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My favorite eBible (and it's free)


Unleash the power of The Scriptures with this free and amazing tool!


Study the Word of God like never before, with the following unique capabilities:

  • Search for verses by keyword. Just click the binoculars.

  • Compare verses in different versions, as shown here:


  • The King James Version (KJV) and King James Version w/ Strong's Numbers (KJV+) are included with the initial e-Sword download.

  • You can also download a variety of other versions such as the American Standard Version (ASV), Apostolic Bible Polyglot w/Strong's Numbers (ABP+), Bible in Basic English (BBE), Brenton's English Septuagint (Brenton), Contemporary English Version (CEV), Darby Bible (DRB), Easy-to-Read Version (ERV), English Majority Text Version (EMTV), English Standard Version (ESV), God's Word (GW), Good News Translation (GNB), International Standard Version (ISV), James Murdock New Testament (Murdock), Jewish Publication Society Old Testament (JPS), Jubilee Bible (JUB), King James BRG Bible (KJV-BRG), Lexham English Bible (LEB), Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (LITV), Revised Version (RV), The Scriptures 2009 (TS2009), Tree of Life Version (TLV), Webster Bible (Webster), Weymouth New Testament (WNT), World English Bible (WEB), and Young's Literal Translation (YLT). These are all free add-ons you can acquire after downloading e-Sword. (In e-Sword, click Download, then click Bibles. Select the versions you want, and then click Download and Start. Restart the program and your new versions will appear in the tabs in e-Sword).

  • Other free editions available are the Bishops' Bible (w/ Apocrypha), the Geneva Bible (w/ Apocrypha), and the King James Bible 1611 (w/ Apocrypha).

  • You can also download other versions for a small fee. They are: The Amplified Bible (AMPC), Amplified Bible Study Set (AMP), Complete Jewish Bible (CJB), Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), New American Standard Bible Study Set (NASB), New English Translation Study Set (NET), New International Version (NIV), New International Version 1984 (NIV84), New King James Version (NKJV), New Living Translation (NLT), New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Revised Standard Version (RSV), The MESSAGE (MSG), Wuest's Expanded Translation (Wuest), and the New Revised Standard Version Catholic Anglicized Edition (NRSV-CE).

  • There are translations in dozens of other languages as well: Afrikaans Ou Vertalin, Afrikaans Nuwe Vertaling, Albanian Bible, Arabic Smith and Van Dyke Bible, Awadhi Easy-to-Read Version, Bengali Easy-to-Read Version, Bulgarian Bible, Cebuano Bible, Chichewa New Testament, Chinese New English Translation, Chinese Union Version (Simplified or Traditional), Jian Ming Sheng Jing, Czech Bible Kralicka, Danish Bible, Dutch Staten Vertaling, Finnish Pyha Raamattu, French Darby Bible, French Louis Segond Bible, German Elberfelder Bible, German Luther Bible, German Neue Evangelistische Ubersetzung, German Schlachter Bible, Greek Apostolic Bible polyglot w/ Strong's Numbers, Greek Apostolic Bible Polyglot w/ Strong's Numbers, Greek New Testament (including Byzantine, Interlinear, Textus Receptus, Westcott-Hort, and Septuagint), Greek (Modern) Vamvas Bible, Gujarati Easy-to-Read, Haitian KreyOl La New Testament, Hebrew New Testament (Dalman-Delitzch), Hebrew New Testament (Salkinson-Ginsburg), Hebrew Old Testament (Tanach), Hindi Easy-to-Read Version, Hungarian Karoli Bible, Icelandic Bible, Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari, Indonesian Modern Bible, Indonesian Terjemahan Baru, Italian Giovanni Diodati, Italian Nuova Riveduta, Italian Riveduta Luzzi, Japanese Kougo-yaku, Japanese Shinkaiyaku Seisho, Kannada Easy-to-Read Version, Korean Revised Edition, Koulango Bible, latin Vulgate, Malayalam Easy-to-Read Version, Marathi Easy-to-Read Version, Nepali Easy-to-Read Version, Norwegian Bible, Polish Biblia Gdanska, Polish updated Gdansk Bible, Portuguese Joao Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada, Portuguese Joao Ferreira de Almeida Corrigida, Portuguese King James Atualizada, Punjabi Easy-to-Read Version, Romanian Dumitru Cornilescu Translation, Romanian Fidela Biblia, Romanian Orthodox Bible, Russian Synodal Text, Samoan Bible, Serbian Danicic Karadzic (Latin Version), Somali Bible, Spanish Biblia del Jubileo, Spanish La Biblia de las Americas, Spanish Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy, Spanish Reina Valera, Spanish Reina Valera BRG Bible, Spanish Reina Valera Gomez, Spanish Reina-Valera w/ Strong's Numbers, Swahili Union Version, Swedish Bible, Swedish Folkbibeln 15, Swedish FolkbibeIn 98, Tagalog Ang Biblia, Tamil Easy-to-Read Version, Telugu Easy-to-Read Version, Thai King James Version, Tongan Revised West Version, Turkish Kutsal Kitap, Ukrainian Bible, Urdu Easy-to-Read Version, Vietnamese Bible, Welsh Y Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Argraffiad Diwygiedig, and the Xhosa Bible.

  • A clipboard allows you to save specific verses and enter notes.

  • There are maps, a reference library, illustrations, and even audio sermons available.

  • You can also search for a specific words or terms:


These are just a few of the program's features!

So, where can you find it?

You can find e-Sword at http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html. There you can download the app for your PC, Mac, iPad, or iPhone for free. Donations to the creators are encouraged and can be made through their site at: http://www.e-sword.net/support.html.

Note: I am in no way affiliated with e-Sword. I am simply sharing this tool which has been most helpful to me. I hope it is a blessing to you, as much as it was to me.

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