating because the publisher (Crossway) used an extremely thin goat skin leather for the binding (likely trying to save some money). And given that this is a larger and heavier bible at (10" x 6.75" x 1.75"), it flexes too much when held in one hand. I personally can live with this, but I wish Crossway used a thicker goatskin for the binding.

Brilliant Bible, well made and beautifully written in ESV translation. Really great for reading at the front of church as the stirring is larger than usual and the verse by verse really aids concentration while writing sermons.