Work on the International Standard Version is being supervised by the Learn Foundation's Committee on Translation . Dr. Ron Rietveld, Professor of History at California State University at Fullerton serves on the Committee along with Dr. Giacumakis, Dr. Black, and Dr. Curtis. The Learn Foundation's Executive Director Mr. William Welty also is an ex officio member of the Committee on Translation. More than a dozen consulting scholars were consulted for the preview release of the ISV New Testament. The ISV is clear .
Passages flow smoothly in lucid, natural English.
The ISV is accurate . The Committee on Translation was guided by 24 specific Principles of Translation that specified how the original languages would be rendered. The Principles of Translation are published in the introduction to the ISV, together with the names and backgrounds of all translators. The ISV is contemporary . The ISV is distinctive .