They begin with Hebrew and Greek. Where they differ from the ESV is they take the Hebrew or Greek word or phrase and they translate the meaning of that word or phrase rather than write the closest English word for each Hebrew or Greek word. They attempt to reduce the choppy feel of the English translation that happens when the original language and English language don't work by the same rules.
If you want a best translation then I suggest you become fluent in both Hebrew and Greek. Otherwise, any English translation is going to be flawed.
I generally prefer the ESV, but I will check the ESV by reading other translations as well to see how the translators differed.
The flesh and carnal thoughts of sin-cursed minds not even starting with a text that hasn't been re-worded by the flesh and carnal thoughts of sin-cursed minds is pure evil.
The Living "Bible" was not of God, as a paraphrase, and the effort to revise it and call it a 'Translation', when they admit it is not, doubles the error.
Placing a criteria of "any English translation is going to flawed", is playing right straight into the Devil's hand.
Same with, "they begin with Hebrew and Greek".
Tampered with Hebrew and Greek, like all the other Modern Bibles?
I do not know of any evidence that there is
garbage in, garbage out, in the ole Kjv,
and I do not believe any evidence exists.
I do not know of any evidence that 'based on my logic',
there is garbage in, garbage out, in the ole Kjv,
and I do not believe any evidence exists.
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That is insane, to me, for some 'translator' to hold hands with such obviously altered diliberate carnality.
Irrational.
That goes with my premise of 'garbage', for Modern Bibles.
Their doctrinal bias colored and flavored changes to the Greek that are twisted into a Wicker rocker.
And that detract and dissuade from Divinity.
That is not what a Holy Book is all about.
Why would someone use W & H and think they were following some rule of 'translation', unless their consultation was with their flesh and an evil supernatural influence behind it?