HCSB Ultrathin Reference Bible, Brown and Blue LeatherTouch with Magnetic Flap

Perfect size Bible. It's leather-like. Not too small like a compact, but not too large like its carrying around a brick when I take it with me. Font size is excellent. Don't require reading glasses to read it (its not giant print either :)). A little bigger than normal for that size Bible from my experience. Jesus words in red, and thumb indexed. All the things I'm looking for in a non-study bible. First time reading a HCSB for me, but since its supposedly close to NKJV (which I normally study), I'll give it a try. Overall, very pleased with this purchase. Great price too.

Absolutely love it. This is at least the sixth HCSB I've owned. It's been my daily reading Bible since 2004, so I'm quite familiar with the format. One of the things I really like is the typeset used in this version. I recently purchased the identical Bible for my grandson. The leather cover is of high quality. I've not compared the new CSB, as I see no reason to upgrade at this time. I see no reason to not give this the highest possible rating.

I recently bought 10 of these Bibles to put in our house church (for guests to use, or anyone who does not have a Bible). HCSB is my new favourite translation- I love that Yahweh is used in several places where most translations would use 'The LORD,' I personally prefer when 'He,Him, and His' is captilaized when reffering to God, so I really love that about this translation! This is a great Bible to purchase to use for evangelism (I give several Bibles away per year), and for group Bible study where everyone would like to use the same translation, and also a great Bible to carry to church! I am a pastor who faithfully preaches the Word and studies it daily- I have to say that this particular Bible wont be my daily reader, but will always take them with us from house to house! The quality is good for the price we are paying for this Bible, very affordable; I was suprised with one detail- the names of the book and chapter numbers are on the bottom of the page instead of the top, I personally don't see this detail to be an issue at all (simply scan your eyes to the bottom of the page instead of the top). In our last church gathering we all picked up this Bible and read Psalm 67 together- yes bless us all! And God bless each of you who are looking to buy a new Bible.

As a Pastor, I am picky, because I use my Bible constantly. I love HCSB, and I've used a Holman Ultrathin Reference Bible for 13 years. Mine wore out, so I bought this new one, but they had switched to a San Serif font. "Serifs are semi-structural details or small decorative flourishes on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. An example would be the Times New Roman font." So publishers almost exclusively use serifs on body text, because it is faster for people to read, especially people who have read for years.

And they put the "headword" (reference) at the bottom of the page, rather than the top of the page like all other Bibles, dictionaries and reference books.

Trying to be too modern, they ruined an old classic. I notice they abandoned both these mistakes in the new CSB Ultrathin Bibles.

I purchased this small hcsb for my "go to" bible in my purse, bible studies, church, etc. I love the lay out of the bible. very easy to read. however, the middle column referencing is awful. instead of using chapter and verse to distinguish the reference, you use tiny, faint, obscure alphabet lettering which gets lost in the text of the chapters. i cannot read the obscure tiny alphabetical letters, cannot find them again in the text, and i get very frustrated. i almost need a magnifying glass and it hinders my productivity getting my studies done. all other bibles use the chapter and verse referencing. i know, because i looked at all other types of bibles: niv, kjv, nkjv, nlt, esv and the hcsb study bible. but your reference bibles don't use chapter and verse referencing. like i said, i like the layout and the wording best out of all the bibles. please fix this referencing in the middle column and stop using faint, tiny alphabetical lettering. please use chapter and verse for references in the middle column.