# New Revised Standard Version Bible

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-revised-standard-version-bible/

2 people recommended New Revised Standard Version Bible in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

1 of the 2 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a widely regarded, consensus English translation with useful footnotes. One critic says it is written at about a ninth-grade reading level.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 3 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Widely regarded consensus English translation (2 comments in the sample): "The NRSV is the consensus version (as much as there could be one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302791)) "The NRSV and NASB also seem relatively widely regarded" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000168))

## What people warn about

- Written at ninth-grade reading level (1 comment in the sample): "only written at IIRC ninth-grade level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981509))

## Other bible translations people recommend

- [New International Version Bible](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-international-version-bible/): 3 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize
- [English Standard Version Bible](https://hackerapproved.com/p/english-standard-version-bible/): 2 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [New King James Version Bible](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-king-james-version-bible/): 2 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize
- [World English Bible](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-english-bible/): 2 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "New Revised Standard Version Bible", https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-revised-standard-version-bible/ (2 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.