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Online Bibles

English Bibles

Multiple translation

  • WWW Bible Gateway – also supports some foreign languages; English translations include
    NIV,
    NIV formatted (NT only),
    NKJV,
    NASB,
    RSV,
    KJV,
    Darby,
    YLT, and
    WE.
    You can also compare translations for a passage. You can search by passage look-up or word-search. Bible Gateway is the oldest major on-line Bible site on the Internet, but keeps getting better. Recent improvements, including the addition of the NKJV at this site have earned Bible Gateway the top place on this page.
  • Crosswalk.com Bible Study Tools – Bible resource page with 18 English translations: New Living Translation (by default), New King James Version, New Revised Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, ASV, KJV, Third Millennium Bible, RSV, Today’s English Version (Good News Bible), New American Bible, Douay-Rheims Bible, World English Bible, The Bible in Basic English, The Darby Translation, Hebrew Names Version of World English Bible, Webster’s Bible Translation, Young’s Literal Translation, and Wesley’s New Testament. You don’t have to search for a word or phrase, you can also enter in a scripture, such as “1 Corinthians 13″ into the Search field. It is easier to read if you uncheck the box next to “Include study tools.”
  • Olive Tree Bible Software Web Search Engine – also supports some foreign translations; English versions include NKJV, NASB, MKJV, LITV, KJV, RSV, ASV, Darby, Weymouth, and Young. As with Goshen.net Bible Search, you don’t have to search for a word or phrase, you can also enter in a scripture.
  • Unbound Bible – A collection of searchable Bibles, some with Apocrypha. Also supports many foreign languages. English translations include NASB, ASV, KJV, BBE, Darby, Douay-Rheims, King James, Webster’s, Weymouth, World English, and Young’s Literal. Use form in left frame to browse Bible. You can view the Bible by Book, by chapter, by verse, or within a range of chapters and verses. Parallel view is also available.
  • Nave’s Topical Bible – NLT by default, and all versions in Goshen.net Bible Search available. By topics, which you enter or can look up in an alphabetical listing.
  • Bible Browser Advanced Home Page – English translations include RSV, KJV, Darby, Weymouth NT, Bible in Basic English, Noah Webster’s Holy Bible, YLT. By passage, phrase, or part of word — which you enter. See also the Bible Browser Basic Home Page.
  • World Wide Study Bible – NIV, ASV,
    Darby, KJV, NASB 95, NKJV, NRSV, RSV, YLT, and others; with commentaries such as
    Henry Commentary, Easton’s Bible Dictionary, and other various web resources,
    including sermons, meditations, treatises, and hymns. By book, then chapter, then
    translation.
  • ChristiansUnite.com Bible Study Aids – KJV, ASV, BBE, Darby, Webster, YLT, WEB; with links to commentaries, christian history, devotionals, and others. By version, then book, then chapter.
  • The Revival Fellowship On-line Study Bible – not user friendly, select translation and book then enter chapter by form then click on the question mark. English translations include KJV, YLT, ASV, Darby, Noah Webster, BBE, Weymouth NT. May 14, 2001 – dead link?
  • KJV/RSV Browse -
    Browse KJV and RSV side by side (but separately); by book, then chapter.

  • Web Bible – change to different book of bible or chapter or translation by automatic form. English translations include KJV, ASV, Darby, and YLT.
  • All-in-One Biblical Resources Search: Bible Versions and Translations – Provides search forms which allow you to search the major multi-translation on-line Bible sites. Well-organized visual layout. Affiliated pages allow you to search other Bible-related and academically-oriented sources.

King James Version

For help with understanding King James English, you can look up words in the King James Dictionary to find out the modern English equivalent.

Revised Standard Version

Other Versions

Search Utilities

  • Crosswalk.com Bible Study Tools
    – Bible search page with many Bible versions: NKJV, KJV, NRSV, RSV, NASB, ASV, NLT,
    TEV, etc. Allows phrases, compound searches, or scripture entry (one chapter max
    display).
  • Bible.GotJesus.org Bible Search – put a check by any translations you wish to search through, then enter a scripture (including verse) or a search phrase into form; translations include ASV, BBE, Darby, Douay-Rheims (DR), Hebrew Names Version of the WEB (HNV), Jewish Publication Society 1917 (JPS) [OT Only], KJV/AV, The Living Oracles [NT Only], Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha [NT Only], Revised 1833 Webster’s Bible, WEB, Webster’s Bible, Weymouth NT, and YLT, as well as many foreign translations. Various commentaries are also available. Alternate link here.
  • Olive Tree Bible Software Web
    Search Engine     – also supports some foreign translations; English versions include
    NKJV, KJV, RSV, ASV, Darby, Weymouth, Young. Allows phrases with various search
    methods, or scripture entry (one chapter max display).
  • ARTFL Project: King James
    Bible Search Form     – KJV; allows just about any kind of search imaginable.
  • RSV
    Bible Search     – picky syntax, but looks good; allows phrases, from Virginia. Includes Apocrypha.
  • Bible Text Search – has translations in many languages to search from.
  • All-in-One Biblical Resources Search: Bible Versions and Translations – Provides search forms which allow you to search the major multi-translation on-line Bible sites. Well-organized visual layout. Affiliated pages allow you to search other Bible-related and academically-oriented sources.

Apocrypha Only

  • NT Apocrypha and Commentary -
    The Seraphim Files. “Body of literature authored by notable Christians in the
    Apostolic Age or in the first few centuries after.”
  • Gospel of Thomas – one file/book. This is part of a page that lets you compare similar parts of the “five” gospels, including Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Thomas.
  • Noncanonical Homepage Broken link? 8/30/00 – various apocryphal writings, divided into different category pages, then listed by book. I am told that the Noncanonical Homepage has moved here, but this link seems to be broken also.

Original or Ancient Language Bibles

  • Crosswalk.com Interlinear Study Bible – Bible resource page that shows you the original Hebrew or Greek alongside one of two English translations: KJV Strong’s Version (by default) or NAS Strong’s Version. Links each word to a Hebrew or Greek Lexicon. Fonts must be downloaded to properly display the Hebrew and Greek fonts. However, I would add that the fonts are not coming in properly for me, even after downloading. But, all in all, this is the premier on-line interlinear bible.
  • Unbound Bible – also includes 10 English and 42 modern foreign translations. Original or Ancient Language Translations
    include Greek New Testament NA26/27, 1550, 1894, and West.-Hort, Hebrew OT,
    Transliterated Hebrew, Gothic Ambr. A/Mss. and B/Car., Greek OT Septuagint, Latin
    Vulgate, and Psalms from Hebrew. Use form in left frame to browse Bible. You can
    view the Bible by Book, by chapter, by verse, or within a range of chapters and
    verses.
  • Olive Tree Bible Search Engine multi-translation site includes one Hebrew and many Greek translations.
  • Bible.GotJesus.org Bible Search – put a check by any translations you wish to search through, then enter a scripture (including verse) or a search phrase into form; ancient language translations include Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) [OT Only], Septuagint (LXX) [OT Only], Septuagint (LXX) [OT Only] Transliterated, 1991 Byzantine/Majority Text [NT Only], 1991 Byzantine/Majority Text [NT Only] Transliterated, Nestle-Aland 26th/27th Ed. [NT Only], Nestle-Aland 26th/27th Ed. [NT Only] Transliterated, 1894 Scrivner Textus Receptus [NT Only], 1894 Scrivner Textus Receptus [NT Only] Transliterated, 1550 Stephanus Textus Receptus [NT Only], 1550 Stephanus Textus Receptus [NT Only] Transliterated, Tischendorf’s 8th Ed. GNT [NT Only], Tischendorf’s 8th Ed. GNT [NT Only] Transliterated, 1881 Westcott-Hort GNT [NT Only], 1881 Westcott-Hort GNT [NT Only] Transliterated, Westcott-Hort with NA27U4 variants [NT Only], Westcott-Hort with NA27U4 variants [NT Only] Transliterated, and Jerome’s 405 AD Latin Vulgate. Alternate link here.
  • Greek New Testament Editions – includes .ZIP files for many versions of the Greek text.
  • Jewish Publication Society Bible – Old Testament, by book then chapter then translation/language. Translations include Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic (Pentateuch only), and an English translation – JPS Jewish Bible (JPS 1917).
  • The Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha (English version) – New Testament translation (brit means “covenant” and chadasha means “new”), by chapter, allegedly an English translation, but uses a lot of Hebrew words. Not meant for anyone under 21, unless under the religious supervision of their parents.
  • Hebrew Old
    Testament     – by chapter, requires downloading software
  • Navigating the Bible – The
    Living Torah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. You can see the Torah/Pentateuch (first five
    books of the Old Testament) in English
    only     or English and
    Hebrew together    . English-and-Hebrew-together is arranged by book, then section
    (of about 5 chapters).
  • 1839 Biblia Hebraica – Scanned pages from this book, only through Genesis, in Hebrew. Arrangement is scanned page by scanned page. There are similar resources at this LDS site.
  • WWW Bible
    Gateway – Latin     – Vulgate, by chapter
  • Latin Vulgate – by book;
    unordered; Jerome’s 405 translation
  • Latin Vulgate – by book, including apocrypha.
  • ARTFL Project Latin
    Vulgate Bible     – Jerome’s 405 translation, search form

Foreign Bibles

Multilingual Translations

  • Unbound Bible – also includes ten English translations. Huge collection of foreign languages, including Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cebuano, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch Staten Vertaling, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Shuar NT, Spanish, Swahili NT, Swedish, Tagalog (John and James only), Turkish NT, Ukrainian, Uma NT, Vietnamese. Use form in left frame to browse Bible. You can view the Bible by Book, by chapter, by verse, or within a range of chapters and verses.
  • WWW Bible Gateway – also includes
    seven English translations. Foreign language translations include
    French,
    German,
    Italian,
    Latin,
    Norwegian,
    Portuguese,
    Spanish,
    Swedish, and
    Tagalog. I’m not sure
    how you would enter letters with accents into the inputs, unless you did it by
    cutting and pasting. However, you can enter “all” for a complete listing.
  • Olive Tree Bible Software Web
    Search Engine     – Foreign translations include Spanish (1909 Reina-Valera), German (1912 Luther and 1905 Original Elberfelder), and French (1991 Darby and 1920 Louis Segond). Allows phrases with various search methods, or scripture entry (one chapter max display).
  • Bible.GotJesus.org Bible Search – put a check by any translations you wish to search through, then enter a scripture (including verse) or a search phrase into form; foreign translations include Danish Bible, Finnish Pyhz Raamattu, French Louis Segond Version (LSG), French Haitian Creole Version, French Darby’s Version, German Luther Version, German Schlachter Version, German Bengel Version [NT Only], Hungarian Karoli, Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari, Indonesian Terjemahan Baru, Italian La Nouva Diodati (LND), Italian La Sacra Bibbia Nuova Riveduta
    Maori Bible, Melanesian Pidgin Bible, Norsk Bible, Portuguese A Biblia Sagrada Traduzida em Portugues, Spanish Reina-Valera Actualizada (RVA), Spanish Reina-Valera (RV), Spanish Sagradas Escrituras, Spanish Valera [NT only], Swahili Bible [NT only, missing Php], Swedish 1917 Bible [NT Only], Turkish Bible [NT Only], Uma Bible [NT Only], and 1934 Vietnamese Bible. Alternate link here.
  • Web Bible – change to different book of bible or chapter or translation by automatic form. Foreign translations include Albanian (below), French (Louis Segond), German (Luther Translation), Romanian (Cornescu Version), and Spanish (Reina Valera).
  • ARTFL Project: Multi-lingual
    Bibles     – search or browse Bible, form by book and chapter under “Browse Bibles”
    section. Foreign translations include French, German, and Latin.
  • Project Wulfila Gothic Partial New Testament – Gothic is the earliest recorded Germanic language. Select book and chapter by form, including interlinear English, French, and/or Greek.

Foreign Language Translations Alphabetical by Language

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