The List
Have you ever tried finding a good Bible Software package that you are comfortable with and is free? I know I have and after searching for weeks to find just the right Bible software package for myself I really do understand how finding a good freeware bible can be difficult.
Below you will find links for those that I have found so far... If you know of a freeware bible that is not listed please e-mail me and let me know so I can add it to this page. I do my best to rate each package on a scale of 1-5 however I have a bias as a preacher, if package doesn't include a commentary such as Matthew Henry's or Matthew Poole's then I tend to underestimate its usefullness. Speaking of Matthew Poole's commentary, Grace Abounding Baptist Mission has made Poole's Study Notes available as a module for use with the "E-Sword" Bible Software package. The Online Bible sells a CD which also has Poole's.
Clicking on the softwares rating will take you to that packages homepage with the exception of the FreeBible by Steven Kollmansberger which is no longer being developed. However, the software package he developed was so nice I have kept it on the list and made it available for download from this site.
Please let me know if you find any of the information on this page outdated.
Below you will find links for those that I have found so far... If you know of a freeware bible that is not listed please e-mail me and let me know so I can add it to this page. I do my best to rate each package on a scale of 1-5 however I have a bias as a preacher, if package doesn't include a commentary such as Matthew Henry's or Matthew Poole's then I tend to underestimate its usefullness. Speaking of Matthew Poole's commentary, Grace Abounding Baptist Mission has made Poole's Study Notes available as a module for use with the "E-Sword" Bible Software package. The Online Bible sells a CD which also has Poole's.
Clicking on the softwares rating will take you to that packages homepage with the exception of the FreeBible by Steven Kollmansberger which is no longer being developed. However, the software package he developed was so nice I have kept it on the list and made it available for download from this site.
Please let me know if you find any of the information on this page outdated.
| Bible Software | My Rating | Comments and Observations |
| AV Bible v 5.2 |
Rating 3.5 | AV 2005 facillitates the search & study of God's word, the AV 1611 (King James) Bible. AV 2005 also publishes Microsoft-Word and WordPerfect documents! |
| Theophilos v 3.1.6 |
Rating 4.8 | Theophilos is a complete freeware multilingual Bible study suite for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP with multimedia features. Many add-ons which do cost however there are also many free add-ons for this product. Multi-Platform pkg. |
| Online Bible v 2.00.02 |
Rating 4.6 | Bible software for Windows and Macintosh. Online Bible program with dozens of public-domain English & foreign language Bible translations, commentaries, & note sets to choose from. Multi-Platform pkg. |
| The Sword Project v 1.5.6 |
Rating 4.7 | The CrossWire Bible Society's flagship offering. The basic package is similar to the Online Bible. The Sword project has over 200 texts & 50 Bible versions available as add-ons. Multi-Platform pkg. |
| e-Sword v 7.8.5 |
Rating 4.9 | This Rick Meyers 17MB offering is awesome. Over 30 english bibles and over 50 add-ons, all free! Also supports the STEP files format used by QuickVerse, WORDsearch, Bible Companion, and others. |
| Bible Desktop v 1.0 |
Rating 3.3 | A Free Bible Study tool that will run almost anywhere. It uses Java to run from your browser, so long as you have that it should be easy. Bible Desktop uses the J-Sword project to read modules in "The Sword Project" format. |
| Bible Plus | Rating 3.3 | This free Bible study tool comes without advertising or nags. It is totally free. Bible Plus is also very quick and easy. Since it's so small (2.9mb) you can easily use it in conjunction with more powerful Bible study tools |
| Bible Seeker v 2.01 |
Rating 4.2 | A Freeware KJV Bible Reader by Ragan Lockette which includes a dictionary, commentary, and full text searching. At last check 3/4/2006, there were 17 add-ons for this package. |
| In The Beginning Was The WORD v 2.0 | Rating 4.4 | Costas Stergiou, from Athens Greece, provides us with this very nice program created to run in Windows XP. Muliple translations (over 30 in six languages) of the Bible are provided via download. Very well laid out for study and note taking. |
| BiblePro | Rating 3.7 | This BibleOcean PC program (v12.7.5) has 5 discrete donation requests on the first page! The layout and initial resources place it on the same level as The FreeBible or e-Sword but for any upgrade beyond that you need to buy/donate for the CD |
| ISA v1.2.0_3 |
Rating 4.0 | ISA (Interlinear Scripture Analyzer) provides a method of comparing the greek and hebrew text with three literal english translations. I like it better than my Hendricksons Interlinear Bible but the gui is not as intuitive as it could be. |
| The FreeBible v 1.3.1 |
Rating: 3.5 | Nice "user friendly" basic package with commentaries, maps, clipboard etc. No longer supported by the author Steven Kollmansberger. You can still download this 16.1 megabyte package here. |
| Bible-Discovery v1.7 |
Rating 3.3 | This package has a nice interface however the basic free package is very limited. you can download some items for free that will bring it up to say "The FreeBible" level but you must purchase a plug-in for more. Hebrew minimum support |
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