The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible enables readers to easily compare a quartet of modern translations that span the full range of approaches, from the most precise and literal to the most dynamic and reader-friendly.

The New King James Version and English Standard Version permit close word-study, while the New Living Translation and The Message present the text as its earliest audiences might have experienced it.

The complete texts of the four translations featured in this volume are conveniently displayed on facing pages (two translations per page), with the same set of verses on each one. The EEPB is particularly noteworthy because it is the first parallel Bible to feature the updated NLT text.

The 2007 Updated Edition includes:
- Font Size: 6.5pt
- The Complete text of the NKJV, NLT, ESV, and The Message, laid out side-by-side spread across two pages
- Helpful articles (Understanding Bible Translations by Mark L. Strauss, The Textual Basis of the New Testament Translation by Daniel B. Wallace, The Textual Basis of the Old Testament Translation by John R. Kohlenberger III)
- Size: 236mm x 165mm x 57mm