The Christian Standard Bible (CSB) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English, published by Holman Bible Publishers in 2017 as the successor to the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) . The CSB is a trustworthy and faithful translation that is proven to be an optimal blend of accuracy and readability. The CSB employs a translation philosophy known as Optimal Equivalence, which seeks to achieve an optimal balance of linguistic precision and readability. The CSB relies on recently published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, and it incorporates advances in biblical scholarship to improve upon translation decisions, word choice, and style. The CSB is a major revision of the 2009 edition of the HCSB, and it removes some of the novel features of the HCSB, such as consistently translating the tetragrammaton as "Lord" rather than "Yahweh" and using "brothers and sisters" for the plural term "brothers" in Greek. The CSB was created using optimal equivalence, a translation philosophy that pursues both linguistic precision to the original languages and readability in contemporary English. The CSB is a translation for everyone, clear for young children to understand and accurate for personal study.