Revised Standard Version (RSV)

The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible originally published in 1952. It was authorized by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA as a major revision of the 1901 American Standard Version (ASV), which itself tracked back to the historic 1611 King James Version (KJV). The RSV modernised biblical language while preserving the poetic literary tradition of its predecessors.