BIBLE SOFTWARE

a rough comparison

PROGRAM

TEXTS

OTHER

 COST

COMMENTS

PROGRAMS FOR PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD

Bibloi (formerly BibleWindows)
 

AGNT, LXX, BHS, RSV, NRSV, GWT, Vulgate, KJV, Luther, Darby, BBE, ASV, Webster

Westcott-Hort, Textus Receptus, Tischendorf 8th ...

BDB, Simple Hebrew

AnLex, Louw-Nida, Liddell-Scott (mid), UBS, link to Perseus, Logos

Unicode, Lingua support

$150 +

a good value

BibleWorks
 

AGNT2, BGT, FribergNT, LXX Rahlfs, LXXEnglish, PeshittaNT, PeshittaEnglish, NAS, NIV, NJB, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, NET, Pseudo-Jonathan, Targumim, Tischendorf 8th, JPS Tanakh, Vulgate, Westcott-Hort, BHS ...

Apostolic Fathers, Sakinson-Ginsburg Hebrew NT, Josephus, Qumran Sectarian, Paul and Thecla

$300-$500

my favorite program
If you can afford it, add in the BDAG lexicon and Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics

Logos

NASB, ESV, NKJV, NRSV, KJV, NA27, LXX

LouwNida, TDNT incl.; BDAG (+$125); Stuttgart Electronic Study Bible (+$280); Metzger Textual Comm. (+35) and many more available

w/ Greek: $200-$1000

3 versions available; cf: www.logos.com/products/info/comparison

The NET Bible Online
 

NET also available as: NET Bible FREE download

outstanding translator's notes!

hardcover also available for purchase

FREE

a required resource for my classes

OnlineBible

AV, LXX, LXXEngl, PeshittaNT, Vulgate ...

Latin Dictionary, Calendar tool, Chesterton, Bunyan, Edersheim, 25 OT/NT Maps and Charts, NTApocrypha, Enoch, Josephus, LXX-Heb<->Greek

FREE

maps and such are helpful

e-Sword

KJV+, CEV, GoodNews, Message, LXX, Vulgate, HebrewOT, GreekNT misc ...

Classic, Dore, Mediterranean, NASA, SonLight

FREE

if you want CEV, GoodNews, Message on your computer! some helpful maps

Gramcord

NA27, NAS, KJV

+ ($)NIV, RSV, NRSV, NKJV

UBS dictionary, BDB, LEH LXX dictionary, + LouwNida

Start at $99, but probably around $200

 

Accordance

For MAC users

ASV, KJV, NA27, BHS

+ ($) …

LouwNida, BDB

Start at $200 but probably around $300+

(for a MAC emulator for Windows - $12 - and helpful advice, see: Accordance Software )
Olive Tree Bible Software
PALM & PocketPC
BibleReader is free.
CEV, KJV, NKJV, NASB, NLT, MSG, RSV, NRSV, TLB, TEV, NA27, Gramcord GreekNT, LXX, HMT
NRSV is $16. Greek NT is $25-45. Hebrew Masoretic Text also available for $40. Also available is the LXX, RCL, etc.   this is what I have on my Palm
Laridian Bible Software
PALM & PocketPC
MyBible is free
KJV, NLT, RSV, ASV, NIV, MSG
(NRSV not available for PalmOS; GreekNT not available for any platform) $25-50+  

FREE ONLINE BIBLE TOOLS

CrossWalk

NRSV, RSV, The Message,

NASV, ASV, NKJV, KJV, NLT, Holman, TEV, Third Millenium Bible, Douay-Reims Bible, New Century Version, God's Word translation, World English Bible, The Bible in Basic English The Darby Translation, Hebrew Names Version, The Webster Bible, The Latin Vulgate, Young's Literal Translation, Wesley's New Testament

 

FREE

numerous supporting resources; if you don't have other software, this site does provide nice parallel Bible

BibleGateway

NIV, NIV-UK, The Message, CEV, NLT, NKJV, AmpB, KJV, ESV, NAS,  21st Century King James Version, ASV, Darby Translation, Young's Literal Translation, Worldwide English (NT), Wycliff (NT) 

 

FREE

Message and CEV online, also check their  www.biblegateway.com/tools/
StudyLight ASV, NAS, NLT, ESV, CEV, GoodNews, NewLife, Message, KJV, NKJV, RSV, NRSV, Douay, Vulgate, NTPeshitta   FREE similar to CrossWalk

The NET Bible Online
 

NET also available as: NET Bible FREE download

outstanding translator's notes!

hardcover also available for purchase

FREE

a required resource for my classes

GREEK NEW TESTAMENT RESOURCES ONLINE
Start with The Greek New Testament Gateway
Among the sites listed, I recommend:

The Online Greek Bible (NA26)- Can display unaccented Greek, but outstanding with the Athena or Palatino Unicode fonts. Includes one-click parsing and definitions.
NT Transcripts Prototype Remarkable site: includes Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1-3 John, Jude; provides a textual apparatus for a number of the important mss allowing you to see what each has and how each text looks on its own
Greek NT NA26 with KJV and NASB; Nice things about this site: uses Unicode, has very helpful gloss popovers with definition and parsing, has grammar hints, allows you to write and save your own notes; an outstanding and easy way to find Greek word frequencies and find other instances of use
The Unbound Bible - Another wonderful resource that also includes the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament). Under "Power Search," you can even line up multiple translations. Also check out their:
Greek New Testament (essentially NA26) - Fairly fast and easy to use. Search by chapter or for words with full grammatical search capabilities.. Click on a word for its analysis.
Biblon 2000 Especially useful to look at textual variants and to view some of the original manuscripts.
New Testament (Westcott and Hort) at the Perseus Digital Library. The beauty of this site is that every word is analyzed and linked to the great classical Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott and subsequently to examples from classical Greek.
GREEK NT audio To listen to the Greek NT (RealPlayer needed)

Also see these reviews of some of the programs I have listed here.

There are many others out there and numerous places to shop. Try searching Froogle

NA26 refers to the Nestle-Aland 26th edition of the Greek NT. A standard version though now superseded by the substantially similar 27th edition. Westcott and Hort's edition is probably not the best Greek version, but the differences are not substantial.

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