Favorite Bible Software

[$cirisme]

What would be your favorite Bible software?

For me, it would have to be E-Sword, but that is about all I have tried.

(I know we already talked about this, but the last thread was the victim of pruning)

OldShep had a very good piece of software I really wanted to try, but the link was lost before I was able to.

(that was a hint :brow:)

[yxboom]

ok ok.......my bad!

I really like E-Sword but am bummed in it's limitations as for the Bible versions I prefer which are the ESV and NKJV. For that I prefer BibleWorks, there is so much things thrown into it that I have no clue how to use like 3/4 of any of it.
I also have eBible but that is really not worth the money IMO. ESword is far superior except the translation limitations again :argh:

[$cirisme]

You could always steal them from Bible Gateway. :brow:

[kiwimac]

I like and use E-Sword and "the Sword Project" both of which are, IMO, excellent

Kiwimac

[Bill the Cat]

E-Sword!!! I have been using it since 2000. I still have the NASB on mine before the lock was put on. I also have the NIV, and a few of the others that got rejected.

[Bill the Cat]

Why pay $200 for something ESword does for free??

[AVmetro]

Today @ 07:06 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=61238#post61238)
Bill the Cat:

E-Sword!!! I have been using it since 2000. I still have the NASB on mine before the lock was put on. I also have the NIV, and a few of the others that got rejected.

Ack! The lock! I've got fifty jillion bible versions now, but I always have preferred the NASB when doing apologetics. I'll probably end up buying the code from the Lockman foundation anyways.

If I could read Greek, I'd get Bibleworks5 on account of all the useful linguistics tools. But the price is quite high, like $300-500 or something like that.

[Solly]

I use e-Sword, which I found recently, and because of my NEW DSL CONNECTION I could actually download this century. I also use the IVP Reference CD (with all it's dictionaries etc, and a Bible Study CD I picked up in a remnant store for £2, which has a dozen Bible versions, all without fee, including NASB, NJB.

[AVmetro]

Today @ 08:02 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=61307#post61307)
Bill the Cat:

Why pay $200 for something ESword does for free??

You got that right! Look up Gill's commentary on Christianbooks.com or some other book outlet and note the price :brow:

[Sheepdog]

E Sword gets 4 out of 5 bananas

:yipee: :yipee: :yipee: :yipee:

[AVmetro]

Yesterday @ 10:38 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=60600#post60600)
cirisme:

What would be your favorite Bible software?

For me, it would have to be E-Sword, but that is about all I have tried.

(I know we already talked about this, but the last thread was the victim of pruning)

OldShep had a very good piece of software I really wanted to try, but the link was lost before I was able to.

(that was a hint :brow:)

I'm not sure what it was you're talking about :huh: , but you got me interested now. I'll ask him.

[AVmetro]

Today @ 08:06 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=61322#post61322)
Solly:

I use e-Sword, which I found recently, and because of my NEW DSL CONNECTION I could actually download this century. I also use the IVP Reference CD (with all it's dictionaries etc, and a Bible Study CD I picked up in a remnant store for £2, which has a dozen Bible versions, all without fee, including NASB, NJB.

DSL is quick. My parents used to have DSL and I used it to download the program and a few modules onto their HDD for when I was visiting and wanted to get some work done.

[Bill the Cat]

I have LAN and a CD burner here. SOOOO Fast.

[OldShepherd]

Today @ 05:12 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=61340#post61340)
AVmetro:



I'm not sure what it was you're talking about :huh: , but you got me interested now. I'll ask him.
Hi everyone AV emailed me and asked me about some free software I recommended to him the first was E-Sword which has a LOT of free extras I like such as ISBE. And the other is Logos Abridged BDB Hebrew lexicon which I think is good enuff for anything except maybe graduate level Hebrew work. Both of them are $0.00. Linx below I'm sure you can figure out which is which. שלום

http://www.logos.com/ebooks/book.asp?iname=BDBA

http://www.e-sword.net/

[$cirisme]

Thank you SOOO much, Shep! :thumb:

That is exactly what I was looking for.

[Does a little dance] :yipee:

/me archives thread. :brow:

[Bill the Cat]

Cirisme, Kevin Graham has a slightly cynical view of BDB. He says in discussion of olam:
"Brown-Driver Briggs, whose work is based on Gensenius, is simply extending the meaning to suit an obvious theological gap..."
And "In the end you're rejecting the already established meaning of olam, in preference of an "updated" extension of the meaning which coincidentally conforms to Evangelical presuppostions. To say the least, this is suspicious"

So he thinks that they are biased and extend word meanings to mmet evangelical presuppositions.

[Jason Gastrich]

QuickVerse. Hands down. This is the best Bible software ever.

Check http://www.quickverse.com.

I've used QV for years and I've seen it improve from an awesome program to a really awesome program.

JG

[Sher]

For a $15 donation to e-Sword (http://www.e-sword.net/support.html), I am thinking this would be faster/easier ... even though I have a burner and cable connection and it would support the effort. Looks like there is a lot to download! :bunny:

[NSMinistries]

PC Study Advanced Reference Library
$499.95
ISBN 1-56514-350-7
PC Study Bible gives you all of the tools you need to explore the depths of every Bible passage. Here are just a few of the many ways you can use this amazing Bible study library program:

Read and compare Bible translations side-by-side
Find any Bible verse or passage instantly; search any text for words or phrases
Instantly retrieve expert commentary, analysis and background information from volumes of information
Effortlessly unlock the original meaning of Bible words with the comprehensive language tools
Explore any Bible topic through thousands of articles, cross-references and outlines
Discover locations of places on maps and view photos of the Holy Land
Author your own Bible study materials and distribute them to others
And all of this information is linked directly to the Bible – the center of your studies. In fact, as you study any verse or passage in the Bible, the program directs you to all of this information automatically!

TEN BIBLES & CONCORDANCES
King James Version
New International Version
New King James Version
American Standard Version
New American Standard
New American Standard (updated edition)
The Living Bible
New Living Translation
Revised Standard Version
Today's English Version
Exhaustive Concordances for each Bible version

CROSS REFERENCES
Nave's Topical Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Torrey's New Topical Index

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Nelson's Bible Dictionary
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
New Unger's Bible Dictionary
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (5 vol.)
McClintock & Strong's Ency. of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
COMMENTARIES
Matthew Henry's Commentary (6 vol.)
Wycliffe Bible Commentary
Barnes' Notes on the OT & NT (14 vol.)
Adam Clarke's Commentary (6 vol.)
Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary (6 vol.)
Keil & Delitzsch's OT Comm. (10 vol.)

WORD STUDY REFERENCE WORKS
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 vol.)
Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (6 vol.)
UBS Handbook Series NT Commentary

OTHER BIBLE HELPS
The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands
Bible Maps
Bible Photo Collection
History of the Christian Church, Schaff
Bible Reading Planner
Personal Notes
Biblesoft Authoring System™
Appendable Clipboard™
GREEK-HEBREW TOOLS
Interlinear Bible
UBS 4rev. Greek NT
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia OT
The GRAMCORD™ Greek New Testament Alpha Morphological Database
(a parsed New Testament) with the Wheeler Syntax Notes
Thayer's New Greek- English Lexicon (unabridged)
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (abridged)
Theological Wordbook of the OT
Strong's Numbering and Greek / Hebrew Dictionary
Englishman's Greek– Hebrew Concordance
Transliterated Greek NT
Transliterated Hebrew OT

BONUS CONTENT
Spurgeon's Encyclopedia of Sermons (8 vol.)
The Fundamentals of Christianity (4 vol. by R.A. Torrey)
The Apocalypse (Comm. on Revelation by J.A. Seiss)


My Fav..............:yipee:

[NSMinistries]

Of course selling these things isn't easy with the price!

[$cirisme]

That is some serious software, NSM! :eek:

[NSMinistries]

Today @ 02:49 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=64324#post64324)
cirisme:

That is some serious software, NSM! :eek:

:cir:

[AVmetro]

Yesterday @ 11:27 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=63906#post63906)
Jason G:

QuickVerse. Hands down. This is the best Bible software ever.

Check http://www.quickverse.com.

I've used QV for years and I've seen it improve from an awesome program to a really awesome program.

JG

I'll have to look into that. Especially if it's a cheaper alt. to Bibleworks (which I can't afford).

[Sher]

Yesterday @ 02:59 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=64285#post64285)
NSMinistries:

Of course selling these things isn't easy with the price! I agree that it is a great program ... having the older (2.1B) less advanced version ... but boy that newer one is a lot more expensive than it was originally! :eek:

I downloaded some of e-Sword ... missing the NKJV :frown: ... and have been playing around with it a bit this weekend. Seems pretty solid for a freebie. How did you guys get it to RUN from CD though? Did you make configuration changes, and if so, where?

[AVmetro]

Today @ 09:06 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65311#post65311)
SherBear:

I agree that it is a great program ... having the older (2.1B) less advanced version ... but boy that newer one is a lot more expensive than it was originally! :eek:

I downloaded some of e-Sword ... missing the NKJV :frown: ... and have been playing around with it a bit this weekend. Seems pretty solid for a freebie. How did you guys get it to RUN from CD though? Did you make configuration changes, and if so, where?

Make sure to get the RWP, Gill, JFB, and KD commentaries! Also the ISBE and "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" by Alfred Edersheim.

[$cirisme]

I got the QuickVerse today! :yipee:

I'm going to have to go install it and play with it. :smile:

[AVmetro]

Do keep us up to date on details :smile:

[yxboom]

At least for the price of BibleWorks you get the HALOT and BDAG with ESV and NKJV :hrm:

[$cirisme]

Today @ 04:49 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65395#post65395)
AVmetro:

Do keep us up to date on details :smile:

It includes the NKJV!

It also has maps and commentaries which would take forever to download on dialup. :hrm:

[AVmetro]

Yesterday @ 11:49 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65396#post65396)
yxboom:

At least for the price of BibleWorks you get the HALOT and BDAG with ESV and NKJV :hrm:

Does Bibleworks have Louw-Nida and the TDNT? I may have to start saving all my change in a jar. For some reason, when I got married, all my money somehow came up missing out of my wallet and ended up in my wife's checkbook. She told me it was on account of all the Leprechauns....:hrm:

[AVmetro]

Yesterday @ 11:53 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65398#post65398)
cirisme:



It includes the NKJV!

It also has maps and commentaries which would take forever to download on dialup. :hrm:

Which did you get? Delux etc.?

[Jason Gastrich]

AVmetro, sorry to hear that about your money. Ouch. My wife just came and asked me if she could buy a Victoria's Secret bra for $30. I suppose we have a pretty good system around here. "We have no money, so we spend no money." :thumb:

cirisme,

I'm glad you like QV! It has sooooo much great stuff. Unless you have a large hard drive, you may want to keep some of the resources on the CDs.

Which version did you get? I got the Deluxe and it was about $220, but well worth it.

JG

[$cirisme]

I'm very very poor, I got the essentials. :hrm:

But it was only $18. :smile:

However, I've reinstalled it 4 different times now and it won't run. :argh:

[yxboom]

There is a reinstall limit on the software...........:hrm:

[$cirisme]

I run it and it says, "You need to reinstall"!

:argh:

I'm glad I'm broke, or that would be $200 on something that doesn't run. Although, this looks really really cool, so I am on the hunt for a patch or something.

I'm gonna make this work if it kills me! :smile:

[Sher]

Today @ 04:33 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65325#post65325)
AVmetro:

Make sure to get the RWP, Gill, JFB, and KD commentaries! Also the ISBE and "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" by Alfred Edersheim. :hi: AV ... I got them all except the Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah ... I'll make a note to go back to get that one. Do you run it off of the HD or a CD? I put it on a CDRW but can't get the program to run off of it ... even when I also installed the basic program on the HD. I may just need to play with it some more :xmm:

[Sher]

AV ... re: $$ and little Irish men :rofl:


Today @ 07:16 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65411#post65411)
Jason G:

My wife just came and asked me if she could buy a Victoria's Secret bra for $30.:no: No, no, no Jason ... completely wrong answer ... the better answer is ... What color dear? I would be so pleased to do your every bidding ... :bow: ... :lol:


Cir ... did you check for compatibility with XP? I had to change use the compatibility option on a game recently ... just a thought.

[GrayPilgrim]

Yesterday @ 07:09 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=65408#post65408)
AVmetro:



Does Bibleworks have Louw-Nida

Yes

and the TDNT?

No.

[Rusty T]

Powerbible (http://www.powerbible.com/)

CONTENT:
English Bible texts:

King James Version with Greek and Hebrew Interlinear Text
Modern King James
New King James Version
American Standard Version
Bible in Basic English
Darby's Translation
Montgomery's New Testament
Twentieth Century New Testament
Revised Standard Version
Weymouth's New Testament
Young's Literal Translation
World English Bible
English Bible texts requiring unlock fees to publishers:

New International Version. ($16.00)
New American Standard Bible and New American Standard 1995 Update ($16.00)
New Revised Standard Version. ($5.00)
Non-English Bible Texts:

1912 Luther Bible (German)
1910 Louis Segond Version (French)
Reina-Valera (Spanish)
Reina-Valera Actualizda (Spanish)
Greek Textus Receptus
Commentaries:

Spurgeon's commentary on Matthew
Spurgeon's Devotional Bible commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Albert Barnes NT Commentary
Family Bible Notes
1599 Geneva Bible Notes
John Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry's Exhaustive Commentary
People's New Testament Commentary
A.T. Robertson's NT Word Pictures
Fourfold Gospel
C.H. Spurgeon's Treasury of David (Psalms)
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
William Burkitt's NT Notes
JFB Commentary
Teacher's commentary
Dictionaries:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Smith's Bible Dictionary
American Tract Society Dictionary of the Holy Bible
Strong's Greek and Hebrew Lexicons
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Topical References:

Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional
Bagster Daily Light
Thompson Chain Topics
Every Day Life Reference
Nave's Topical Bible
2770 Sermon Topics
Torrey's Topical Textbook


Also, it's easy to use. I got my copy for $10. Well worth it.

[$cirisme]

Cir ... did you check for compatibility with XP? I had to change use the compatibility option on a game recently ... just a thought.

Actually, I'm on Windows 2000. I checked their website, and they had the solution I needed. :thumb:

[AVmetro]

whew! Close call.

[Jason Gastrich]

cirisme,

I'm glad you got it to work! Sometimes those things can get frustrating. If you buy the software new, they usually provide some kind of customer service.

I'm sure the Essentials provides enough stuff for some good Bible studyin'. :smile:

tiz,

All of the programs you listed for $10 are public domain. Therefore, they are free. Incidentally, I will be providing them in my online Study Center, soon. Here is what I'll have:

The KJV Bible with active hyperlinks for each Hebrew and Greek word,
The Strong's Greek and Hebrew Dictionaries (linked to the Bible), The Strong's Greek and Hebrew Concordances,
The Easton's Bible Dictionary,
Matthew Henry's Commentary,
The American Standard Bible, The Spanish Bible,
The Vulgate (Latin Bible),
The Greek Bible,
The KJV Apocrypha, Young's Literal Translation of the Bible,
Darby's English Translation of the Bible,
Torrey's Topical Bible Index,
Nave's Topical Bible Index,
The Chinese Bible,
The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) Old Testament,
The Greek Septuagint,
Pilgrim's Progress,
The Works of Josephus,
The Scripture Alphabet of Animals,
Foxe's Book of Martyrs,
Paradise Lost
and much more

SherBear,

:lol:

Leave it to me to ask the wrong questions . . . and give the wrong answers. At least I did more than grunt. :yipee:

JG

[Sher]

Today @ 01:47 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=66361#post66361)
cirisme:

Actually, I'm on Windows 2000. I checked their website, and they had the solution I needed. :thumb: :cool: ... and I am glad you understood my very disjointed thought there ... :huh: ... must have been the victim of poor backspacing to reword my post :argh:Leave it to me to ask the wrong questions . . . and give the wrong answers. At least I did more than grunt. JG Aye ... that's something :lol:

Did anyone ever answer me ... I am too lazy to look right now ... about how to make the e-Sword word directly from CD-RW? (well, I didn't ACTUALLY give it in the form of a question ... but could somebody :help:?)

[$cirisme]

I don't think so, and I don't know whether any one has been able to do that. :huh:

[$cirisme]

I think(but don't quote me) E-Sword needs any libraries in the same directory.

[NSMinistries]

The only thing I don't like about the Quickverse Bible Software is always swicthing disks when you click on something else. With the Biblesoft PC Study everything is put on the computer.

[Brotherbrian]

would simply HAVE to be PC Study Bible. It is cross-referenced to the point of ridiculosity (Do I get points for inventing a new word?)

I used to think having a Strongs was convenient. Paired up with Englishmans, get outta da way...

The whole "clipboard" function is a bit of a drawback. Copy and paste should be easy to integrate by now. And if you ever have to "clipboard all references", it only clips the refs visible in th window, requiring switching the clipboard to "Append Mode" and scrolling 'til your blue.

Still head and shoulders above the rest, I'd say.


Brian

[Penguin]

I'll have to try that e-Sword program recommended in the earlier posts. Since it's free, I can't complain. :teeth:

Well, downloading the 16.6 MB program on dialup kind of kills 1.5 precious hours of my internet time. But what the heck, I'll see how I like it.

[AVmetro]

Penguin:

I'll have to try that e-Sword program recommended in the earlier posts. Since it's free, I can't complain. :teeth:

Well, downloading the 16.6 MB program on dialup kind of kills 1.5 precious hours of my internet time. But what the heck, I'll see how I like it.

I feel you pain...(curse you dial-up! :grrr:)

If you send a certain amount as a donation, you can get the whole program and modules on a CD. I think it's like $15 but don't quote me on that. At least that's what I'd recommend.

God bless--AV