Excellent study bible, disappointing Kindle edition
933152
I love the NRSV, and I find the commentary in this study bible excellent and useful. However, the Kindle edition leaves much to be desired where navigation is concerned. While the translation footnotes are linked in the text, the verse-by-verse commentary is notin order to read commentary, you have to page forward to the end of each chapter, then back to where you left off. It sounds like a minor inconvenience, but in the end it leaves the Kindle edition near-unusable. This is especially frustrating given the numerous delays in the release of this edition.

Since I'd also purchased Harper Bibles's NRSV with Apocrypha, I've found that the easiest way to use this study bible's commentary is to actually jump between the text of the other edition and the notes in this one. It saves a lot of extraneous bookmarking, but it's absurd that it's necessary.

Adding links from commented-upon verses to the endnotes and back would make this easily a 5-star purchase. If there's an update in the future, I'd be happy to change my rating. In the meantime, though, it's just too difficult to use.

Update: I've spent a bit more time with this study bible, and my opinion is softening a bit. I've found that there's still value in reading through the verse-by-verse commentary after I've read each chapter, and when it's genuinely necessary to flip back to a verse the Kindle's page-forward/back function is useful. It's a bit hacky, though, and links within the text would still be preferable. I've bumped the score from 2 to 3 stars.
322165
Ok....here's the low down on the Kindle version of this Bible.

1.  There is no chapter navigation.  If you are someone looking for a study Bible and need chapter navigation, then this Bible is not for you.  It does have book navigation, so you can get in the vicinity of where you are searching.

2.  This is a great version of the Bible, and unfortunately it is only one available on the Kindle.  I am waiting for another publisher to get on the ball and release one to Amazon.  If you need this version of the Bible, then you are stuck.

3.  It is perfect for either reading the Bible straight through or a particular book of the Bible straight through.  I am using it for my daily reading Bible.  Once again, if chapter and verse navigation are important to you, then stay away!  This is a reading Bible.

I hope this helped!
4847958
I will admit that once I bought the Kindle version of this study bible I was a little let down. It wasn't very easy to navigate and it took me longer to get to the verses I wanted, making me wish I had brought by hardback copy as a backup while studying. But after awhile I learned how to quickly find what I want and it works okay. I will admit that it may still be faster to find a verse in a paper copy, but I understand and accept the limitations on technology, and the benefit of being able to carry my bible wherever I go and it not take up so much space still outweighs electronic's little downfalls.

As far as the bible itself, as a Christian who has grown up in church all my life, yet has recently discovered what it really means to study the bible, I think this is a great version to start with. It's easy to read and the maps, outlines, and introductions to each chapter is great for understanding what to expect in each chapter of the bible. I don't know what all it entails to become a "master studier" of the bible, but as a person who has started studying and has now been studying it for awhile, this version is excellent. Of course, I know not to rely on only one source for studying, so I do go outside of this text and look at other versions of the bible (KJV and other study supplements) to gain understanding, but this particular bible is my main study tool. There is only one thing I found in this text that truly bothers me and hopefully Zondervan can fix is. I noticed that in the book of Zephaniah, two of the chapter headings say "Habbakkuk 2" and "Habbakkuk 3" instead of "Zephaniah 2" and "Zephaniah 3." It threw me off at first and granted it's not too big of a deal because I know what you meant to say (just an electronic mistake), but it makes it a little hard to search when the titles of the chapters are wrong. Other than this, I enjoy using this bible and will continue to keep using it throughout my study of the ministry of Jesus Christ.
4298902
I have this bible in book form and it is great.  My problem is with the Kindle version.  I can't figure out how to use it first of all.  It's not at all like reading a book version of the bible where you can go to a chapter and verse and read it.  I am not happy with it.  But hopefully I will figure it out.  I just use my book version.
3248853
This is a bible study book and was hard for me to do on a Kindle. If I had to do it over again I would buy the print version. Content, however is excellent.
2334610
I love this Bible version!  BUT...it is SO HARD TO NAVIGATE!!! Finding help to use it is a joke!!!
Is the problem with the program of MEV?  or KINDLE's problem! ????
1972408
This book is excellent. Olver presents a vast amount of material in full detail, and does it in an accessible way. Unfortunately the Kindle edition has many typos which are not present in the original book. In one proof (proposition 3.37), several lines are cut out of the middle (mid-sentence) and pasted back at the end of the proof. If you are familiar with this book and the subject matter then you can make sense of things. Otherwise, I would advise you to get a hard copy.
3173887
There are plenty of other helpful reviews on the content of this book, of which I have little more to add other than my agreement with their positive comments.  However, there's very little in the way of reviews of the Kindle version of this book, which I thought I would now add.

Two things to say about the Kindle edition:

1) It reads very much like an OCR scanned version of the original book, but with very little subsequent proof-reading/editing.  When you read the Kindle book, you will have no difficulty in reading the words on the page (letter-for-letter, they're all correct), but you will struggle a bit with incorrect formatting.

This is most obvious when the author quotes Hudson Taylor's words for himself.  I imagine in the original printed form, Hudson Taylor's words would have been written with indented paragraphs to delineate them from the author's own words.  In the Kindle edition, this indentation is missed, so what you read is the authors words, Hudson Taylor's words, then the author's words again, with no actual quotation marks or paragraph indentation to indicate whose words are whose.

2) This is the original, unrevised edition of the book "Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret" that was originally published in 1932.  Subsequently, the language of the book reflects the language of that era, and is more difficult to read for modern contemporary readers.  There have been been multiple other reprints/editions of the book that have subsequently been released under different publishers, some with fancy forewards added in.  But the version I would recommend is the one edited by Gregg Lewis, which was authorised by the Overseas Mission Fellowship (the mission organisation that Hudson Taylor founded) and updated the book's language to reflect a more modern and readable tone.

Sadly, despite the Gregg Lewis revised edition being over two decades old (being first published in 1990), as far as I'm aware there's no Kindle edition available for it yet, so you'll have to look to paperback/hardback to find that edition.  If you find the Amazon page for the Gregg Lewis edition of the book, then click "Kindle Edition", it takes you here, which is misleading as these are clearly different books.

For the reasons stated above, I can only really give the Kindle edition 3 stars, rather than the 5 I otherwise would have awarded it had the above issues been addressed.
4499027
I purchased this Bible from Amazon and I use the Kindle format. It is a helpful study tool and I refer to it often during daily study. This version is so clearly written that it vastly enhances my understanding of scripture.

However, I took it to church and to our community studies this week and found it embarrassing that I couldn't quickly find scripture and keep up with either the sermon or the pace of the study group. I ended up logging into Bible Gateway which allows me to find any scripture easily and quickly.
3888160
This guide uses scripture for Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs , and New Testament; all which seem to relate together and then presents a contemporary reflection for each day. Very well done and also results in reading the entire Bible in one year.  The Holman version is not my favorite but I do enjoy the organization and reflection.
Unfortunately the major distraction is the MANY typographical errors consisting of running two or three words together without spacing. This occurs most frequently with the word LORD and words following . I find this most distracting .
2580593
While I love that I have this volume to easily carry with me (the hardcopy version is large and somewhat cumbersome), I was a bit surprised that, whereas the hardcopy includes the actual Psalm before its exposition, the Kindle version has only the exposition.  Fortunately, I have a bible on my Kindle so I can reference each Psalm in its entirety, but otherwise this exclusion would render this volume incomplete for me.  But hey, the price is right... and what a true treasure Spurgeon's expositions are.  I would still recommend purchasing this.
2556739
A very good bible, however I do have some feedback as to how it could be differently formatted.

I chose this bible among many other NKJV choices because it is paragraph-formatted, unlike many other NKJV offerings that are indented with every single verse. I find this more suitable for reading because it allows the text to flow like a story or letter, which is exactly what the books of the bible are.

What sometimes gets in the way are the articles strewn throughout the text. They can be distracting or interrupt the flow of scripture. I have seen other NKJV titles with articles that have them hyperlinked instead -- and this is what I would suggest to whoever publishes this content.

Everything else in this eBook, including the notes on specific scriptures, are very rock-solid. I definitely suggest this eBible (eBook? lol).
3587014
I have always liked NKJV best, so when looking for this kind of ''color' study Bible it's between this and Thomas Nelson. From the sample pages, i thought this one would be best. But drawbacks are the baby blue verse numbers and footnote references. The lower case italic baby blue a, b, c's are so faint i need to shine a bright light on it and squint to find cross references in the center columns. Seems they could have done better. The footnotes themselves are usually adequate to add historical comments or comparisons to other scriptures. Sometimes silent on controversial or disputed points that may be found in other translations. Charts, photos and tables of infirmation are good and helpful. Book introductions are filled with information I hadnot read before. It's a heavy book to hold, but I use it everyday. So I must like it overall, but only 3 stars due to the lthography issues mentioned. Too bad, because it is a good Bible otherwise,
1852377
I love this particular Bible as it blends some of the features I seek most when looking for a reading Bible (as opposed to a study Bible):

1) Reliable, Academically Suitable Translation (NIV-1984 is a pretty decent translation all things considered--very readable and accurate) (the typeface is about 12.5)

2) Large Print Text (which reduces eye strain and makes it easier to read for long periods of time)

3) Cloth-Based Binding (which is more flexible and typically longer-lasting than glue/paper bindings)

4) Single-Column Text (reads more like a novel and leaves the reader with a sense of accomplishment--the double-column format of many Bibles can make the text seem like the material is twice as long)

5) An Absence of Commentary (this Bible only includes translators' notes and thus does not bias the interpretation of the text--very important in a reading Bible)

I would recommend this Bible to anyone, but particularly people who want to read through the Bible for the first time.
1159713
I love the notes and history, however, in the Kindle version you can not tell where the Biblical text ends and the notes and history begin. The publishers need to put the Biblical text in a different color or font, or keep the Bible at the top of the screen and the notes at the bottom. Somehow, there should be a break so the reader knows immediately which is the Bible and which is the history.
3806765
The ESV Reformation Study Bible offered here is a very big improvement over the shoddy and ill made Crossway ESVs that we had to endure when the ESV first came out. This edition does have a better binding and the pages are sewn in signature sections and not single sheets. Also the Black Leather cover (while rather stiff and unsupple for an $80 dollar price tag) does look like it will stand up to prolonged use.

However, the paper quality of this edition leaves something left to be desired. Weighed in comparison to the Oxford Scofield III ESV the paper quality in this Bible is found to be wanting. The pages have an annoying glare or sheen when used in a brightly lit room (a dead giveaway of cheap paper). This can be very distracting to the reader and has been mentioned in other reviews of this Bible. Why Lingonier Ministries went cheap on the paper quality is obvious - cost. I guess they felt they needed to make more of a profit and skimped on the paper quality. Unfortunate.

Also, can you believe that there are NO MAPS in the back of the Bible??? I find that rather chintsy for the price that the publishers asked for this edition. Someone dropped the ball here on this one. Again, I think they just got cheap on us like they did with the paper quality.

All in all this Bible is a HIT AND MISS project. The ESV Reformation Study Bible is still better made than the cheap Bibles put out by Thomas Nelson and Zondervan - so that is a factor to consider if you like a Bible that will last more than a year of prolonged use. The study notes and commentary are on a par with those found in the Macarthur Study Bible. They do make for more useful study and exegesis of the text.

The only other ESV worth buying out there is the Oxford Scofield III Edition but the Scofield has fewer notes than the Reformation Bible.

Note on the ESV translation: The ESV is an evangelical revision of the RSV(Revised Standard Version) that corrects the non-Christian interpretations of the RSV in the Old Testament and improves the accuracy throughout with more literal renderings. It also updates the language somewhat. An example is provided below:

RSV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a YOUNG WOMAN shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

ESV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the VIRGIN shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
4469717
This is a great chronological Bible and I read it in hard back, but the Kindle version has a lot of typo errors and words missing.  Hopefully in the next  update these will be corrected.