Moody Publishers is releasing this month the Ryrie Study Bible in the New International Version (NIV) for the first time. The Soft Touch Bible is available in the New American Standard Bible version and the NIV, both in a brown or burgundy red-letter edition for $59.99 or a brown or burgundy red-letter indexed edition for $69.99. The study Bible includes 10,000 explanatory notes; and in-text supporting maps, charts, timelines and diagrams. Consumers will receive a code to go online and download The Moody Library software program.

Holman Bible Publishers is releasing the HCSB Study Bible—the first major study Bible based on the Holman Christian Standard Bible translation that became available in 2004—on Oct. 1. The Bible features approximately 15,000 study notes and is designed so that clarifying resources—notes, maps, charts, word studies or illustrations—are on the same page spread as the biblical text to which they refer. The HCSB Study Bible features a two-column text setting with center-column references, and comes gift-boxed. It has 290 word studies, 141 photographs, 62 timelines, 59 maps and 16 illustrations or reconstructions. The black deluxe leather edition retails for $150; black bonded leather for $69.99; black bonded leather indexed for $79.99; and black/gray Duo-Tone simulated leather indexed for $79.99.

Two New Testament editions with a brand-new Bible translation, which aims to reflect more closely how readers naturally speak, are releasing this month from Abingdon Press. The Common English Bible New Testament DecoTone Tan/Chocolate Brown and The Common English Bible New Testament Softcover are available for $15 and $5, respectively. The Common English Bible Committee is an alliance of publishers from 22 faith traditions, including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Episcopal, United Methodist, Disciples of Christ and the United Church of Christ. For more information, go to www.CommonEnglishBible.com.

The LeatherSoft King James Study Bible retails for $69.99. With thousands of notes and commentaries from respected conservative scholars, it includes doctrinal footnotes, personality profiles, archaeological information, special articles, in-text maps and more than 5,700 annotations. The study Bible from Thomas Nelson releases Oct. 3.

Zondervan releases the Bible Clutch in three designs—black, Caribbean blue/palm green and pink/chocolate—this month. In trim size, the Bible Clutch features the complete NIV text with contemporary Italian Duo-Tone cover designs with an enclosed pocket and a zipper closure. Less than an inch thick, it will fit into a briefcase or purse. Traditional features include a double-column format, words of Christ in red and a presentation page. Each clutch retails for $32.99.

The New Revised Standard Version translation is available for the first time in the popular thinline size. The Go-Anywhere Thinline Bible with the Apocrypha is less than an inch thick. Formatted in a double-column setting with gilded edges, a ribbon marker, presentation page and maps, the burgundy bonded leather Bible retailers for $29.99 and is available this month from Harper Bibles.

Hendrickson Publishers is releasing The Matthew Henry Study Bible this month in a variety of designs and price points. It is available in hardcover for $39.95; hardcover indexed for $49.95; Flexisoft leather for $69.95; and Flexisoft leather indexed for $79.95. All leather editions are available in mahogany/brown, blue/gray or black. The King James Bible includes Henry’s biography and book introductions, footnotes and in-text quotations from his writings.