TheBible.org Parallel Bible+
PARALLEL BIBLE WITH STUDY TOOLS. As a reader reads down the column in one version, we make it easy for him look left and right to see how other versions express a verse (in context too!), and then continue reading in the version he is reading (or in another version he finds helpful in reading that passage that day). The idea is to introduce as little eye movement as possible, and as little "context switching" (such as jumping out to a separate list and then back to the text) as possible, so that the reader can get into the Scriptures and immerse in them for a while, gentle euphoria.
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS APP1. Read your Parallel Bible2. Read your Parallel Bible plus pause to lookup a word and its occurrences → Tap a New Testament verse, then tap the word you want to study3. Read your Parallel Bible plus pause to lookup the Greek verse with fine detail → Tap a New Testament verse, then tap "Verse study"4. Read a Greek verse with fine detail, plus pause to lookup a word and its occurrences → Tap a New Testament verse, tap "Verse study," then tap a word in that verse
PASTORS: Show your followers all of your notes. Then each can choose to read your notes in his own Parallel Bible. As you add and change notes, everyone's Parallel Bible is automatically updated. May this help you deliver the gospel message even more effectively.
NOTE-TAKING AND VERSE HIGHLIGHTING: Sign in to make notes and highlight verses. Engage more now; recall more later.
WORD STUDY, VERSE STUDY: This app makes it easy to study words and the passages they occur in, to go deeper and get even more out of what you read in the Bible. Tap “Word study” to see: verse list and definitions (concordance and lexicons). Tap “Verse study” to see: color-coded parts-of-speech, word forms, phonetics, syllables, and translation tips.
It also helps you find familiar Bible verses, even when you only remember a few words. Enter "God so loved" in the search box and see where that phrase occurs in every Bible version you have open.
SOCIAL: TheBible.org app supports you in sharing the gospel with your friends right at the moment you are reading a Bible verse and thinking of someone in your life.
LANGUAGES: Albanian, Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Awadhi, Basque, Bengali, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Chamorro, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Georgian, German, Gothic, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kabyle, Kannada, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Malay, Malayalam, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Modern Greek, Nepali, Norwegian, Oriya, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamajaq, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
PROTESTANT. ROMAN CATHOLIC. OR BOTH: This app automatically aligns verses—by verse content!—and displays corresponding verse numbers when different.
PLANS2016: Highlighting and note-taking (done); 3x faster "next chapter" action (done); additional versions2017: OT Hebrew word study and verse study2018: OT Greek word study and verse study
re: Old Testament HebrewPrepared:
- Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
- Davidson Analytical Lexicon (with updated terminology)
- Hebrew-KJV focus-word mapping
- Syllable-breaks algorithm (improves readability, especially for newcomers)Next: prepare those resources for display at our site and in our apps.
ABOUT: TheBible.org is a US charitable organization. Its mission is helping ministers make known Christ; in support of that mission, it develops apps to help people experience more effective Scripture reading. Peter Coad leads this work. The organization's content partners include Biblica (NIV), Crossway (ESV), Lockman (NASB), and Bible League International.
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Reviews (30)
Wonderful app. Use it in daily devotions to compare versions. I also like the footnotes are expandable to the bottom to allow more research on words and related verses. Nice that it switches easily from landscape to portrait mode. Has all the versions I reference regularly. Had been looking for so,etching like this a long time. Thank you! Well done!
The app is perfect. But there should be options to easly locate the highlighted verses separately. Also the idea of book mark is very important
Love this app and that it can now be used offline. I especially appreciate that the developers have been quite considerate toward user privacy as regards required permissions. One little point of constructive criticism is that multi word searches now have to be exact, whereas previously the app also returned partial results with one or more words missing, showing the results below the exact matches. That was extremely helpful...is there any chance that feature could be restored? Thanks!
A great app. I tried to send a question but it said there was an error each time: Question: How do you select versions to display in landscape mode? Currently in portrait mode i have selected NASB, ESV & NIV. In landscape mode i want to display both the Amplified versions, both NASB versions and the KJV. (Both Amplified versions downloaded but i can't see how to display them in landscape.) Thanks
It's not good to be unthankful for charity, but this app is useful. I only use a fraction of it's functions, those I use are more than decent. While frequently using the app, when searching the parallel books be prepared to exercise accuracy in the knowledge of desired verse/s because it is not user friendly to lack of familiarity. I would say that is understandable because it help to encourage value for the maturity of scripture recall & reduce excessive poor quality results. Appreciated!
This is incredibly useful, for real. But please, we really need the New English Translation of Septuagint (NETS). Thank you very much. Edit: WOW That would be like time-traveling! Compressing months of studying into just minutes with a push of a button. Hope you're granted permission this time 🙏🏻 Thanks again everyone working on this!
Great for a quick look or deeper dig into the original languages and translations!
App is Perfect... I Love the Details.. How ever it freezes upon use.. especially during the use of WH and NT.. that's the extra futures of studies, it causes and requires closing the app and opening again Can this be fixed.
This is a great Bible app. my only issues are, I cant sign in, or take notes.
Excellent Bible source allow the reader to see multible versions all at once. You are able to select which verion you want to see and there is a large colletion to choose from.
What a great study tool, priceless. It has helped me in so many ways, but just for example I was able to get to the true meaning of Galatians 6:6 without needing to be a PhD Greek scholar. Is there a way to buy this software to install locally on a computer, i.e. "on prem"? In the case that I lose or choose to get rid of my phone, this app has been so valuable I don't want to be without it
Amazing app. A bit clunky at times but I don't see how it could be streamlined without sacrificing it's functionality. A must-have for bible studies.
Best Ive used for in-depth study. Very good search functionality--some of the best I've found. The Greek language search is snappy and one-click awesome. Where it really shines is the ability to read multiple versions in parallel, and run diwn other references while keeping your place in rhe root passage. My only complaint is that the GUI is a little clunky when going to a specific verse. If not for that, I'd give it 5 stars.
I really really really wish I could use this app. It is incredibly resourceful but takes so long to load that it is almost useless. Changing to a different book, chapter,verse,clicking the notes and references, highlighting takes such an unbelievable amount of time with 6 seconds being the quickest it will load. Please fix so I can use the app
Really great bible app! One of the best I've had thus far and helps you to study the bible comparing/contrasting various versions of the bible to help get a clearer understanding of God's Word. For me I like to use KJV (for its accuracy), ESV (for its simplicity), and AMP (for its depth) and find this to be a great combination of using when studying God's Word.
what an amazing app,if you want to understand the Bible in its fullness go for it,it have what it takes to transform and translate the scriptures to your understanding because of its multiple versions
This is one of the best parallel apps i have found so far. Please try to get the Literal Standard Version added too, if possible!
Great study bible app, with many features besides using as a parallel bible can be used to read only the translation of choice. Don't overlook this bible app!
I love this app. You can compare versions side by side, You can also do word studies, verse studies, change from day to night mode and if that was not enough you can access the Bible offline.
Exceptionally wonderful and just too good to be true. I pray more grace upon the developers that more versions get included. More grease to your elbows. Cheers.
The off-line feature is very good for those with limited data and WiFi.
Great! Thanks and may Yahweh God bless you for having added the Legacy Standard Bible (LSB), and all for free of charge 🕊️
The app is awesome particularly reading the versions side by side However scroll should be included for quick navigation I give the app 4 stars
Problem with it not scrolling. Also it doesn't change properly from portrait to landscape to see the other versions. Settings wheel is almost completely off the screen. Frequently, it doesn't respond at all. Third time it's force closed today. I really wanted to love this app. ☹
It's cool. But I feel other options like notes and settings can be added with easy accessibility too,, overall a great app. Thank you!
the past few years have been hard. Emotionally. I was told about "Parallel Plus" and since find myself looking to God's word for guidance. This let's me see translations of my searches.
Excellent service. I don't know what the copyright situation is for each of these, but I would love to see: REB 1989, Knox 1949, and NCB 2019 (this last one is available on BibleGateway). Keep up the great work!
Absolutely a fabulous app, if only for it's color-coding of text and direct links to dictionaries.
I really like this app. There's so many different versions of the bible you can choose from. There's Easy to read, amplified, NIV, Catholic and so many more. You can also translate from Greek and Hebrew if you're into that. I don't know how to read it but hey maybe I can learn through this app. It has highlight and you can also add verses to Facebook or other social media without copying and pasting. I recommend it. It's a great app.
Ingenious. The parallel interface is what I have been looking for in a Bible app. AMP, AMPC, NIV, BSB, and various languages are available, though I wish I can download them clearly for offline use. The learning curve is bit steep. I hope they can improve it some more to allow account creation and cross platform syncing of app usage. Much still need to be done to improve user experience. Highlighting of verses is not the best. But the parallel feature is the best I have seen so far. Спасибо.