Why Refresh the ASV?

For decades, scholars have referred to the American Standard Version as the “Rock of Biblical Honesty,” and have held convictions that “interest in it should be renewed and increased, with the chief inducement being its recognized value which deserves and demands perpetuation.”

Refresh Philosophy

Like our ASV predecessors, the RASV is resolutely committed to the Formal Equivalence translation philosophy, and has endeavored to handle the English text with both deference and reserve, intending this standard ought merely to be refreshed, rather than revised, or replaced. 

Refresh Emendations

Changes made to the ASV within the limited scope of the refreshing of the English text include archaic personal pronouns (i.e. thee, thou, thine, thy, thyself, ye), archaic verb terminations (i.e. -est, -st, -th), and antiquated vocabulary, spelling, and grammar resulting from semantic shift.

 

Genesis 1

1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light”: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and …

psalm 1

1  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stands in the way of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of scoffers:
2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;
And on his law he meditates day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also does not …

proverbs 1

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction;
To discern the words of understanding;
3 To receive instruction in wise dealing,
In righteousness and justice and equity;
4 To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion:
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; …

Matthew 1

1  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
   2 Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers; 3 and Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez begot Hezron; and Hezron begot Ram; 4 and Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon; 5 and Salmon begot Boaz by …

Romans 1

1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God, 2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; even Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we received grace and …

Revelation 1

1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John; 2 who bore witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it: for the time is at hand.

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