The Classic Reference is the workhorse of the NASB range: double-column text paired with a center-column reference system, which is the layout most readers who study without a commentary end up wanting.

An expanded set of cross-references and seventeen thousand translator notes come with it, and the NASB 1995 text is set in Zondervan's Comfort Print typeface with the words of Christ in red. This edition is bound in black Leathersoft - the standard binding, flexible and durable at a reasonable price.