ESV Audio Bible, Read by David Cochran Heath

De: Crossway Publishers

Narrado por: David Cochran Heath

The Bible is made up of 66 books that tell the magnificent story of God's redemptive work through Christ. In this audio recording of the full Bible, that story comes alive in a fresh way through the voice of audiobook narrator David Cochran Heath.

From Genesis to Revelation, this word-for-word reading of the ESV Bible text is a great way to encounter God's Word and the story of salvation on any phone, tablet, or computer.

©2008 Crossway Publishers (P)2008 Crossway

Navigation is awful!!

As many have already said, the audiobook is broken into 15 parts, each part consisting of many chapters. Apparently Audible recently updated it, because now, instead of 15 book with chapters numbered 1-x in each book, the chapter numbers are successive from one book to the next, so that there are a total of 1194 chapters in the 15 parts. This is even worse than it was before! I have updated a popular breakdown of the books and chapters of the Bible originally made by "Aaron" for assistance in navigating. Unfortunately, a number of the books of the Bible were separated into different parts of the Audible book. Hopefully Audible will eventually fix this.

Apart from the awful navigation, I think this is a very good reading of the Bible. It is neither over- nor under-dramatized. The narrator has good diction and just enough character voice to distinguish when God or a person is supposed to be speaking. And I really like this version of the Bible. To me, it seems to read like a cross between the NASB and the NIV.

Book (Part #) Chapter #'s
Note: If the book is not fully contained in one part, I have listed the chapter numbers after the book name

OLD TESTAMENT

PART 1:
Genesis (Part 1) 1 - 51
Exodus (1) 52 - 91

PART 2:
Leviticus (2) 92 - 118
Numbers (2) 119 - 154


PART 3:
Deuteronomy (3) 155 - 188
Joshua (3) 189 - 212
Judges (3) 213 - 233
Ruth (3) 234 - 237

PART 4:
1 Samuel (4) 238 - 268
2 Samuel (4) 269 - 292
1 Kings (4) 293 - 314

PART 5:
2 Kings (5) 315 - 339
1 Chronicles (5) 340 - 368
2 Chronicles (5) 369 - 404

PART 6:
Ezra (6) 405 - 414
Nehemiah (6) 415 - 427
Esther (6) 428 - 437
Job (6) 438 - 479

PART 7:
Psalms 1 - Psalm 99 (7) 480 - 578

PART 8:
Psalms 100 - 150 (8) 579 - 629
Proverbs (8) 630 - 661
Ecclesiastes (8) 662 - 673
Song of Solomon 1 (9) 674

PART 9:
Song of Solomon 2-8 (9) 675 - 681
Isaiah (9) 682 - 747
Jeremiah 1 (9) 748

PART 10:
Jeremiah 2-52 (10) 749 - 799
Lamentations (10) 800 - 805

PART 11:
Ezekiel (11) 806 - 853
Daniel (11) 854 - 865
Hosea (11) 866 - 879
Joel (11) 880 - 882
Amos (11) 883 - 891
Obadiah (11) 892

PART 12: 893
Jonah (12) 893 - 896
Micah (12) 897 - 903
Nahum (12) 904 - 906
Habakkuk (12) 907 - 909
Zephaniah (12) 910 - 912
Haggai (12) 913 - 914
Zechariah (12) 915 - 928
Malachi (12) 929 - 933

NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew (12) 934 - 961
Mark 1-15 (12) 962 - 976

PART 13:
Mark 16 (13) 977
Luke (13) 978 - 1001
John (13) 1002 - 1023
Acts (13) 1024 - 1051
Romans 1-14 (13) 1052 - 1065

PART 14:
Romans 15-16 (14) 1066 - 1067
1 Corinthians (14) 1068 - 1083
2 Corinthians (14) 1084 - 1096
Galatians (14) 1097 - 1102
Ephesians (14) 1103 - 1108
Philippians (14) 1109 - 1112
Colossians (14) 1113 - 1116
1 Thessalonians (14) 1117 - 1121
2 Thessalonians (14) 1122 - 1124
1 Timothy (14) 1125 - 1130
2 Timothy (14) 1131 - 1134
Titus (14) 1135 - 1137
Philemon (14) 1138
Hebrews (14) 1139 - 1151
James 1-3 (14) 1152 - 1154

PART 15:
James 4-5 (15) 1155 - 1156
1 Peter (15) 1157 - 1161
2 Peter (15) 1162 - 1164
1 John (15) 1165 - 1169
2 John (15) 1170
3 John (15) 1171
Jude (15) 1172
Revelation (15) 1173 - 1194

Logical Divisions would be nice

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

My favorite translation read by a good narrator. My only fault with it is how the chapters are broken down they make no sense what so ever if you are looking for a particular book you have to take a guess and work from there. For any one looking the New Testament starts in part 12 chapter 41.

Here are the bookmarks for each book!

I love this translation and David Heath's style of reading. Like many other reviewers, I do not like the continuous chapters without reference to books. A simple workaround is to make your own contents page by saving the start of each each book as a clip; Here is the list I made; I hope it helps.
Exodus 52,
Leviticus 92,
Numbers 119,
Deuteronomy 155,
Joshua 189,
Judges 213,
Ruth 23,
1 Samuel 238,
2 Samuel 269,
1 Chronicles 340,
2 Chronicles 369,
Ezra 405,
Nehemiah 415,
Esther 428,
Job 438,
Psalms 480,
Proverbs 630,
Ecclesiastes 662,
Song of Songs 674,
Isaiah 682,
Jeremiah 748,
Lamentations 800,
Ezekiel 806,
Daniel 854,
Hosea 866,
Joel 880,
Amos 883,
Obadiah 892,
Jonah 893,
Micah 897,
Nahum 904,
Habakkuk 907,
Zephaniah 910,
Haggai 913,
Zechariah 915,
Malachi 929,
Matthew 934,
Mark 962,
Luke 978,
John 1002,
Acts 1024,
Romans 1052,
1 Corinthians 1068,
2 Corinthians 1084,
Galatians 1097,
Ephesians 1103,
Philippians 1109,
Colossians 1113,
1 Thessalonians 1117,
2 Thessalonians 1122,
1 Timothy 1125,
2 Timothy 1131,
Titus 1135,
Philemon 1138,
Hebrews 1139,
James 1152,
1 Peter 1157,
2 Peter 1162,
1 John 1164,
2 John 1170,
3 John 1171,
Jude 1172,
Revelation 1173,

no theatrical gimmicks - just excellent narration

I listened to previews of every version of the Bible on audio that I could find before purchasing - so many have horrible sound effects and are overly theatrical or grossly dramatized - I almost gave up searching.

This version has none of that, just clearly discernable narration with a carefully selected, very appropirate narrator & subtle changes in voice for various characters like any well produced narrated/audio book should have. Using my Audible membership/credits, it was only about $13, but having listened to a few hours of it so far, I can say it's well worth the $70 retail price.

Good Narration, Inconvenient Editing

I like the simple narration of this version - no background music, no dramatization, just a simple reading of the text.

The chapter markers are placed about 10 seconds *after* the chapter, so when I hit the next button to skip to the next chapter, I am already 10 seconds into it. I have missed the narrator reading what chapter he is on, and in a book as long as this one, knowing where I am is extremely helpful.