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In the process of Biblical manuscript translation there is a scale that ranges from more literal to the source text ("word-for-word") translations to more dynamic equivalency ("thought for thought") translations.

To summarize it, the NASB follows a more word-for-word translation approach, even more literal to the source than even the King James Version is to it's manuscript base, while the ESV leans more to the side of thought-for-thought translation.

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