{"id":9,"date":"2012-08-10T00:21:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T05:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gospelriver.com\/tech\/?p=9"},"modified":"2013-02-03T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T21:11:26","slug":"bible-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gospelriver.com\/tech\/bible-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button><span class=\"expandall\">Expand All<\/span><\/button><button><span class=\"collapseall\">Collapse All<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Information about useful programs for Bible study:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>E-Sword (free, <a title=\"e-Sword\" href=\"http:\/\/e-sword.net\"><em>e-sword.net<\/em><\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aa63b0837827\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View\"    >View<\/span><span id='swap-id6aa63b0837827'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aa63b0837827\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nA powerful program for Bible study.<\/p>\n<p>An abbreviated listing of some of the resources I find most helpful (free unless otherwise stated)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Commentaries:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Robertson\u2019s Word Pictures of the New Testament<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Summarized Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/esword.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/9376615\/DictionaryModules#Wuestvol141\" target=\"_blank\">Wuest\u2019s Word Studies<\/a>\u00a0(link includes other resources, but I&#8217;m not sure all are legal downloads)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John Gill\u2019s\u00a0<em>Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Keil &amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John Darby\u2019s\u00a0<em>Synopsis<\/em>\u00a0<em>of the New Testament<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Vincent&#8217;s Word Studies<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><em>Believer\u2019s Bible Commentary <\/em><\/em>(purchase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Translations<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Free:\n<ul>\n<li>ESV<\/li>\n<li>J. N. Darby<\/li>\n<li>KJV (with Strong&#8217;s numbers)<\/li>\n<li>MKJV<\/li>\n<li>RV<\/li>\n<li>Various N.T. Greek texts with Morphological tags<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.org\/esword\" target=\"_blank\">NET Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Purchase:\n<ul>\n<li>HCSB<\/li>\n<li>NASB (with Strong&#8217;s numbers)<\/li>\n<li>NIV<\/li>\n<li>NKJV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spanish<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>RV 1909 (with Strong&#8217;s numbers)<\/li>\n<li>LBLA<\/li>\n<li>NBLH<\/li>\n<li>RV 1960 (purchase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Dictionaries<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong\u2019s Bible Dictionary<\/li>\n<li><em>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Thayer&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Robinson&#8217;s Morphological Analysis Codes<\/li>\n<li>Vine\u2019s Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (purchase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-books<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Antiquities of the Jews\u00a0<\/em>(Josephus)<\/li>\n<li><em>Fox\u2019s Book of Martyrs<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Spurgeon\u2019s\u00a0<em>Morning and Evening<\/em><\/li>\n<li>E.M.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Bounds on Prayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bible maps &amp; charts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\"><strong>Other features:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">Parallel Bible (up to four translations)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">Editor to create your own commentary or study notes. Notes are &#8220;linked&#8221; to the Bible for easy viewing and can be exported.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">Powerful search capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\">Create verse lists<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>The Word (free, <a title=\"The Word\" href=\"http:\/\/theword.net\" target=\"_blank\"><em>theWord.net<\/em><\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aa63b08378b1\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View\"    >View<\/span><span id='swap-id6aa63b08378b1'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aa63b08378b1\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li>Very similar to e-Sword\n<ul>\n<li>Pretty much the same resources are available;<\/li>\n<li>Last I checked,\u00a0<em>the Word<\/em> modules were generally more expensive.<\/li>\n<li>A little easier to use, a bit more powerful, more customizable\n<ul>\n<li>Searches are docked<\/li>\n<li>Multiple searches may be open at one time<\/li>\n<li>Supports search operators like &#8220;AND&#8221;, &#8220;OR&#8221;, &#8220;NEAR&#8221;, \u201cXOR\u201d, \u201c*\u201d, \u201c?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Search in Greek without worrying about diacritics or accents<\/li>\n<li>Create user commentaries, books, or dictionaries that work just like regular resources<\/li>\n<li>Make custom modules for distribution that support tables and graphics. Verse references are automatically hyperlinked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can make it portable: just plug your flash drive into another computer and The Word is at your fingertips (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theword.net\/index.php?article.portable&amp;l=english\">find out how here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>BerBible (free, <a title=\"BerBible\" href=\"http:\/\/berbible.org\" target=\"_blank\"><em>berbible.org<\/em><\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aa63b08378ce\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View\"    >View<\/span><span id='swap-id6aa63b08378ce'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aa63b08378ce\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nFor those who want a very basic, light-weight Bible reading\/search tool that includes free KJV, NKJV, ESV and NASB Bible versions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Online Bible (free, <a title=\"Online Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/onlinebible.net\" target=\"_blank\"><em>onlinebible.net<\/em><\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aa63b08378e4\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View\"    >View<\/span><span id='swap-id6aa63b08378e4'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aa63b08378e4\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nI prefer the other options, but the<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinebible.net\/locked-material\"><em> What the Bible Teaches<\/em><\/a> New Testament commentary series (digital format) is available only here (to my knowledge) for a $20 purchase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News from the developers:\u00a0<\/strong>They hope to have the John Ritchie New and Old Testament What the Bible Teaches series included on the standard DVD by around October 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Logos Bible Software (purchase,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.logos.com\/\">logos.com<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aa63b08378f9\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"View\"    >View<\/span><span id='swap-id6aa63b08378f9'  class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aa63b08378f9\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\nNot for the faint of mind, this is perhaps the ultimate Bible study resource, but comes with a price tag and a learning curve. 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