With 12,000 concise study notes, the ESV Student Study Bible provides numerous new features, including nearly 900 "Did You Know?" facts, 120 new Bible character profiles and 15 new topical articles. It also features a new glossary of key terms, more than 80 full-color maps and illustrations, an extensive concordance and 80,000 cross-references. For high school and college students, the English Standard Version edition from Crossway is available this month in hardcover at $37.99 or in TruTone navy or taupe at $54.99 each.

Edited by Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford, the NIV Student Bible from Zondervan has sold more than 5 million copies and is getting a new design this month. Available in a variety of formats, including hardcover ($34.99), the new-look Bible features the New International Version text, a three-track reading plan, book introductions and overviews, short commentary on specific verses, a subject guide, glossaries and eight pages of maps with an index.

With thousands of notes and commentaries from respected conservative scholars, The King James Study Bible from Thomas Nelson includes doctrinal footnotes, personality profiles, archaeological information, special articles, in-text maps and more than 5,700 annotations in a unique format. Available July 5, the Leathersoft Bible retails for $69.99.

In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, NKJV: Briefcase Edition, leadership expert John C. Maxwell presents biblical instructions to equip and encourage leaders. Features include two-color design, in-depth articles on The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership as seen in the lives of Bible characters; and articles on The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. There are also more than 100 biographical profiles and hundreds of short articles and read-as-you-go notes on mentoring. Available in Leathersoft, the $29.99 Bible releases July 5.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Message, NavPress is re-releasing it in its original reader's-version edition. Formatted in a single column and with no verse numbers, The Message 10th Anniversary Reader's Edition is available in jacketed hardcover for $39.99 and in pewter/black bonded leather for $64.99. Set in 11-point type, this limited edition includes a ribbon marker, maps and charts, and ships July 15.

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