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Best Bible Study Programs and Bible Readers

Nominate and review Bible study programs and Bible readers for:

  1. desktop,
  2. mobile platform, and
  3. Web application.

Please visit the poll "What Is Your Favorite Bible Study Program?" on the Bible.org Forum!  

If you don't have a forum user name and password, you will need to register on the forum to vote in the poll.  See http://forum.bible.org/viewtopic.php?f=291&t=13226  to vote in the poll.

 

Posting Rules

  1. Create a post for each Bible study program or reader per operating system e.g. Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, Palm, etc.
  2. For new programs, let's begin with a feature description and include the price of the program and if it supports the free NET Bible module and/or the Premium NET Bible module with all the notes. Add other attributes to your feature list that you consider important.
  3. Include a brief review in the comments for each entry. 

Thank you for your input!

My Top Six Favorite Bible Study Programs

Submitted by Cory Howell on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 10:56

I am going to try to get this group going again, after a bit of a hiatus.  I thought I would start by listing some of my favorite Bible study programs.  These are the six programs I seem to gravitate towards.  Feel free to share your thoughts on other programs that may or may not be listed here.

Bible Analyzer

Submitted by Cory Howell on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 09:43

Bible Analyzer is available online as freeware, or can be ordered as a CD-ROM, on the Bible Analyzer website.  The program was created by Timothy S. Morton, who seems to be a member of the "King James Only."  Despite this preference for the KJV, Bible Analyzer does make some non-KJV English Bibles available, including the NET Bible.  The program has some features that make it very useful, and set it above the pack of free Bible programs.

Berean Bible Study Freeware

Submitted by Cory Howell on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 16:37

BerBible is freeware bible study program available at this site.  It is an extremely simple program to download and use.  On the down side, it has a minimal number of features.  This program essentially gives the user the basics.  The starter pack download is quite simple, and consists of a handful of Bible versions.  It is FREE, and only takes a few minutes to download.

SwordBible

Submitted by Cory Howell on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 10:00

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SwordBible is another program available through Crosswire.org.  It shares many features with some of the other Crosswire products, such as The Sword Project and Bible Desktop.  It is FREE, and there is a compact version that can be downloaded onto a USB flash drive, so you can use it on any computer. 

Bible Desktop

Submitted by Cory Howell on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 09:55

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Bible Desktop is a Bible study program available at Crosswire.org.  It shares several features with another Crosswire product, The Sword Project.

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FireBible

Submitted by David Austin on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:50

FireBible is a Bible reading program that integrates with Firefox.  It coordinates with either JSword or Bible Desktop.

The software installs pretty easily, but I had some difficulty getting it to work after it was installed.  The instructions on the FireBible website are a bit confusing.  After some experimentation, though, I figured out that it was pretty easy to use FireBible in conjunction with Bible Desktop.  Here are a few observations I have, after using FireBible for a few days:

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Mantis Bible Study for IPhone/ITouch

Submitted by cjgodfrey on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 15:41

Description and Features obtained from product website listed below.

Software is free from ITunes store (comes with King James Version)

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=286041914&mt=8

Both NET and NET Premium are available from the company's website (www.mantisbible.com) or through In App purchase

NET Bible is $4.99, NET Premium (with all notes) is $19.99

Bible Explorer for Windows

Submitted by Cory Howell on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 16:10

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This program is available both as a free download from the website, or as a CD-ROM which comes FREE with any print edition of the NET Bible ordered from bible.org.

Pradis for Windows

Submitted by Cory Howell on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 13:04

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Davar3 for Windows

Submitted by Cory Howell on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 15:33

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"Davar" means "Word" in Hebrew.  The program is freeware, available at the DAVAR website.

theWord for Windows

Submitted by Cory Howell on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 16:35

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This is a relatively new but very powerful free Bible study program for Window.  It combines many of the feature available on e-Sword, with a more adaptable and colorful layout.

Sword Searcher for Windows

Submitted by Cory Howell on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 13:39

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This program was created by Brandon Staggs, and has gone through many different updates over the past several years.  The full version is pretty reasonably priced, and you can download a trial version at the Sword Searcher website.

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Sword Project for Windows

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 12:48

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 This software is open source and its free to all. it is a product of www.crosswire.org.

They have packages that support Mac, Linux and mobile platforms, plus I think they have a web app.

e-Sword LIVE

Submitted by Cory Howell on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 10:58

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This is a simplified, online version of e-Sword, with a few of the basic features available on the original e-Sword software.  It can be found at live.e-sword.net.

  • Available online for free.
  • Multiple translations to choose from, including: KJV, ESV, CEV, Douay, NASB, God's Word, and several others.
  • Foreign language Bibles available, including: Luther's Bible and the Spanish Reina-Valera.
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e-Sword for Windows

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 20:35

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Sword Project for Mac

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 17:21

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This software is open source and its free to all. it is a product of www.crosswire.org 

They have packages that support mac, Linux and mobile platforms.  (Plus I think they have a web app.)

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