Today, I want to give to you free tips where you can get totally FREE Bible Softwares and PAID Bible softwares that is worth your every penny.
Probably you already know some few things about Bible Softwares but you are having difficulties where to get it for FREE. No worry, this post is all about Bible Softwares.
Before going to my personal recommended websites for FREE Bible Softwares, I want to make a point first. I want you to know that most FREE Bible softwares that you can find over the net are not that excellent. Some are difficult to use and some are even more buggy.
Paid Bible Softwares on the other hand are quite expensive depending on how huge the content is. But in exchange, you will get a full tech support, ease of use, and an excellent experience of using the Bible Software Library.
Now, let’s go to the links:
The Top 3 FREE Bible Softwares
- E-sword (www.e-sword.net) – Above all other FREE Bible Softwares, I highly recommend this. I have personally used this for several years now. It is easy to use, and very easy to install. The only downside is that some of the most famous Bible versions are not free like NIV and NKJV. You can install this in Windows and Mac. For those who are using Linux like Ubuntu, please see my tech blog for instructions in your installation. CLICK HERE for instructions.
- Bible Time (www.bibletime.info/en/) – Bible Time is a good software. It also contains a large amount of Bibles and Books. It also has a collection of Bibles in different dialects. It has a user-friendly interface and was adopted by Linux operating systems. It is the prominent Open Source Bible Software that Ubuntu Linux is using. The downside, some of their Bibles contain some typographical errors and looks like manually encoded. Furthermore, they also don’t come with famous versions like NIV and NKJV.
- The Sword Project (www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp) – This is known to be the “Gnome Sword” in Ubuntu Linux. A fair enough software that can deliver a good service over its users. But this software is not that user friendly and it takes time to learn the functions of the buttons. However, when it comes to reliability of the Bible copy, it is more reliable than Bible Time.
Other FREE Bible Softwares
I do not know much about other Bible Softwares but I already made my own research for you. However, I must clarify that I haven’t tried these softwares and I do not know if they have some bugs or viruses if you download them. Therefore I am not responsible in any way if it will cause damages to your computers whatsoever. Download at your own risk. I recommend that you do your own research if you want to try these.
So here are the links that you can check out and probably try these softwares.
http://bibledatabase.com/free_bible_software.htm
http://www.htmlbible.com/
http://www.freebiblesoftware.com/
Highly Recommended Paid Bible Software
Quick Verse – Since I have used this longer than any other paid Bible Sofwares, this is what I can recommend the most. It has a user-friendly interface and also comes with the best set of Bible versions. But what I like the most with this software is the Search feature which I haven’t seen in FREE Bible Softwares. It has a “case-related and sensitive” feature that makes it more flexible than any other Bible software that I have used.
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QuickVerse 2009 MacArthur Collection on CDROM
By Parson Technology Written with the objective of explaining and applying the Scriptures, MacArthur’s New Testament Commentaries provide reliable interpretation with practical lessons. Excellent for students, educators, pastors, and layleaders. Features:
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PC Study Bible – This is almost equally useful as Quick Verse. It has a user-friendly interface but not as neat as what the Quick Verse has (my personal opinion only). However, I still believe that this is a great Bible Library software.
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Biblesoft PC Study Bible 5.0: Complete Reference Library on CD-ROM
By Biblesoft A collection of more than 300 reference work volumes, including Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, Greek/Hebrew and other word study references, sermon starters, illustrations and a brand new preaching collection.With an emphasis on English as well as Greek and Hebrew resources, the Complete Reference Library is perfect for pastors, Christian education professionals, Sunday School teachers and Bible study leaders. It’s packed with more than $3,000 worth of the best content for those who study the Bible primarily with English resources, but want basic original-language tools to enhance their understanding. Click here for chart of contents System Requirements:
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Bible Works – Just like Quick Verse and PC Study Bible, the next in line is Bible Works. I personally have used this software and have found it very useful. It has almost a completely different interface in comparison to Quick Verse and PC Study Bible, but still have a user-friendly interface. In my opinion however, this is not that good with the pastor who have just began using computers and Bible Softwares. But this is a great tool far better than Quick Verse and PC Study Bible for Bible Scholars and seminary students.
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BibleWorks 8.0 on CD-ROM
By Bibleworks, Llc BibleWorks 8 is the premier original languages Bible software program for Biblical exegesis and research. It comes with Greek, Hebrew, and Septuagint Bibles for your computer, as well as translations in English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and more! For over sixteen years, BibleWorks has satisfied Bible software users around the world. Let your computer help your exegesis and exposition! BibleWorks is a tightly integrated collection of Bible software tools designed specifically for scholarly analysis of the Bible text. More than a mere Bible search engine, BibleWorks comes with a variety of Bible search tools, lexicons, dictionaries, and morphology analysis. For all levels of users, it is suitable for Bible study, sermon preparation, and detailed Bible research. System requirements:
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Scholar’s Library – I haven’t personally used this Bible Software because it is very expensive. So I cannot base my review in my own opinion. But a friend of mine who is a Doctorate student have used this Bible Software for his dissertation. According to him, this is the only software that helped him in his dissertation eventhough he already has Quick Verse, PC Study Bible, and Bible Works.
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Scholar’s Library (ND) CD-ROM Logos Bible Software 3
By Logos Research Systems Scholar’s Library is a value-priced collection of texts and tools for serious Bible study using Greek, Hebrew, and English resources. It is the best value in Bible software today with more than 330 Bibles and Bible Reference titles worth over $6,100.00 in equivalent print editions! The Scholar’s Library software doesn’t just “speed up” the process of studying with paper books, it actually acts as your personal research assistant, doing everything from looking up relevant articles and automatically collecting material to generating tailored reports and organizing content around your specific target passage. Logos Bible Software 3 is so easy to use and powerful that all you have to know how to do is type in a Bible reference, or a topic and click the”Go!” button. Scholar’s Library provides an amazing wealth of resources at your fingertips, giving you everything you need for serious and comprehensive Bible Study, no matter what your focus. The value-packed Scholar’s Library makes digging deep into the truth of the Bible easier than ever! See our Comparison Chart for detailed contents. Also available on DVD-ROM. The minimum requirements for running Libronix are:
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Well there you have it. May this post be a great help for you.
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I develop modules for theWord, and we have about 1500 already up on the website (twmodules.com), and I am posting around 25 per week (probably will go back to that number after the holidays). I originally made modules for e-Sword (about 1800 of them in circulation). I am constantly making new modules, not just old out of copyright books, but I am actively writing to websites and authors asking permission and getting it many times. I have a blanket permission to convert the entire http://www.bible.org website with around 20,000 studies on it, and around 3000 books. In examining and comparing Bible software programs, theWord is more feature rich and powerful, and since I am now developing principally for theWord, we should have a really good library in a few years (well, we really already have a good library now!). January marks the 1 year mark for my website, so come visit us and download to your heart’s content.
At present I have around 12,000 books on my computer in PDF, HTML, etc. A lot of those (probably 25% to 40%) are under copyright, and I would have to get permission to use them before posting them. But the majority of them are available without problems. Please support our effort by talking up theWord. (Some of our theWord modules are requested for e-Sword, and went they are, I post them on my esword site, http://www.eswordlibrary.com.)
That’s looks like great. In today’s world, governed by the Internet, everybody wants to build a website, If you’re looking serious to the web design then HTML is a must.
There are free services that allow you to check and fix the validity of your html codes
I will love to try “the word”. Will make a review of this once I have this downloaded and used.:) I already have checked it and it seems very interesting. Furthermore, this is the first time that I have heard of this FREE tool aside from what I have mentioned above.:) Thanks for the tip!!!
I think that the absolutely best free Bible software is The Word (www.theword.gr). It is way ahead of the ones being reviewed here. Give it a try!
A couple observations regarding your mentions of free software.
BibleTime is developed under the umbrella of The Sword Project. It uses the same underlying programming libraries and the same modules. If you see errors or problems in the modules’ presentation, please file bug reports.
GnomeSword changed its name earlier this year, to Xiphos, one of several Greek words for “sword”. The major cause for this name change is having produced our Win32 port. Even in Linux, many users are not aware that their desktop environment has a name (“GNOME”), and certainly the word has no meaning in Windows. The most odd point was made when someone mentioned having first thought that “gnomesword” was a dungeons & dragons game…which is kinda funny, but made the point all the more strongly that a name change was needed.
Xiphos’ 3.1.1 release was made about a week ago. Our feature set continues to be enhanced, bug reports continue to be addressed, and the available module set continues to grow. We move ever forward as a more professional environment.
The lack of e.g. NIV and NKJV is due to difficulty of convincing publishers to work with The Sword Project. Internat’l Bible Society (holder of NIV copyright) actually has a policy forbidding release of their text to either Linux-based or generally open source efforts; effort is currently being expended to see if the gross misconceptions on which this policy is based (you can easily guess what sorts of misconceptions) can be corrected. Also, IBS has a specified, and very large, fee structure, in both up-front cost and per-unit royalty. Considering that The Sword Project, and CrossWire Bible Society generally, is a non-income environment, we are in no position to accommodate IBS at this time, unless we can convince them to change their policy. (Please see http://crosswire.org and take a look at the first paragraph.)
Nonetheless, The Sword Project does have some major, modern translations, notably ESV and NET. ESV is distributed free; NET comes in 2 flavors, free with limited notes, or a “premium” module with full notes for a small cost, to be purchased at bible.org.
Otherwise, with 250+ Bible translations in 100+ languages, plus dozens of commentaries, dictionaries, map- and image-based modules, and numerous general books available, our resource (esp. language) coverage is far wider than any other free Bible study software. We hope users will take a look and consider our benefits.
Regards,
Karl Kleinpaste
Project admin
http://xiphos.org
Thank you for this very helpful information, and also thank you for helping the development of these Bible Resources.
Concerning Bible Time and some errors, it is not actually a bug that bothers me, it is the errors in the text. When I tried to check it the KJV to the printed KJV, there are some typographical errors. I don’t know why and how did it happen. About filing a report, I will try to file it next time so that I can help improve it. But as of now, I find myself so busy with many things.
Well, I cannot say anything more but thank you for this useful info.:)