ESV Journaling Bible (Mocha, Threshold Design): ESV Journaling Bible Mocha,Bonded Leather,Threshold Design

Great journalling column

It is smaller then I thought but still great condition

Got it for some months already, really like it. it's a perfect size for me. Love the space on the side for journaling/note writing! Wish they have this version for other translations too.

Schöne kompakte praktische Bibel.Die Bibel ist echt richtig schön (ich mag es schlicht), und der Schreibrand und das Format ist sehr gut gewählt (ich wünschte es gebe eine deutsche Bibel in einem solchen Format mit Schreibrand).

This Bible is exactly what I had hoped it would be. I saw it at Barnes and Noble for a lot more in a hard back cover. I think I paid $29 and it says $44 right inside the back cover. I think that was the price at B&N, but that one was not leather or even leather-like.I really wanted it for prayer journaling as much as for taking notes. I use My Utmost for His Highest Journal right now---also a wonderful, wonderful selection. But that is a daily reading about a verse. It's very good, but obviously reading the Bible would be better.So I was all set to create something at Office Max that would give me a daily Bible reading where I could also journal. Then I discovered this Bible. I just got it today and I am in sheer heaven. I read the first page and also wrote my thoughts about the page as well as my prayer journal thoughts.It is not a standard sized book, it's shorter than most Bibles. I really like it. Each page is divided into three columns and two have scripture and the third one is for journaling or taking notes. The cover is soft so you can fold it back. I really, really love this part and if you get the My Utmost Journal, I highly recommend the leather-like cover. It looks like leather and everyone admires mine. I need to do a review of that book, because it is awesome.Now, when I was trying to decide which cover to buy, I read through ALL the reviews of the different types of covers. It was totally confusing---I fully expected this to be a hard bound cover, because one of the reviews of the other leather cover said it was hard. But this one is flexible so you can bend back one side, which I do all the time when I am writing. I think this is a really important feature, having journaled for forever.The print is larger than in my small Bibles, but probably smaller than regular Bibles, I'm not sure. It's perfect for me. Also, the place to put notes has small lines--- again, perfect for me.The binding appears to be glued, as opposed to stitched. I read a review on another version that said it would not hold up over decades of wear. That's probably true. I didn't buy it to be my go-thru-life Bible---quite the contrary, I will buy this Bible every year and keep filling it up. I do think it is bound well and is very, very attractive and will last a lifetime under normal wear. I will go back to mine to look at things, as I do with my other prayer journals, but that's not a lot of wear.The two star reviewer is so unfair. Amazon should delete that review. She gave it two stars because it does not have a concordance. Come on---my concordance is the size of three encyclopedias. It's just too cool a Bible to make or break it on a heavily edited version of a concordance in her Bible.If the publisher should read this, it would be nice to have some maps, a moleskin pocket on the inside of the rear flap, and a moleskin elastic band. I really like the size, but a regular sized one would give more room for notes, probably another whole column per page. I'd really like that. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR MAKING IT IN A FLEXIBLE COVER! AND THE CONCEPT OF THIS BIBLE IS A GREAT IDEA---LONG OVERDUE!Edited: After a week with this Bible, I REALLY, REALLY wish it was full sized so I could have more writing room!

I love the layout of this journaling Bible. I also like that a beautiful brown leather is available. The print was too small for me, so I am returning it for another option. But the return is not because of a defective or substandard quality.